Atlanta GA

ATLANTA - A beloved Westlake High School engineering teacher was shot and killed by his younger brother on Head Road in Southwest Atlanta in what police say was a murder-suicide. Westlake High teacher killed. What we know:. Atlanta police say 55-year-old Kelvin Smith was shot and killed by his younger...

ATLANTA - Hurricane Isaias’ expected rain and wind are forcing organizers across Georgia to cancel, postpone or relocate events planned for the weekend of Oct. 10-11. Chalktoberfest in Marietta, a Jo Dee Messina concert in Douglasville and several community festivals are among the cancellations. Other major gatherings, including Atlanta Pride and the Georgia Apple Festival, remain scheduled as organizers monitor the forecast.

Dr. Anita Allen will lead Mableton’s new police department as the city prepares to hire 70 officers and 10 civilian employees. Mableton, Georgia, is building its police department from the ground up, and Dr. Anita Allen has been tapped to lead the charge. The city council unanimously approved Allen...

FULTON COUNTY, Ga - A group of top Fulton County law enforcement and judicial leaders will boycott upcoming budget hearings in protest of the county's revised drafting process. Fulton County budget hearing boycott. What we know:. The coalition calling themselves "Justice Leaders," which includes the sheriff, district attorney, superior court...

Fulton County Animal Services is urgently looking for foster homes and adopters as the shelter faces critical overcrowding.

ATLANTA - The family of a man shot and killed outside his southeast Atlanta workplace is mourning and searching for answers after police arrested a suspect in the fatal shooting. Atlanta warehouse parking lot shooting. What we know:. Kentel Hunt, 26, was killed Oct. 1 in the parking lot of...

Lincoln Cemetery is offering free interment of ashes on Oct. 17, the inaugural National Cremation Placement Day.

Police arrested 36-year-old Steven Malone on murder and armed robbery charges after 26-year-old Cantrell Hunt was shot to death outside a Southeast Atlanta warehouse where he worked alongside his family.

Fulton County Animal Services is urgently looking for foster homes and adopters as the shelter faces critical overcrowding.

A fire broke out at a home in SW Atlanta Wednesday evening.