AJC Headlines

When Nancy Hitchcock stopped by the local RaceTrac to pick up a soda, she could not have imagined she would be a half-million dollars richer.

The Public Service Commission approved a fuel charge hike for Georgia Power Thursday. The increase, effective April 1, means an increase of about $5.59 per month for residential customers.

In the months that Senate Majority Leader Chip Rogers has been working on a state property tax overhaul, he said the main theme he has heard is that the system and process were broken.

State agents are on their way to blow up a pipe bomb found in a Pickens County landfill.

Heavy fog settled over metro Atlanta early Thursday afternoon, causing flight delays at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport.

A woman who was facing the death penalty in the deaths of two boys who died in a Macon house fire has pleaded guilty to two counts of murder and got concurrent life sentences.

The rain that prompted a flood watch on Wednesday had eased by Thursday morning, but there’s a possibility of severe weather on Friday ahead of a cold front that has already spawned tornadoes in states to the west.

Don’t put the umbrella away. The rain is expected all day Thursday and into Friday, making the morning commute a potential mess again.

The next 72 hours are going to be critical for a DeKalb girl mauled by dogs, her mother told the AJC late Wednesday.