The story of a Cabbagetown stay-at-home dad who needed something to do when the kids went to school. Dave Dechant taught himself to sculpt a 10,000lb shark in his front yard.

Seven law enforcement agencies are investigating more than 20 armed robberies they believe are being committed by the same suspect.

Two people were arrested on charges related to the murder of Alpha Oumar Diallo, whose body was found Monday on the Clarkston campus of Georgia Perimeter College.

NASCAR driver Jason Leffler died after an accident Wednesday night at a dirt car event at Bridgeport Speedway.

A number of families were displaced as a result of an apartment fire in Norcross on Wednesday evening. 

Authorities have located a 15-year-old runaway who went missing on Tuesday evening. 

The Atlanta BeltLine, Inc. Board of Directors has named transportation and development consultant Paul Morris as its CEO.

The Brooklyn Nets have hired Jason Kidd as their coach, bringing the former star back to the franchise.

The support team for Australian endurance swimmer Chloe McCardel says she has ended her attempt to swim from Cuba to Florida.

Cartersville Police are searching for a man they say shot a woman in the leg in Cartersville on Wednesday afternoon. 

Sarah Murnaghan, the 10-year-old girl suffering from end-stage cystic fibrosis whose bid to get a transplant from adult lungs drew national attention, is getting a lung transplant today, according to AP and CNN.

Clayton County Police are working on a shooting incident at the Stockbridge Inn on Georgia 138.

More details are coming out about former Atlanta Hawks player Mookie Blaylock after a fatal crash last month in Clayton County.

A major severe weather outbreak in the Midwest and moving into the mid-Atlantic states Wednesday is a precursor to possible severe weather in Georgia on Thursday.

"Tornado tourism" may sound strange or even distasteful in light of deadly twisters in the past few weeks, but it's a thriving travel niche, and business is booming.

Southern Baptist Convention leaders have proposed a resolution expressing their opposition to the Boy Scouts of America's new policy allowing gay Scouts.

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is suing Dollar General Corp. over its criminal background checks of new hires and employees, a case that legal experts say could affect hiring practices nationwide.

Attorneys trying to narrow down a pool of potential jurors for George Zimmerman's high-profile murder trial are getting closer to being allowed to ask the candidates more detailed questions about their lives.

Watch live coverage of the Zimmerman trial on 11Alive.com.

A 43-year-old father is in critical condition after diving in a creek to save a young child.