The Latest Breaking News from Atlanta

In a two-lap dash to the finish, Nemechek got a big push from Daniel Hemric to take the lead.

Just like earlier this year at Atlanta when the Fords absolutely dominated qualifying (and later the race), they looked to be very fast once again this weekend.

ATLANTA — The mayor of the City of South Fulton was arrested and is facing charges related to a Saturday morning incident, city officials confirmed.

Mills is now a member of his fourth team in the last 10 days.

ATLANTA — Chase Elliott could use a hug. The kind of warm, understanding embrace you can get only at home. The kind that makes everything OK again. That and some unimpeded horsepower would be nice for Georgia’s own Elliott during Sunday night’s Quaker State 400 at Atlanta Motor Speedway.

ATLANTA — It’s been six months since the “Young Slime Life” trial started and a jury still hasn’t been selected.

ATLANTA — The expert consensus is that the Braves have the worst farm system among major league teams. That would be a problem if they also had a bad major-league team. The Braves have been a great major league team over multiple years, with prospects either directly filling needs or…

ATLANTA — The South Georgia election director who allowed tech experts to copy the state’s voting software in the wake of the 2020 presidential race was hired to run a special election in another rural county soon afterward, leading investigators to confiscate its election server this spring.

ATLANTA — Back on the Monday of March 12, 2001, Atlanta picked up its morning paper and read of many sporting splendors. Down in Florida, Braves pitcher John Smoltz made a second start in his recovery from elbow surgery. Lefty Driesell’s Georgia State basketball team had just earned an invite…

ATLANTA — Numbers don’t lie. Especially when they are so beautiful.

ATLANTA — It turns out Dejounte Murray isn’t going anywhere.