The Brief from WABE

Rockdale County officials said Monday they will sue the chemical company which owns a plant where a large chemical fire caused a public health emergency; Georgia is one of the most important states this election, and both parties preparing legal challenges to follow November 5th; Georgia has some of the highest rates of pregnancy related death in the U.S., particularly in rural areas.

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The state and national Republican parties are appealing a ruling invalidating seven controversial election rules passed by the Georgia State Election Board; Vice President Kamala Harris is spending part of the weekend in Atlanta; The alleged Apalachee school shooter and his father were indicted separately by a grand jury this week.

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A grand jury in Georgia has indicted the father and son accused in last month's mass shooting at Apalachee High School in Winder; The former Atlanta Medical Center site is taking another step toward redevelopment; Two Georgia judges this week undercut a series of controversial rules passed by the State Election Board.

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Prosecutors say the father of the student accused of the deadly shooting at Apalachee High School in Barrow County knew his son was interested in past school shooters; Former President Jimmy Carter has voted in Georgia in the 2024 presidential election; and WABE's Jim Burress reports on the history of Oktoberfest in Helen, the country's largest such celebration.

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Georgians have set a new record on the first day of early in-person voting for the 2024 presidential election; An Atlanta police officer has been suspended with pay and charged with obstruction of justice two months after allegedly shooting a man to death during a bar fight while he was off duty; and the rehabilitation hospital Shepherd Center is in growth mode -- Crystal Edmonson, host of the podcast On leadership with Atlanta Business Chronicle, speaks with longtime CEO Sarah Morrison.

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Attorneys for the man accused of killing nursing student Laken Riley on the University of Georgia campus are seeking to get the trial moved to a new location; Republican Vice Presidential nominee JD Vance is in Atlanta this evening; The U.S. Health and Human Services department recently announced Georgia would receive a new share of opioid treatment funding for some of the state's hardest hit counties.

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Judge rules no voter registration deadline exceptions despite hurricane damage; Delta Air Lines had a challenging third quarter; and a look at the political power of Atlanta's Indiana-American community.

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Milton nears the Florida coast; BioLab officials establish a 24/7 call center; and Avondale normalizes composting.

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