Tim Darnell
Investigative Digital Content Producer
Atlanta News First
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Tim Darnell is the Investigative Digital Content Producer for Atlanta News First.
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Former First Lady now has dementia, while nation’s 39th president remains in hospice care
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Justin Harris left his son Cooper in his car in June 2014. Harris was supposed to drop his son off at daycare on the way to his job at Home Depot but did not do so.
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Lashawn Thompson was found dead in his jail cell after being in the Fulton County Jail for three months on a misdemeanor charge.
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The checks will examine election management systems, ballot marking devices and scanners, as well as software checks.
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An Atlanta prosecutor seems to be suggesting any grand jury indictments would likely come in August in the election meddling investigation.
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While Georgia’s politically powerful governor is boycotting next month's Georgia Republican convention, his party’s most influential figure isn’t.
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Jeffery Williams is involved in a massive racketeering and organized crime trial in Fulton County.
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The Fulton County district attorney has been investigating alleged 2020 election interference from Donald Trump for more than a year.
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The man suspected of killing one and injuring four others once served in the U.S. Coast Guard, and was also arrested in a domestic disturbance.
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Georgia’s Raphael Warnock takes to the Senate floor 'with deep sense of anger;' Joe Biden, Kamala Harris briefed on the shooting.
The DA has been investigating Donald Trump's campaign for almost a year into alleged interference in Georgia's 2020 presidential election.
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Jeffery Williams has been in jail for almost a year, awaiting trial in a massive RICO case.
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Besides Georgia, the ad will run in Arizona, Michigan, Nevada, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.
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Georgia was featured in Biden’s reelection video but from completely opposite political spectrums.
Last year, Willis opened a criminal investigation into alleged attempts from the nation's 45th president to influence Georgia's 2020 election.
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The fatal crash happened only hours after UGA's national championship celebration, and killed Devin Willock and Chandler LeCroy. Jalen Carter was also involved in the incident.
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A group tied to Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg spent $45 million in Georgia elections in 2020.
Fulton County District Fani Willis, who has been investigating alleged election interference from Donald Trump for almost a year, has been ordered to respond by May 1 to the former president’s request to quash her special grand jury’s report.
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Georgia is an 'anti-labor, pro-gun, anti-choice, vote-suppressing state,' a group of powerful Democratic Midwest political leaders tell President Joe Biden.
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On March 16, 2021, eight people were killed and metro Atlanta's entire Asian community was traumatized.
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Agents said the artifact was stolen during looting of the Iraq Museum in 2003, and Carlos Museum personnel cooperated with agents.
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Jury selection in Jeffery Williams' RICO trial has already lasted more than eight weeks with not a single juror seated.
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The former UGA defensive standout - and the upcoming NFL draft's consensus No. 1 pick - is charged with reckless driving and drag racing.
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A memo from the governor's executive counsel is casting doubts on the constitutionality of a new City of Buckhead.
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The Republican congresswoman posted details about the alleged incident on Twitter.
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The nation's 39th president continues receiving hospice care at his Plains, Georgia, home.
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President Joe Biden, politicians, celebrities are sending poignant messages to nation’s 39th president.
Meet the DA who wants Jeffery Williams behind bars, and the lawyer determined to keep him out.
Jury selection is entering its second month in Atlanta’s high-profile RICO trial of Jeffery Williams and several others.
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The Georgia Sports Betting Integrity Act is this year's first legislative attempt to legalize online sports betting in Georgia.
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A letter to the president from more than 60 officials said, ‘the Democratic Party should immediately select the city of Atlanta as the site of its 2024 presidential nominating convention.’
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Controversy has enveloped the proposed facility since it was first proposed in 2021.
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The Fulton County DA says decisions are ‘imminent’ in grand jury’s investigation into alleged 2020 election interference
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Jury selection in Young Thug's trial has been disrupted by drug-related charges and other allegations this week.
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A juror in the Young Thug trial didn't return for duty. Now, she's getting a lesson in civic judicial involvement.
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Hanwha Q CELLS’ investment will bring about 2,500 jobs to the state, according to U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock and the Biden administration.
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A federal judge has ruled against Fair Fight Action’s claims of voter suppression in Georgia.
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Jurors are watching a four-hour video of Judge Ural Glanville reading the entire indictment involving the rapper, whose real name is Jeffery Williams.
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The two election workers are being honored with several others on Friday at the White House.
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The powerful former House speaker died this past November.
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The senior pastor of Ebenezer Baptist Church won reelection this past December.
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A new lieutenant governor and a new House Speaker are joining Gov. Brian Kemp as the state’s top political leaders.
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Brian Kemp, Herschel Walker, Raphael Warnock, Stacey Abrams and Andre Dickens also dominated this year’s political headlines.
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The newly re-elected governor is appearing for the first time in an ad for the UGA football legend.
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The court rejected a GOP request to stop Saturday early voting in the Senate runoff between Raphael Warnock and Herschel Walker.
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One of the first major public opinion polls in Georgia’s U.S. Senate runoff has been released, with Raphael Warnock opening up a narrow lead.
'Disappointed' Atlanta Press Club had scheduled a Senate runoff debate for next Monday.
The 14th district Georgia congresswoman is a longtime supporter of the nation's 45th president.
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Georgia's Dec. 6 runoff will either increase Democrats' majority in the Senate or split the body evenly at 50-50.
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With Brian Kemp entering a second term as governor, the state legislature has two new leaders for the first time in decades.
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