Atlanta GA

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - One year after the federal government stopped reimbursing stolen SNAP benefits, fraud has only gotten worse as security measures to protect families’ food money continue to fail. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) tasks each state with implementing electronic benefit...

The King Center in Atlanta kicked off a slate of Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday events on Thursday.

A 29-year-old man was shot in the neck in southeast Atlanta. He was taken to Grady Memorial Hospital around 9 p.m. for treatment, and local authorities are investigating, FOX 5 Atlanta reported. Following the incident, Atlanta Police have not made any arrests and have not released information about a possible suspect.

Protests popped up across the country on Wednesday after a woman was shot and killed by an ICE agent in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Venus Carter, a South Fulton County woman, was devastated when she discovered the home that she thought she was renting legally was fraudulently leased to her. She's received a squatter's summons following the alleged scam and does not know where she will live.

A business owner accused of stealing $450,000 from investors.

Neary one in five children in America experiences hunger. Kroger's Atlanta Division and its vendor partners have worked together to present over $329,000 to Atlanta schools to feed their underserved students.

A felon with more than a dozen previous convictions will serve years in federal prison after robbing two women at gunpoint in an Atlanta park, causing a standoff with police.

Authorities and a local church are searching for a 79-year-old Georgia woman with dementia who disappeared earlier this week. The DeKalb County Police Department issued a Mattie’s Call—Georgia’s emergency missing alert for elderly or disabled individuals—for Ernestine Merritt. Merritt was last seen around 4:30 a.m....

The Secret Service says criminals use skimming devices to steal EBT and other payment card numbers.