Lockdowns at all Barrow County Schools lifted after possible swatting call
Widespread storm damage in Rome spurs urgent cleanup efforts as volunteers step in. Massive trees came crashing down, nearly slicing homes in half, as powerful storms swept through Rome Thursday night. Spalding County deputy arrested, fired after showing up to work drunk, sheriff says. Updated: 7 hours ago. A...
Women sue over Georgia law that added cash bail requirements for misdemeanors
Two women behind bars in Atlanta sued the state of Georgia on Friday over a recent law that added a cash bail requirement for more crimes, many of them misdemeanors. The lawsuit accuses the state of violating people’s constitutional rights to due process when they’re accused of crimes that require cash bail due to...
Woman Charged With Murdering Paramedic In Line Of Duty
A judge agreed to delay Donna Adelson's upcoming murder trial again, but did not set a new date for when it would begin. (5/2/25)
20-Year-Old Utah Woman Identified as Victim in Easter Sunday Homicide at Atlanta Cemetery
Atlanta police have disclosed that the woman found shot to death on Easter Sunday near Crest Lawn Memorial Park was 20-year-old Angela Yajahira Cortes Villegas from Utah. Officers discovered Villegas's body just before 6 p.m. on April 20, with multiple gunshot wounds, and she was pronounced dead at the scene.
Spalding County deputy arrested, fired after showing up to work drunk, sheriff says
Widespread storm damage in Rome spurs urgent cleanup efforts as volunteers step in. Massive trees came crashing down, nearly slicing homes in half, as powerful storms swept through Rome Thursday night. Lockdowns at all Barrow County Schools lifted after possible swatting call. Updated: 8 hours ago. Barrow County...
Police Arrest 17-Year-Old in Shooting near Marietta Park
Marietta Police have arrested a 17-year-old they say shot two other teens near Elizabeth Porter Park last month. Police have charged Xavier Ivan Moreno, of Marietta, in connection with the April 21 shooting. Moreno was charged with 11 felonies and three misdemeanors, including nine felony counts of aggravated assault...
Atlanta police join ‘Boots on the Ground’ viral trend
The viral ''Boots on the Ground'' line dance is taking over social media right now, and a group of officers with the Atlanta Police Department decided to do their own take on it.
‘It’s dangerous:’ Tenants at Cobb apartment complex detail history of problems
Some families are concerned about a Cobb County apartment complex they live in.
I-Team: Deputy named suspect in beating of inmate
A sheriff's deputy has been listed as a suspect connected to the punching and choking of a mentally ill, restrained Cobb County inmate. The FOX 5 I-Team's Dana Fowle first brought this unsettling video to the public, and she shares the latest update.
Marietta Shooting Fires Bullets into Two People, Homes, Cars
Police say two people, homes and cars were struck when a 17-year-old fired at least nine pistol rounds in a residential Marietta neighborhood last month. According to Marietta Police, Xavier Ivan Moreno, of Marietta, began shooting at the intersection of North Marietta Parkway and Allgood Road, near Elizabeth Porter...