Man shot to death in South Fulton, police say
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — A man was found shot to death Monday in South Fulton, police said. Police said the man’s body was found in the woods near Blake Loop and Peyton Trail. The man has not been identified. This is a developing story. Check back...
‘I’m going to bomb your house’: Man accused of threatening animal services director
A Washington state man was jailed after being accused of threatening to bomb the home of a Metro Atlanta animal services director, according to Cobb County police.
A new Georgia law makes most Atlanta-area county elections nonpartisan. Two DAs are pushing...
The fate of a Georgia law that will make the district attorney’s seat and other roles nonpartisan in five metro Atlanta counties rests in the hands of a Fulton County judge after two district attorneys filed lawsuits challenging the measure. Lawyers for the state of Georgia are urging a Fulton County judge to dismiss
Metro Atlanta seller says money vanished from escrow account after buyer backed out of...
A Douglas County woman says she never received thousands of dollars in earnest money she was contractually owed after a home sale fell through, even though the real estate brokerage holding the funds agrees the money belongs to her.
The Legend of “Mr. V”; From a Mississippi cotton field to Atlanta’s Brightest Marquee
James L. Virgil never set out to become a legend. He set out to survive. That he ended up doing both, surviving and becoming one of Atlanta’s most beloved entrepreneurial icons, is the kind of story that reminds you what the phrase “self-made” was actually built to describe.
Dead person found near Cobb County pond
COBB COUNTY, Ga. - Cobb County police detectives are investigating after a deceased person was found near a pond on Pine Grove Drive. Officers responded to the area of Pine Grove Drive regarding a deceased person found near a pond. Detectives are actively investigating the circumstances surrounding the death. What...
Tenants Paid Their Rent in Person. Police Say Three Women Diverted More Than $65,000...
Apartment tenants in East Point, Georgia, were told to bring rent checks and money orders into the leasing office instead of paying through the property’s ... Read More
Life sentence handed down to former East Point officer convicted of assaulting teen
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — A former East Point police officer found guilty of sexually assaulting a teenage girl was sentenced to life in prison, plus 20 years, on Tuesday. Earlier this month, Richard Gooddine was convicted of aggravated sexual battery, child molestation, enticing a child for indecent...
Missing since 2003 from Clarkston, Georgia: Elyssa Marie Vasquez was only 12 when she...
Elyssa Marie Vasquez has been missing from Clarkston, Georgia (DeKalb County), since January 28, 2003, according to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC).
Woman says musician slapped her during concert, police report filed
A woman says she was slapped by a musician during a concert in Tucker earlier this month, an alleged confrontation captured on cellphone video that is now the subject of a police report.
