Off-duty officer honored after saving 4-year-old girl from drowning at community pool
Off-duty Duluth police officer Preston Marsh saved a 4-year-old girl from drowning at a pool, earning recognition for his quick and heroic actions. Marsh was honored at Piedmont Eastside Hospital's First Friday Heroes program, where Duluth Police Chief praised his instinctive response even while off duty. Despite...
Dad of three chasing suspected thief fatally shot just a week after welcoming baby
A DeKalb County father was tragically killed, allegedly in pursuit of a thief. Sharon Jennings is appealing for answers after her son, Derek Cummings, died just days after welcoming his third child. The 32-year-old truck driver, who also ran a lawn care service, was working outside a daycare on Columbia Drive on July...
Man dead after falling from Windy Hill overpass onto I-75
A man was killed after falling onto Interstate 75 North from the Windy Hill Road overpass Friday, the Cobb County Police Department reports. Just after noon, the man intentionally climbed up the railing on the Windy Hill overpass over I-75, Cobb Police Sgt. Eric Smith told the MDJ. “The male then fell to the...
Two people dead after being struck by vehicles in Georgia
GEORGIA — Two men were killed Thursday night after being struck by vehicles while trying to cross Interstate 85. According to police, the incident occurred around 9 p.m. in the southbound lanes near Buford Highway. A 51-year-old man and a 49-year-old man were attempting to cross the interstate when they were hit....
Police: Marietta man bites officer after car chase crash
Kenneth Holmes, 47, of Marietta, is accused of fleeing from a lawful traffic stop by police in a 2015 white Chevrolet Spark and striking a gold Toyota Sequoia occupied by two people on July 24 at 5 p.m. at 31 Cobb Parkway SE in Marietta, according to an arrest warrant from the Cobb County Police Department. After...
Tom Cousins, visionary behind East Lake’s urban renewal project in Atlanta, dies at 93
Tom Cousins, the influential Atlanta real estate developer and philanthropist, died Tuesday at age 93 while hospitalized in Florida. Cousins was the visionary behind using golf to revitalize the East Lake community of Atlanta. In 1995, he founded the East Lake Foundation and bought East Lake Golf Club, the home...
1 shot during fight inside Cheetah Lounge
Officers received a call just before 1 a.m. about shots fired at the Cheetah Lounge on Spring Street.
‘End of an era’: Gwinnett County skating rink closing after more than 40 years
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - A popular Gwinnett County skating rink is closing its doors after more than four decades in business. Skate Along USA in Lilburn took to social media to share the news on Thursday, thanking patrons for the “wonderful years.”. “It’s the end of an...
Gunfire Erupts as Cobb Police Serve Drug Warrant in Austell
A narcotics raid in Austell turned dangerous Thursday night when a suspect allegedly opened fire on officers before barricading himself inside the home. 🔍 What Happened: The Marietta-Cobb-Smyrna Narcotics Task Force was executing a search warrant at a home on Eugenia Place SW around 8:25 p.m. when a man allegedly...
Fulton sheriff, jailers ignored illness until it was too late, suit says
Lawsuit over 2023 jail death latest in a series over Rice Street jail
