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The jury has been handed the case in the trial of Colin Gray, the father of the accused deadly Apalachee High School mass shooter. Gray is accused of providing his 13-year-old son with the rifle use to kill four people.

In a significant clash between federal expansion and local autonomy, Senator Raphael Warnock has joined the residents of Social Circle to oppose the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) plan to convert a massive 1-million-square-foot warehouse into an ICE detention facility. 

Seven-year-old Zoey Price was tragically killed by a stray bullet in her own home during a drive-by shooting in southwest Atlanta. A beloved cheerleader and basketball player at the Dunbar Recreation Center, Zoey was described by her family as a "jokester" who loved being in front of the camera. 

A tragic accidental shooting in Stone Mountain has left a child under 10 in stable condition and his 21-year-old brother, Christopher Fields, behind bars.

The family of 7-year-old Zoey Price is pleading for justice as Atlanta Police continue to search for the gunman who opened fire on their Tiger Flowers Drive home on Tuesday, February 24, 2026. Zoey's mother, Cassandra Ervin, has been released from the hospital with a bullet still lodged in her ribs, while her older sister describes the harrowing moments she held Zoey in her arms before the young cheerleader succumbed to her injuries.

Civil rights icon Rev. Jesse Jackson returned to his native South Carolina on Monday, March 2, 2026, to lie in state at the Statehouse in Columbia. Following his death on February 17 at age 84, the two-time presidential candidate was honored with a horse-drawn procession and a public viewing. A memorial tribute is scheduled for this afternoon at Brookland Baptist Church as the nation remembers the founder of the Rainbow PUSH Coalition.

Atlanta Police Chief Darin Schierbaum, alongside local and federal law enforcement partners, held a press conference on Monday, March 2, 2026, to reveal the outcomes of a massive coordinated operation. The multi-agency initiative, focused on "Gangs, Guns and Drugs," resulted in dozens of arrests and the seizure of illegal narcotics and high-capacity firearms across the city of Atlanta.

A 4-year-old boy is fighting for his life following a shooting in Tyrone, Georgia, on Saturday afternoon, February 28, 2026. The Tyrone Police Department has requested the assistance of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) to process the scene in Fayette County. Investigators have not yet confirmed the circumstances surrounding the gunfire.

U.S. Senator Raphael Warnock visited Social Circle, Georgia, on Monday, March 2, 2026, to stand with local leaders opposing the Trump Administration's plan to open a new ICE detention facility. City officials argue the community was "blindsided" by the decision and lacks the infrastructure to support the site. Warnock is currently leading efforts in Washington to block the purchase of warehouses for detention use in both Social Circle and Oakwood.

The search for 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie enters its fifth week as her daughter, NBC’s Savannah Guthrie, and family members visited a memorial at her Tucson home on Monday, March 2, 2026. Authorities believe the former teacher was abducted on February 1. While the FBI has relocated most operations to Phoenix and the crime scene has been released back to the family, no suspects have been named despite a $1 million cash reward offer.

This FOX 5 Atlanta special explores the profound impact of Georgia's Black history through a variety of stories. This is the full version for 2026.