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Trying to skip a $2.50 fare could cost you a felony, MARTA says

The Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority police have made dozens of arrests and are seeking dozens more suspects after a wave of damage to the transit system’s new fare gates, according to crime data obtained by Channel 2 Action News.
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GBI identifies man killed in shootout with deputies that shut down highway

GBI identifies man killed in shootout with deputies that shut down highway The GBI has identified the man killed during a shootout with Coweta County deputies during a chaotic scene in broad daylight on I-85. Dubraye McDaniel, age 64, of Atlanta allegedly grabbed his gun and opened fire on deputies after a
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Year after 158% tax increase, metro Atlanta city wants to almost 5% more

The City of Austell passed a nearly 160% property tax hike in 2025. Now, it wants to increase the tax rate for property owners again, but not nearly to the same degree.
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Mayor Dickens issues an executive order to pause new self-storage developments in the city...

Last week, Atlanta’s mayor, Andre Dickens, signed an Executive Order establishing a temporary moratorium on new self-storage developments across the City of Atlanta. The Executive Order, which you can read in its entirety here, directs the Department of City Planning’s Office of Buildings and Office of Zoning and Devel
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Clayton County Jury Convicts Woman of Running Over Teen Zaxby’s Employee

JONESBORO, Ga. — A Clayton County jury has convicted a woman of aggravated assault and battery for intentionally striking a juvenile Zaxby’s employee with her vehicle following an argument in 2021. Clayton County District Attorney Tasha M. Mosley announced that 40-year-old Chelyria Martina Palmer was found guilty of...
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Poncey-Highland Horror: Man Charged After Deadly Alley Beating

An Atlanta man has been arrested and charged with aggravated assault after a late-night beating near the Poncey-Highland neighborhood left another man dead, according to police. Officers found the victim unresponsive behind a business late last month, and he later died at a hospital. The suspect is being held on a $75,
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Buckhead Block on Edge After Body Found, Man Hauled Into Custody

A quiet stretch of Buckhead turned into a crime scene Tuesday afternoon after Atlanta police found a person dead inside a residence and detained a man at the scene. The discovery happened in the 3500 block of Roswell Road, near a cluster of townhomes, and officers have opened a death investigation as detectives work to
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Bodycam released from Falcons LB James Pierce Jr.’s arrest

ATLANTA - The Doral Police Department in Florida has released body camera footage from the February arrest of Atlanta Falcons linebacker James Pierce Jr., showing officers attempting to take him into custody before he fled the scene in his vehicle. What we know:. The incident began after police responded to...
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Man dies months after he was severely beaten

The sister of the victim, 59-year-old David Hutchison, told Channel 2’s Tom Jones her brother was beaten so badly he was unrecognizable.
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LIVE UPDATES: Severe Thunderstorm Warning for more north Georgia counties

Severe Weather Team 2 Chief Meteorologist Brad Nitz is tracking storms across parts of north Georgia and the metro Atlanta area.

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