The former president of one metro Atlanta homeowners association said boards abusing their power are giving responsible associations a bad reputation. “I see all these Facebook posts for Karen’s and Darren’s and HOA presidents harassing people,” Jan Keen said. “Gosh people, get a life!”

A metro school teacher has been left without his vehicle for months after he said Atlanta police lost his car key during an arrest, forcing him to spend hundreds of dollars on ride-sharing services just to get to work.

A Douglasville woman said she is finally getting relief after her water and sewage bill skyrocketed to $1,500 following three leaking toilets that she said her property management company failed to repair promptly.

A 77-year-old Kennesaw resident is fighting foreclosure after his homeowners association (HOA) accumulated more than $9,000 in fines and legal fees.

A special prosecutor has been appointed to investigate a north Georgia sheriff after an Atlanta News First Investigates report prompted Gov. Brian Kemp to order an inquiry.

A Gwinnett County family endured more than two months without their mother’s death certificate, not because of medical examiner backlogs, but due to a doctor’s failure to sign the required document.

Watch and listen to the full story here: https://www.atlantanewsfirst.com/2025/09/04/gwinnett-county-family-waits-months-mothers-death-certificate/

A Fairburn woman recovering from chemotherapy treatment discovered her homeowner’s association had cleared out her bank account after she fell behind on HOA dues due to her cancer diagnosis.

A Cherokee County mother has been cleared by child welfare officials after false positive drug test results nearly separated her from her children.

With the upcoming University of Georgia game sold out, fans are turning to aftermarket platforms and private Facebook groups to secure tickets while avoiding inflated prices and excessive fees.

Austin Lang, founder of The Real Georgia Bulldog, talks with Atlanta News First consumer reporter Harry Samler (of Better Call Harry fame) on what you need to know when securing last-minute tickets to Saturday's game.

Measles cases in Georgia and the U.S. surged to levels in 2025 that haven’t been seen in three decades, fueled by declining childhood vaccinations and misinformation.

Public health officials say the trend mirrors a tragedy that unfolded in 2019 on the island nation of Samoa, when false claims about vaccine safety helped trigger a deadly outbreak that killed 83 people, most of them children.

Atlanta News First Investigates traveled to the south Pacific island nation to learn what happened and how Georgia and the U.S. can learn from it.

Experts warn the U.S. is on a similar path, with vaccine skepticism growing, amplified by social media and mixed messages from the nation’s top health official, U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.