8+ hour, 48+ min ago (146+ words) ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) " A new Whataburger location in metro Atlanta will open its doors to customers next week. The restaurant, located at 3550 Sandy Plains Road NE in unincorporated Marietta, will open at 9 a.m. on Monday, Dec. 1, according to the Texas-based burger chain. The first 100 customers will get a free Whataburger swag bag and a Honey Butter Chicken Biscuit or Breakfast Taquito, a spokesperson said. The new location "pays respect to Whataburger's storied history while looking to the future with a forward-thinking design," including a double drive-thru, a spacious dining room, and a custom interior mural that "features Georgia iconography with Marietta splashed across the wall." Whataburger opening 1st Canton location Thursday Hall County gets a Whataburger as chain expands footprint in Georgia Whataburger opens new location in Cobb County New Whataburger location opens in Alpharetta...

10+ hour, 10+ min ago (192+ words) ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) " Hundreds of kilograms of crystal methamphetamine were seized after they were hidden in blackberry shipments in Atlanta and Hall County, according to FBI Atlanta. The agency said 719 kilos, which was just over 1,500 pounds, of the drug were seized on Friday. In Atlanta, 419 kilos were found at a home on Custer Avenue SE "in a shipment of blackberries inside a refrigerated truck parked outside the home," FBI Atlanta officials said. Three hundred kilos of meth were found in another refrigerated box truck outside a business on McEver Road in Hall County, the FBI said. The FBI said both shipments "are believed to have been brought into the United States from Mexico." Three men are facing state charges. Juan Hernandez, 40, and Nelsonen Sorto, 36, were charged with trafficking methamphetamine in connection to the Atlanta bust, according to the…...

7+ hour, 49+ min ago (507+ words) DALLAS, Ga. (Atlanta News First) " With the abrupt resignation last week of Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, Georgia's 14th Congressional district will soon be in need of a new member of Congress. "I do not want my sweet district to have to endure a hurtful and hateful primary against me by the president that we all fought for," Greene said in the Friday resignation video. "I refuse to be a battered wife, hoping it all goes away and gets better." Greene and Trump had been hurdling towards a fallout for months, after Greene opposed portions of Trump's so-called "big, beautiful" budget bill, the GOP's desire to end Affordable Care Act health care subsidies, and the contentious release of documents tied to late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Trump had called Greene a "traitor" in several online posts and did so again upon her…...

10+ hour, 26+ min ago (322+ words) ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) " Controversial civil rights activist H. Rap Brown " who was convicted of killing a Fulton County sheriff's deputy in 2000 " has died in prison. Brown, born Hubert G. Brown in 1943 and who later took the name Jamil Abdullah Al'Amin, died Sunday at the Federal Medical Center hospital in Butner, North Carolina. No cause of death has been released. Brown was active in the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee and the Mississippi Freedom Summer. He became known for his fiery speeches advocating for "Black power." In 1976, he succeeded Stokely Carmichael as head of the committee. Brown was also a prominent figure in the Black Panther party. Becoming widely known as H. Rap Brown, some of his speeches' most famous lines included, "Violence is as American as cherry pie," and "If America don't come around, we're gonna burn it down." Brown converted to…...

6+ hour, 4+ min ago (210+ words) ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) " A Morehouse College student is facing charges in the alleged attack of a Clark Atlanta University student. 21-year-old Matthew Gonzales Forestine was charged with aggravated assault and terroristic threats for allegedly joining in on an attack against a young woman on Thursday. Atlanta Police said the young woman, who is a Clark Atlanta University student, was riding a bus to an apartment building on Luckie Street, when a man stepped on her foot and walked away as if nothing happened. According to investigators, the woman said something to the man about what happened and she then claims the man's girlfriend confronted and pushed her. The woman told officers the man then joined into the assault, attempting to choke her, until witnesses broke it up. Nearby residents who heard about the incident told Atlanta News First…...

7+ hour, 34+ min ago (358+ words) ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) " Newly released police body camera video shows officers rescue a trapped man after an explosion that nearly destroyed an apartment building in Downtown Atlanta last week. Fire officials said the explosion happened around 10 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 18, at the Northside Plaza apartment complex, located on Markham Street, across the street from Mercedes-Benz Stadium. The explosion resulted in one man being taken to Grady Memorial Hospital in stable condition and 19 families being displaced, according to the Atlanta Fire Rescue Department. On Monday, Atlanta police released bodycam video that shows officers rush to the badly damaged building soon after the explosion. "Officers moved quickly to check for injured persons as a strong odor of gas remained in the area," Atlanta police said in a statement Monday. "They heard yelling from the building, indicating someone was still trapped inside the…...

19+ hour, 36+ min ago (84+ words) ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) " A large structure fire broke out overnight Monday in Edgewood on Mayson Avenue. Atlanta Fire Rescue tells Atlanta News First that the building is an abandoned church. Crews responded to the intersection of Hardee Street and Mayson Avenue for a reported structure fire. It has been confirmed that the fire has been knocked down, although a few hot spots remain. No injuries or displacements have been reported. This is a developing story. Return to Atlanta News First for updates....

9+ hour, 59+ min ago (474+ words) ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) " One Atlanta church is working to provide a full pantry for families this Thanksgiving. Cascade United Methodist Church (UMC) in southwest Atlanta hosted its annual Thanksgiving basket giveaway Monday morning with cars lined up down the street before the sun came up. "I got out here this morning at 4," said Francis Bowell. Boswell was one of the first people in line to pick up his bags of food, which included bread, eggs, potatoes, apples, a turkey and more. The church said it's enough to feed a family of four for a week. "I look around, I seen cars all the way down by the expressway," said Boswell. "I got out and looking around, looked up there and I ain't seen nothing but cars." That's because Cascade UMC put out the call that they could feed…...

3+ hour, 53+ min ago (568+ words) ROME, Ga. (Atlanta News First) " Perhaps it's no surprise that for such an opinionated politician, you'll hear a wide range of opinions of Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene and her sudden resignation in her northwest Georgia district. "I don't necessarily agree with everything she was expounding on, but I think she's done a fine job for us," said one military veteran. "In the end she actually surprised me, but I thought, "Good, you do have some scruples," said a Democrat who moved to Floyd County from California five years ago. "I like most of her stances on what she wants to happen in the state of Georgia. I just like her agenda," said one Republican named Jeff. For every comment of admiration or respect of the three-term representative, there were just as many comments of rebuke or exasperation. "I think a…...

7+ hour, 34+ min ago (320+ words) ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) " A Snellville man has been sentenced to 25 years in prison after carrying out a shooting rampage that targeted multiple former high-school classmates, officials said Monday. Jet Horne, 20, was found guilty of criminal attempt to commit a felony, six counts of aggravated assault, eight counts of possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony, three counts of first-degree criminal damage to property and one count of hijacking a motor vehicle. He was sentenced to 30 years, with 25 to serve in prison. The first attack happened around 11 p.m. on Dec. 18, 2024. Prosecutors said Horne ambushed a former high school basketball teammate outside his home when he was returning from work. Horne shot the victim eight times, leaving him critically injured. On March 22, another former teammate of Horne's was sitting in his car, parked in front of his house,…...