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Cobb County officially has a new top lawman. James "Dan" Ferrell was sworn in on Tuesday evening as chief of the Cobb County Police Department following a unanimous vote by the Board of Commissioners.

Atlanta could soon get a new hospital. Mayor Andre Dickens has sent a list of initiatives to the Atlanta City Council, including an $800 million health facility that has not yet been publicly named. Councilmembers say it may involve a new hospital that could replace the former Atlanta Medical Center.

After one of the most powerful storms of the season slammed into the Jamaican coast on Tuesday, it has since set it eyes on the Bahamas. Here's the latest from the FOX 5 Storm Team.

An Atlanta-area chef is anxiously waiting for word from his family in Jamaica as Hurricane Melissa batters the island with destructive wind, rain and storm surge.

A Marietta man is on the run after police say he killed his stepfather during a domestic dispute. The newscast also covers Head Start centers getting emergency funding to stay open during the federal shutdown, emotional witness testimony in the Tiffany Foster murder trial, an Ackworth deputy-involved fatal shooting, and growing outrage over mold and deteriorating conditions inside an Atlanta police precinct.

Testimony in the Tiffany Foster disappearance and murder case continued Tuesday. A former Coweta County inmate told jurors he was working with law enforcement to help find her because he believed she was still alive.

Some Atlanta community leaders have now called for a new police precinct building. The safety leaders say the current facility in police Precinct Zone 6 in East Atlanta is substandard, outdated, and has been remediated for mold. They say they took their pleas to Mayor Andre Dickens a couple of months ago.

The National Air Traffic Controllers Association has called for an end to the government shutdown as their members miss their first full paycheck on Tuesday. Controllers made their voices heard at airports across the country including at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport.

Emergency relief for thousands of children enrolled in Georgia’s head start program. Some of the state's largest Head Start providers have scrambled to keep their doors open in the middle of the government shutdown.

A domestic dispute at a Marietta apartment turned deadly Monday evening. Now, police are searching for the victim’s stepson.

The federal government has been shut down since Oct. 1 with many users of government subsidized programs about to lose all funding and pause payments. This will cause a ripple effect across Georgia. Here's the latest on the impact in the Peach State.