Her rental insurance policy had a maximum of $26,000, leaving $1,000 for hotel, food, and damaged contents. Why every renter needs to check their coverage .

India Pullen moved into The View senior apartments in Stone Mountain, Georgia, 10 years ago. She loves her apartment and is an expert at keeping her water bill low, between $30 and $40 a month. Pullen rarely cooks, uses bottled water, and says she’s only run her dishwasher once since moving in. But in recent months, Pullen’s water bill shot up without explanation: $231 one month, and then two months later, $580, more than 16 times her average bill. Pullen said there are no leaks in her unit, and Atlanta News First Investigates confirmed her water meter showed no activity when all water sources were turned off.…

A Cumming, Georgia, homeowner and his roofer spent three years going back and forth with State Farm Insurance company to get a full roof replacement approved , only to find they didn’t payout after the job was complete. The situation is something metro Atlanta roofer David Garner said he has never seen in the near decade he’s been working with insurance companies on roof repairs.…

In this Behind the Investigation special, we look at Georgia's literacy crisis ; how an international crime ring is stealing electronic food stamp benefits ; skyrocketing timeshare fees ; and how an FBI raid on the wrong house cost a man his childhood.

As temperatures climb, so do the chances that your aging air conditioner will say goodbye. If it does, brace yourself. Replacing your HVAC system in 2024 will cost about twice as much as it did five years ago. Here's how to save, along with other summer energy reduction tips.

A Georgia mother who says she’s a U.S. citizen remains locked inside a private immigration detention center, swept up in a wave of federal immigration enforcement that’s bringing historic profits to the company detaining her.

Homeowners in this metro Atlanta subdivision said their HOA hasn't provided any financial documentation for nearly two years. Here are your rights as a Georgia homeowner who is living under the rule of an HOA.

After recommending Sandy Springs city councilors approve a controversial, eight-foot free speech barrier, city attorney Dan Lee urged them to repeal it. They did so by unanimous vote. Full story here.

If you live near a golf course, consider yourself forewarned. Country clubs aren’t usually responsible for repairing the damages to your home from errant golf balls, which some Georgia homeowners said has cost them tens of thousands of dollars over the years. Full investigation here

The parents of a 27-year-old man with severe autism are calling on state officials to intervene after their son was allegedly assaulted and neglected multiple times while living in a group home run by Brightstar Homes and Services . Note: This episode was uploaded on May 14, 2025.

Everyone has the right to receive their mail. But for more than a year, Decatur attorney Dan DeWoskin has been fighting to make that happen at his home on Ponce de Leon Avenue, where a persistent sinkhole kept swallowing his mailbox .

Regina Stansbury wasn’t expecting drama when an AT&T crew showed up in her Duluth neighborhood in July 2023. The crew was there to hook up a fiber optic line for her next-door neighbor, Maria Stringfellow. “I just wanted a piece of the internet,” Maria said. “Was that too much to ask?” Apparently, it was .…

Georgia is confronting a reading crisis decades in the making. By the time students reach fourth grade, only one in three can read proficiently, according to a 2025 state assessment. Critics say failed teaching methods, a lack of teacher preparation, and ineffective early interventions are to blame.

The Sandy Springs City Council recently passed three new ordinances limiting First Amendment activity, the most controversial of which creates an eight-foot buffer zone between someone wanting to share a message and anyone who doesn’t want to hear it.

A disabled metro Atlanta man living with mold, cockroaches and a partially collapsed ceiling successfully sued his landlord more than a year ago, but is still waiting for his complex to make the court-ordered repairs and pay him.

From land taken by a railroad company to money seized by DEA agents, and the trickle-down cost of high insurance premiums, Atlanta News First’s award-winning investigative journalists tackle the tough issues impacting our community.

Atlanta News First’s award-winning investigative journalists tackle the tough issues impacting our community. In this series of visual podcasts, we take you behind the scenes of our most recent investigations.

A metro Atlanta police department is under scrutiny after arresting a man for a violent home invasion, despite evidence casting doubt that he could have committed the crime.

After a series of Atlanta News First investigations, state lawmakers passed new laws seeking to change how reading is taught in the state’s public schools.

An Atlanta News First investigation has uncovered how easily a total stranger can steal your American dream .

Civil rights investigations into hundreds of Georgia education-related discrimination complaints could be left unresolved following President Donald Trump’s executive order to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education .

Rachel Fuller’s 4-year-old daughter and 3-year-old son haven’t lived at her house in years. The last time Fuller saw them was February 2024, around the time her parental rights were terminated after she tested positive for methamphetamine . An extensive Atlanta News First Investigation , Stolen Sobriety , uncovered numerous cases where children were removed from their parents after a failed drug test. The investigation has found that some of the state’s contracted labs to perform those tests have credibility issues.…

Thirty years ago, the U.S. Department of Justice warned the failure to learn to read was not just linked to delinquency, but a likely cause of it. That prediction is playing out today across Georgia, where low literacy rates remain persistent and incarceration rates remain the highest of any democratic country in the world.…

At least nine former patients of Dr. Harvey ‘Chip’ Cole are suing him for negligence.

All these College Park homeowners wanted was for sewage to stop backing up into their front yard. It took two years - and Better Call Harry - to get it done.

The residents of a Gwinnett County neighborhood are locked in a battle with their homeowners association over fines and other controversies.

People with disabilities are often mistaken by police as being non-compliant with their instructions and demands. Viral body camera videos of interactions with blind and deaf people highlight a lack of police training nationwide.

In this special Behind the Investigation with Atlanta News First podcast, we recap some of our most recent, hard-hitting investigations, including deadly ambulance delays; a tragic overdose at a metro hospital; a major car maker issues an engine recall; and the challenges facing search and rescue divers at Lake Lanier.…

A north Georgia lawmaker whose district includes some of the state’s major carpet manufacturers - including the world’s largest - wants to give immunity to those companies from lawsuits related to their use of cancer-causing toxins in their production process.

Legislation under consideration in the Georgia General Assembly would ban school-zone speed detection cameras , and has sparked a fierce debate between lawmakers, law enforcement, and lobbyists. Camera companies have been working behind the scenes to stop the legislation or amend it.