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Criminal justice reform advocates are applauding Fulton County Sheriff Pat Labat's move to limit the number of people booked into the Rice Street Jail. Why it matters: The agency has been in a long-running fight to address crowding and crumbling infrastructure at Rice Street. The jail has been plagued with...

ATLANTA - Soggy weather patterns continue across metro Atlanta and North Georgia as another wave of atmospheric moisture moves into the region to close out the workweek. A moist weather pattern will keep rain and storms in the forecast through the weekend, with the highest threat for widespread heavy downpours arriving

A quick gas station stop in southwest Atlanta turned into a costly detour for one driver, after roughly $13,000 in cash, a passport and an ID vanished from her parked car on May 1. Atlanta police have released surveillance images and identified Hassan Kounta as the prime suspect, saying he has since changed his appeara

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — In an effort to reduce overpopulation at the Fulton County Jail, Sheriff Pat Labat announced this week that the jail will stop accepting inmates charged with many misdemeanor crimes. Those inmates will instead be housed at other local municipal facilities, like Atlanta’s City...

A Cobb County teenager was able to graduate thanks to the doctors at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta after a horrific car crash. Semaj's "favorite" nurse even pushed him across the stage. And, Peachtree Middle School's Sarv Dharavane finished in 3rd place once again in Scripps National Spelling Bee.

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — A man has been arrested in connection with an apparent drive-by shooting that injured a 71-year-old man. Amare Vance, 19, was arrested Wednesday. The shooting incident happened at 516 Lee St. SW, which is the listed address of a BP gas station, around...

Officials with the Georgia Department of Public Health say the family traveled internationally and was unvaccinated.

Alpharetta police have been getting reports of bear sightings in the city. They are urging people not to be alarmed, just be aware. The neighborhoods of Alpharetta are not where you’d expect to see a bear come wandering through. But police say they have fielded several calls from people saying a bear was on their stree

ATLANTA - An Atlanta federal district court judge remains on the bench after an investigation revealed she had an extramarital affair and sex in her chambers, initially lying to investigators before admitting to the actions. Atlanta federal judge reprimanded. What we know:. TMZ reports that the investigation revealed t

It was previously investigated, but the sheriff said it wasn't good enough.