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You tend to do things that are reckless and not well thought out when hunger takes over. For one Georgia mother, that impulse led her to a very unusual and brazen decision. She decided to serve herself at a Forest Park Church’s Chicken. The incident allegedly began because she was frustrated about having to wait for...

DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. - A deadly crash shut down part of Interstate 285 near Moreland Avenue on Friday morning. Police said the crash happened around 6:35 a.m. just past the Moreland Avenue exit. Investigators believe a person was walking in the fast lane of the interstate when they were struck by a car. Moments later,...

Dunwoody police are investigating a string of dozens of car break-ins early Friday morning.

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - An Alabama man says a woman pulled a gun on him and his sons after she hit their car and drove away on I-20. Brandon Parker said he and his sons drove to Zoo Atlanta for a day trip when a woman hit their car and drove off.

Urban Alchemy employs staff with lived experience, including 96% who were incarcerated and homeless, to connect people with resources and housing through compassion and respect. The organization has successfully housed individuals in Atlanta, partnering with nonprofits to provide immediate housing solutions and...

Clark Atlanta University issued a shelter-in-place order Thursday as campus police and the Atlanta Police Department investigated threats made to the campus.

SANDY SPRINGS, Ga. - A Sandy Springs man who admitted to stabbing his fiancée’s dog and threatening to kill her has been sentenced to more than a decade in prison. Joshua Paul Allen pleaded guilty this week to cruelty to animals in the first degree, terroristic threats, and tampering with evidence, according to Sandy...

STONECREST, Ga. (Decaturish) — The DeKalb County Board of Registration and Elections disqualified Jason Lary from running for Stonecrest City Council at its Sept. 10 meeting. Lary was recently released from federal prison and is under supervised release following a conviction for stealing COVID-19 relief funds from...

DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. - DeKalb County police said two men were arrested Thursday night after officers found them inside a stolen vehicle. According to investigators, 59-year-old Terrence Pennamon and 44-year-old Michael Finch were taken into custody outside a gas station in the 4500 block of Glenwood Road. Police said...

A serial rapist received two life sentences after being convicted of a Kennesaw rape case that was cold for 28 years. Jerry Lee Pruitt, 66, was sentenced by Cobb Superior Court Judge Julie Jacobs. His new sentence will run consecutively to a sentence he was already serving for another sexual assault in Alabama,...