Behind the Investigation with Atlanta News First
Atlanta News First has the largest team of investigative reporters in the city. Now, in this series of podcasts, we take you behind the scenes of our most recent investigations.
Episodes
Customers say they paid for yard work that never happened — now the landscaper, Grant Frerking, is facing legal trouble and promising to pay up.
If someone in your family depends on electricity to stay alive, the protections some customers get may not apply — and that’s exactly what happened to a Griffin woman whose power was cut, even with a heart pump keeping her alive. She was still in the back of an ambulance when a city collections manager called, demanding payment.
A Cherokee County family was reunited last week after being separated for years because of Daydrianna Hefner’s alleged drug use.
But independent drug tests proved the mother was sober, tests that came after a yearlong Atlanta News First investigation uncovered some of Georgia’s subcontracted labs have a history of fals...
Nearly a decade after state regulators discovered toxic chemicals in North Georgia’s drinking water, a new Emory University study reveals what some residents feared: elevated levels of PFAS — also known as forever chemicals — in their blood.
The preliminary study, released this month and still undergoing peer review, test...
Access to high speed internet is crucial for education, health care and the economy. But a national investigative report has found a massive federal government initiative to bring access to everyone is having some unintended consequences.
A Georgia hospital is facing a lawsuit, alleging it failed to prevent the suicide of a 35-year-old man who sought emergency psychiatric care and blames a lack of staff and oversight for his death.
The suit, filed by the family of Michael Sharadin, claims Memorial Health University Medical Center in Savannah and its staff did not provide the...
Jack and Janice Buckelew have turned their garage into an inventory of life-saving medical supplies for their son.
In October 2015, their son Jonathan became dizzy and disoriented during a chiropractic visit. He was eventually rushed by EMS to North Fulton Hospital Emergency Room.
According to a Fulton County state cour...
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 sh...
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 wo...
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.
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.
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.
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