City of Atlanta seeks funding for Southwest Atlanta park
The City of Atlanta is applying for a grant to turn a forested area in southwest Atlanta into a new neighborhood park. Through a sparse forest and down a hill, there’s a forest with a little lake tucked into a neighborhood off Campbellton Road. “The neighbors here that were...
Civil rights figure and former Black Panther H. Rap Brown dies in prison at...
He was known as H. Rap Brown during the civil rights era before converting to Islam and changing his name to Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin.
Clayton County Police issue Mattie’s Call for former Cobb County employee
CLAYTON COUNTY, Ga. — Officers in Clayton County have issued a Mattie's Call for a former Cobb County Police employee. Officers say they responded to a missing persons call in the 100 block of Indian Lake Drive. Family members told police that 63-year-old Machell Scandrett had not been seen...
Woman charged after shooting DeKalb County officer during hostage call
DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. - A woman who police say was injured after shooting a DeKalb County officer has officially been charged, according to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation. Shkinnia Patrice Thomas, 45, of Riverdale, was arrested in connection with a shooting involving police on Friday. The backstory:. Officers said...
JC Penney sued by federal government over claims of discrimination in Forest Park
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is suing JC Penney for allegedly violating the Americans with Disabilities Act by refusing to accommodate a warehouse employee with breast cancer, then firing her.
Abducted Georgia 2-month-old found hundreds of miles away, father arrested
Police activated a Levi’s Call, Georgia’s Amber Alert system, for a 2-month-old boy believed to have been abducted in Rex on Tuesday.
Man convicted in what prosecutors call one of the worst mass shootings in Atlanta...
The shooting occurred during a chaotic street-racing style intersection takeover combined with an impromptu fireworks show and gunfire in the summer of 2020.
People Can’t Wait to Move Out of the Fastest Shrinking City in Georgia State
Across the vibrant state of Georgia, demographic shifts reveal crucial stories about urban transformation, economic pressures, and changing lifestyles. One prominent tale is unfolding in Sandy Springs, the Atlanta suburb identified as the fastest shrinking city in Georgia. Despite its commercial importance with...
New charges filed against 2 accused of burning down apartment building with fireworks
More than two years after an apartment building burned down because of fireworks being shot from the roof, prosecutors have filed new charges.
Derrick Hayes Scaled Big Dave’s Cheesesteaks Into A Multi-Million-Dollar Franchise, But His Legacy Is...
Community, family, love — those are the three words Big Dave’s Cheesesteaks CEO Derrick Hayes wants people to think of when they hear his name.
