Alabama stands in Georgia’s path to glory; Most metro Atlanta school districts to resume in-person classes; Father, son sentenced to life without parole in Arbery murder; Georgia quietly becomes a top gun-making state

As nation marks year since Capitol riot, Biden says lies fueled insurrection; New Georgia COVID rules loosen school quarantine, tracing requirements; Perdue campaign files lawsuit to stop fundraising law that benefits Kemp; Former Paulding DA pleads guilty, gets 12 months of probation

Former Stonecrest mayor pleads guilty to federal fraud charges; President Biden, VP Harris plan visit to Atlanta to talk up voting rights; Cobb GOP cancels ‘homage to treason’ for Jan. 6 insurrection; Mary Norwood, back on City Council, proposes Buckhead safety task force

COVID hospitalizations rise over holiday weekend as omicron surges; Stonecrest mayor to resign amid federal fraud case; Omicron scrambles metro Atlanta employers’ office plans; Roswell woman gets 3 years in prison for $6 million PPP scam

Andre Dickens sworn in as Atlanta’s 61st mayor; Metro Atlanta contractor latest arrested in Jan. 6 probe; Georgia crashes kill 15 over New Year’s weekend; Winter weather compounds air travel problems

Atlanta Public Schools to begin the year with online-only classes; Georgia’s rematch against Alabama has political consequences; Atlanta records 158th homicide of 2021, passing 2020’s total; Former Falcons coach Dan Reeves dies at 77

Georgia redistricting signed into law; Morehouse to start the semester online due to COVID-19 surge; New federal law to stop surprise medical bills takes effect Jan. 1; MARTA seeks federal funding for Clayton County transit line

Kemp taps Guard, contract health workers as COVID-19 rages; All but one voting location might close in rural Georgia county; Doraville back in court over allegedly padding budget with fines, fees; Georgia state employees likely to observe Juneteenth as a paid holiday next year

Georgia to send National Guard to hospitals; Emory University to start spring semester online due to COVID surge; UPS driver kidnapped at gunpoint, packages stolen; Judicial ethics panel refuses to dismiss charges against Christian Coomer

Atlanta Public Schools reports soaring COVID cases before break; Alleged ‘dead’ Georgia voters found alive and well after 2020 election; Driver’s license, tag offices closing statewide before New Year’s; After 15-year legal dispute, James Brown’s estate is finally sold for an estimated $90 million