Week In Review: Congressman dead at 80 and wildfires ravage parts of Southeast Georgia

Week In Review

Alex Helmick | WABE

April 25th, 2026

A firefighter works the Brantley Highway 82 fire, Thursday, April 23, 2026, near Nahunta, Ga. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)

Environmental groups announce intent to sue Hartsfield-Jackson over Flint River pollution

Water

State and City of Atlanta split on cause of South River fish kill

Outdoors

Chastain Park to open up 30 acres of green space for recreation

National News

Fauci repeatedly invokes the Fifth Amendment in a contentious Senate committee hearing

A TSA agent with a badge on his blue uniform checks a passengers ticket

National News

TSA shares passengers’ personal information with immigration enforcement, documents show

Atlanta Transit

Public survey on potential Atlanta-Savannah rail service ends soon

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Week In Review: Congressman dead at 80 and wildfires ravage parts of Southeast Georgia

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