Atlanta GA

Atlanta City Councilmember Kelsea Bond and community advocates held a press conference on March 2, 2026, to urge the expansion of jail diversion programs. Citing a "human rights crisis" at the Fulton County Jail, Bond’s resolution pushes for the use of citations over arrests for low-level offenses. The move comes as...

A candlelight vigil will be held at 5 p.m. on Monday, March 2, 2026, to honor 7-year-old Zoey Price, who was killed in a drive-by shooting at her home on Tiger Flowers Drive. Atlanta Police continue to search for the suspect responsible for the gunfire that also wounded Zoey’s mother. The community is gathering to...

In a violent episode that has shaken parents and disability advocates across Atlanta, 15-year-old Isias Rodriguez Gallaga, who has autism and epilepsy, was bullied and then stabbed in a school hallway in January, according to his mother. The attack has the family reeling and has reignited tough questions about how...

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — A man is dead after Atlanta police say he was burned in a fire early Tuesday. The incident happened overnight at a gas station in the 1200 block of Collier Road in northwest Atlanta. The man, who has not been identified, was taken to Grady Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

Every year in February, Elizabeth Gill holds a luncheon to honor her late daughter and the firefighters who gave her a few last moments with her after the devastating fire.

ATLANTA, GEORGIA — A major stretch of Interstate 285 was shut down for hours after a tractor-trailer driver struck a pothole, lost control, and crashed into a concrete barrier, according to the Georgia State Patrol. The crash caused significant traffic delays across the Atlanta area as crews worked to...

COBB COUNTY, Ga. - A 25-year-old man is facing charges after Marietta police say he attempted to burglarize a church that he had previously asked for financial help. It started in mid-February when Quintavious Jones approached St. Joseph Catholic Church for help paying for a hotel room. A week later,...

Former DeKalb County sheriff Sidney Dorsey, who was convicted of ordering the death of the man he lost to for the position in 2000, has died in prison. He was 86 years old.

While no “teen takeovers” happened at Cumberland Mall over the weekend, police say at least nine arrests were made in connection with a “street takeover” in the Town Center Mall area on Saturday. The social media promotion of the no show-Cumberland Mall event followed a chaotic scene at the Battery Atlanta on Feb. 21...

A child under the age of 10 was reportedly shot early Monday by his 21-year-old brother who was in the process of putting his gun away. It happened in DeKalb County. Reporter Tyler Fingert has the latest from the scene.