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JACKSON COUNTY, Fla. (WJHG/WECP) - Three people from Georgia were injured in a crash on Hwy. 231 just north of Compass Lake Drive recently. Florida Highway Patrol says two 18-year-olds and a 17-year-old were traveling north when the car left the road and hit a tree. The 18-year-old driver from...

Dry, breezy weather is making it dangerously easy for fires to start and spread across North Fulton County through 8 p.m. Wednesday. What’s happening: The Roswell Fire Department says low humidity, dry fuels, and wind are creating high fire danger conditions that will last through this evening. Fires can ignite quickly and move fast under these conditions.

DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. — The DeKalb County School Board, at its April 20 meeting, heard from frustrated parents representing schools facing closure, who expressed their discontent with the school system’s redistricting effort. DeKalb Schools’ closure, redistricting and consolidation process is called the Student Assignment Project (SAP). The...

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — A massive wildfire burning in southeast Georgia is sending smoke hundreds of miles away, and metro Atlanta is starting to feel the effects. >> STREAM ANF+: Latest update from officials. The Clinch County Fire has burned more than 16,000 acres and remains only...

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — Two men have been arrested and accused of a series of car break-ins Tuesday, DeKalb County police said. Police said Corey Biggs and Malachi Campbell, both 20, allegedly broke into multiple cars on Church Street and Sheridan Road Tuesday night. Victims told police...

A man wanted on several aggravated assault charges out of DeKalb County was arrested on Wednesday, April 22, in Dawson County. The Dawson County Sheriff’s Office said its SWAT team and the U.S. Marshals Service worked to arrest Terrell Dennis at a home in the county. Dennis exited the...

ATLANTA - An Atlanta podcaster has been sentenced to seven years in federal prison after being convicted of using stolen identities to obtain millions of dollars in unemployment insurance benefits. Jonathan Dupiton, who hosts the "Rich and Unemployed" podcast, is heading back to prison after pleading guilty on Jan. 13...

Cobb County police said the investigation into the crash is ongoing.

A fight over hundreds of homes near a wildlife sanctuary spilled over into a town hall.

A long-awaited new bridge and road connection over Interstate 75 in Cobb County is set to open, bringing relief to one of metro Atlanta’s busiest corridors.