Atlanta Public Schools mandating masks for all students, staff

Atlanta Public School officials say the lack of vaccination of younger students and the rise of the Delta variant have led them to require masks in classrooms.

Atlanta man contracts COVID-19 breakthrough infection months after being vaccinated

Breakthrough infections in fully vaccinated people are rare, but they can happen. Jim Issa, a 50-year-old commercial director in Atlanta got vaccinated in April with the Pfizer two-dose vaccine. He was stunned when he and several vaccinated friends tested positive for the virus after a July Fourth getaway weekend at a lake house.

Firefighter saves flag as flames creep toward it

A fire destroyed a Bartow County business over the weekend. Everything was burned, except the American flag that was flying out front. That's because a firefighter took it down as flames moved in.

Georgia couple finds 18 snakes under their bed

The Georgia couple was just about to go to bed when the woman noticed what she thought was fuzz on the floor. Then it moved.

Homeless man stabs woman who let him stay with her, police say

Police say the Georgia woman was helping the homeless man by allowing him to stay with her, but when she tried to get him to leave he stabbed her in the neck.

Family living in car due to rental nightmare

A family who recently moved to Atlanta from Detroit, Michigan had to live in their car for four days due to issue with the Airbnb they paid for.

Warrant: Suspect in Cobb country club murders bound victims before killings

The suspect in the deadly shooting at a Cobb County golf course kidnapped two of his victims, tied their legs and covered their mouths with tape, and forced them into the bed of a truck before killing them, a new warrant alleges.

Grandmother begs for answers after 19-year-old gunned down at convenience store

The last thing the DeKalb County grandmother told her grandson was to make sure he got enough sleep so he wouldn't be late for his new job. Just hours later, she found the boy she raised since he was a baby dead in the store's parking lot.

FOX 7 Discussion: Texas voting rights battle

ACLU of Texas senior staff attorney Tommy Buser-Clancy joins Mike Warren to discuss the possibility of federal lawsuits if Texas passes SB 7.

Suspect in Florida cop shooting was heavily armed when arrested, police say

When multiple law enforcement agencies — local, state and federal — converged on a wooded area off of Smith James Road in eastern DeKalb County, they allegedly found a heavily-armed Othal Wallace in a secluded treehouse.

Waitress praised after pulling driver from burning car

A waitress is being hailed a hero after pulling a woman from a burning car on the side of a highway in the middle of the night.