New Kroger store at Perimeter Village clears hurdles at planning session
DUNWOODY, Ga. — A Kroger Marketplace with a gas station and pharmacy drive-thru planned at the former Walmart site near Perimeter Mall has cleared a major hurdle. The Dunwoody Planning Commission recommended accepting the store’s zoning requests May 12. Now, it’s up to the City Council to grant final approval.
‘Just a moneymaker’: School zone cameras ticket drivers even when caution lights aren’t flashing
Drivers were stunned to learn some school zone cameras continue operating as regular speed enforcement cameras long after a school’s morning bell.
Metro Atlanta community in shock after popular artist accused of assaulting, tattooing underage girl
A metro Atlanta community is in shock after a popular tattoo shop owner and artist was accused of kidnapping an underage girl, assaulting her and tattooing her stomach.
Ex-boyfriend accused of killing woman should have been arrested weeks earlier, family says
A woman was shot to death in her SUV while pulling into her neighborhood in Stone Mountain.
Boat explosion on Lake Lanier leaves five people hurt
Five people were hospitalized after a boat exploded on Lake Lanier near Buford over the weekend. The Georgia Department of Natural Resources (DNR) said crews were called to the scene of a boat fire in Land Shark Cove at Lake Lanier Islands just before 8:00 p.m. on Saturday, May 16.
These jet engines made in metro Atlanta can propel cruise missiles
PBS Aerospace in Roswell is already racking up military contracts, especially as conflicts in Gaza, Iran and Ukraine fuel munitions spending.
Mother says bullying forced son out of DeKalb school
DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. - A metro Atlanta mother is sharing her frustration after she says severe bullying forced her to pull her 12-year-old son out of his DeKalb County School District school. Tanisha Pitts says her son, Devonear Pitts, struggled for months because of bullying at McNair Middle School. She...
Apartment fire in Sandy Springs displaces residents
Sandy Springs Fire Department said a fire at an apartment building displaced residents Sunday night.
Businesses remain closed, residents displaced, one week after massive apartment fire in Chamblee
CHAMBLEE, Ga. — Businesses remain closed, and families without a home, one week after a massive fire ripped through the roof of an apartment building in DeKalb County. The Mother's Day fire at Windsor Parkview Apartments in Chamblee forced 72 people out of their homes. One of those people...
Boyfriend shot his pregnant girlfriend in the head to ‘murder the unborn kid’ because...
Donald Wooten, 27, has been sentenced to 60 years in prison after shooting his pregnant girlfriend in the head in an attempt to kill their unborn child. The shooting occurred in March 2023 near a walking trail at Chapel Hill Park in Decatur, Georgia. The victim, 22 weeks pregnant, was found by EMTs in a fetal position
