Nearly six months after the chemical fire at the BioLab in Rockdale County, a community-led group is working to study the long-term effects. Community Action NOW! partnered with Morehouse School ...

Penn Hills High School swim team members Gianna Pernatozzi (left) and Dulce Hernandez, both 16, prepare to dive into the newly reopened Linton Middle School pool during practice Dec. 11.

After years of inactivity, the large pool at Linton Middle School will be back in use for the district’s swim team. The pool has been inoperable because of maintenance issues and repairs since ...

The opaque plumes of noxious smoke billowing out of a Georgia chemical plant are long gone. But the relentless effects of the BioLab fire in Conyers are still visible, residents say – from ...

A fire at a BioLab industrial building shrouded neighborhoods in chemical smoke for days, forcing thousands of evacuations and keeping kids out of school for weeks. Now, Rockdale County is trying ...

In 2004, a fire broke out at the BioLab warehouse in Conyers that contained about 12.5 million pounds of pool chemicals and oxidizers, prompting thousands of residents to evacuate.

Rockdale County Public Schools officials said the district will operate virtually through the first half of next week due to the aftermath of the BioLab chemical fire that displaced 17,000 residents ...

The plume of smoke rising from BioLab as seen from Old Covington Hwy continued on Thursday, Oct. 3, 2024 in Conyers. A Sunday fire at the chemical plant in Conyers has had agencies monitoring the ...

Around 11 am ET on Sunday, officials requested that all church services be closed. By 11, several local roads were closed, and by around 1 pm officials ordered about 17,000 people in Conyers to ...

The DeKalb County School District also announced that no after-school outdoor activities or athletics would take place Monday. Closer to the fire, students in Rockdale County Public Schools were ...

General Ray Davis Middle School at 3375 E Fairview Road SW in Stockbridge Officials had earlier set up a shelter at the JP Carr Gym at 90 Hardin Street SW in Conyers, but a new location was needed ...