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The FBI is partnering with the Atlanta Police Department on a joint sweep called Operation Lockdown to capture high-profile violent offenders. Authorities launched the initiative in March to clean up local streets before international soccer fans arrive for the upcoming World Cup tournament. Law enforcement agents init

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — A person was found dead at a home in Ellenwood, DeKalb County police said Friday. Police said officers responded to a home on Grant Forest Circle and found one person dead. This is a developing story. Check back with Atlanta News First for...

ATLANTA — UPDATE: Both children have been found safe in Louisiana. The mother, Bernice Keys, has been taken into custody. Atlanta Police are asking for the public's help in locating two missing children and their mother. 8-year-old Tyshawn Keys and 9-year-old Samyiah Keys were abducted from their guardian by...

ATLANTA — For years, drivers passing through Atlanta’s historic West End saw the same man sitting on a bench near the corner of Ralph David Abernathy Boulevard SW and Joseph E. Lowery Boulevard SW. Now, those who knew him are mourning after family members confirmed that Terence Cobb...

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — Metro Atlanta is mourning NASCAR superstar Kyle Busch, who died Thursday at the age of 41. Busch leaves behind a record-setting career; he won 234 wins across NASCAR’s three national series, more than any driver in history. At EchoPark Speedway in Hampton,...

“From small little bait fish, up to 30 pound striped bass. Everything in the river looks like it's dead,” Ulseth said.

Set roughly halfway between Greenville and Atlanta, the small North Georgia community of Carnesville still looks the way many travelers imagine rural Southern towns once did. Centered around a historic courthouse square and surrounded by rolling farmland, Carnesville offers a quiet, country feel that stands out from th

ATLANTA — Investigators have identified Dontavious Jamaine Banks Jr. as the suspect in a fatal April shooting in southwest Atlanta, according to arrest warrants. Banks Jr. faces charges of murder, aggravated assault, and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony in the death of Antonio James Brown, who

After years of talk and not much to show for it, Candler Crossing is finally getting shovels in the ground. The long‑planned retail redevelopment at the southeast corner of Candler Road and Glenwood Road in unincorporated Decatur is set to officially break ground on June 11, according to developers and county officials

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — Have you checked your bank account lately? If so, you may be among the millions of Georgians who have received Gov. Brian Kemp’s and the GOP-led legislature’s tax refunds. According to the Georgia Department of Revenue, a total of 2.6 million...