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This Once-forgotten Atlanta Neighborhood Now Has the City's Most Exciting (and Diverse) Food Scene
I have lived in Atlanta for more than a decade, and for much of that time I drove past Summerhill—a neighborhood just south of Downtown—without stopping. It felt like a forgotten place. Then a couple of years ago, I began to notice buzzy new...

Good Day Atlanta viewer information: August 1, 2025
The goal of School of Rock is to get metro Atlanta students in a band and performing their own rocking songs at a real music venue. ATLANTA - School of Rock brings "Freaky" fun to Good Day Atlanta: It’s been more than 20 years since Lindsay Lohan...
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I Asked a Georgia Peach Farmer How to Pick the Best Peaches and I'll Never Shop the Same Way Again
As someone who grew up in Middle Georgia, I am a total peach snob. An unabashed elitist. Sure, I’ll try a peach from Chilton County, Alabama (and you’ll hear me mumble, “It’s not a Dickey’s”) and I will admit that South Carolina does in fact have...

MLB World Series Odds for Every Team Following 2025 Trade Deadline
There’s been some intriguing line movement in the World Series market just since Thursday evening into Friday morning. As the dust settled on the MLB Trade Deadline, the key contenders stayed put — for the most part — but there were some...
PJ’s Coffee Comes to Rome, Georgia
PJ’s Coffee is giving a taste of New Orleans tradition as it prepares to open its doors to the community at 402 E. 2nd Ave. in Rome on Monday, Aug. 4. Just a few blocks from Broad Street and surrounded by local medical offices and shopping plazas,...
'Weapon': How Reds trade deadline impacts prized rookie Chase Burns
Seventeen years ago this October, a top pitching prospect from Tennessee in his first full season of professional baseball came out of the bullpen to get the final four outs of Game 7 of the American League Championship Series to eliminate the...

2025 Atlanta Braves Midseason Top 30 Prospects: 1-6
In recent years the top prospect or two in the Atlanta Braves farm system has been a relatively easy-to-parse equation. Each season it seems like one player or the other has a major breakout and gets near-unanimous support in the top spot, only to...

MLB Trade Deadline Recap: Yankees, Phillies Win Big as Red Sox, Braves Face Harsh 2025 Report Card
The 2025 MLB trade deadline didn’t sneak up—it kicked the door down and rearranged the furniture. In a league where hesitation often masquerades as strategy, some front offices went full throttle while others clutched their prospects like family...

Yankees Shockingly Release Two-Time All-Star After Trade Deadline Overhaul
The New York Yankees released a two-time All-Star pitcher on Friday, making a sudden change to their starting rotation one day after the MLB trade deadline. Marcus Stroman was 3-2 with a 6.23 ERA in nine starts this season when he was released...
Disaster recovery company planning move to Wheeling
Powerhouse Restoration intends to relocate from Elk Grove Village to this vacant building at 2039 Foster Ave. in Wheeling. That’s a village water tower in the background. Russell Lissau/rlissau@dailyherald.com A suburban disaster recovery company...

Change coming down the tracks for Atlanta in Norfolk Southern merger
When the company announced plans in late 2018 to relocate to Atlanta from Virginia, there appeared to be nothing but clear tracks ahead. But the years since have been both momentous and tumultuous for Norfolk Southern. The company sold land...

Padres unafraid to deal top prospect as they make waves at trade deadline
For the second time in four years, A.J. Preller turned the San Diego Padres into the biggest stars of baseball's trade deadline. In 2022, the San Diego general manager snagged slugger Juan Soto, sending James Wood, MacKenzie Gore, CJ Abrams and...

HAPPENING THIS WEEKEND: Events happening around the Big Bend and South Georgia, August 1st-2nd
TALLAHASSEE, FL — It's going to be a hot and wet weekend as showers are expected through Sunday. The rain will help temperatures drop. Below are some indoor and outdoor events happening around the Big Bend and South Georgia, Friday, August 1st &...

Still a Brave after trade deadline, Ozuna appears close to old form
Atlanta Braves The designated hitter finished Thursday’s game 1-for-2 with three walks. Credit: AP “You just have to worry a little less,” Marcell Ozuna said. “And then I’ll do my own, I’ll be Marcell Ozuna. And then I’ll work harder and give my...

Walmart, Lowes, McDonald's boycotts start now. New economic protest is soon
A new nationwide consumer boycott targeting Walmart, Lowes and McDonald's is happening now, and another one-day economic blackout is set for later this month. Here's who's organizing the financial protests, why. The People's Union USA is asking...

Ex-Food Network star Paula Deen leaves Georgia restaurant business, abruptly closes 2 locations
Paula Deen suddenly closed her iconic Savannah restaurant after 36 years in operation, leaving the Georgia restaurant business completely. SAVANNAH, Ga. — Celebrity chef Paula Deen and former Food Network star is closing her last Georgia...

Police investigating attempted $50,000 theft from Athens food bank
ATHENS, Ga. — Athens-Clarke County police said someone tried to steal almost $50,000 from a local food bank through a fraudulent invoice. According to police, the Food Bank of Northeast Georgia reported an attempted theft by deception involving a...

David Songulashvili: Supporting Georgian Quality Agricultural Production Remains Our Main Priority
“Promoting the production of high-quality Georgian agricultural products is our main priority, and all state programs are developed with this goal in mind,” said David Songulashvili, Minister of Environmental Protection and Agriculture, during his...

David Songulashvili Meets with Spanish Gastronomy Leaders to Strengthen Georgia’s Culinary Tourism Potential
David Songulashvili, Minister of Environmental Protection and Agriculture of Georgia, met with Benjamin Lana, General Director of the renowned Spanish gastronomic company Vocento Gastronomía, and Luis Marti, the company’s Commercial Director, to...

Georgia’s SNAP benefits call center hit with cyberattack; cardholders encouraged to change PINs
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - Hackers targeted Georgia’s privately contracted SNAP benefits call center in a cyberattack earlier this week, according to the Georgia Department of Human Services (DHS). The attempt to access electronic benefit...