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ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — An 18-year-old from Atlanta was found dead in a Morgan County lake on Thursday, the sheriff’s office said. The discovery followed an “extensive search” of Lake Rutledge, Sheriff Tyler Hooks said. The teen’s identity hasn’t been released. “We...

Brenton Deonte Nelson, 34, of Atlanta, is accused of performing a sex act in public on June 7 at 3:45 a.m. at the Atlanta Beauty Depot, 2388 Cobb Parkway, Smyrna, according to an arrest warrant from the Smyrna Police Department. Nelson had his pants down below the waist line as police instructed him to stand up. He al

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Federal prosecutors secured lengthy prison terms this week for multiple members of the violent, Atlanta-based GoodFellas street gang. Gang members De'Andre Jackson and Trayvon Hawkins received sentences yesterday for a child-maiming drive-by shooting and an armed robbery. The sweeping multi-agency investigation also di

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — DeKalb County police are asking for the public’s help in finding a 13-year-old boy. Joshua, 13, was last seen at 11 p.m. Wednesday around the 2400 block of Turnberry Place in Lithonia. He is 5 feet, 8 inches tall and weighs 153...

ATLANTA, Ga. — Atlanta police are asking for the public’s help in identifying a person of interest in an armed robbery and shooting that occurred in downtown Atlanta last month. According to the Atlanta Police Department, officers assigned to Zone 5 responded on May 27, 2026, to a...

Mayor Dickens called the Neighborhood Reinvestment Initiative one of the most important projects of his second term.

Rayonier, the timber company formed by last year's merger with PotlatchDeltic, has locked in a lease for its new Atlanta headquarters in Buckhead, marking the company's first major real estate move since the deal closed. The decision hands Buckhead a high profile corporate tenant at a time when landlords are trying to

DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. — Firefighters in DeKalb County extinguished an apartment fire in Stone Mountain on Wednesday, displacing over 20 people. Crews responded to Mountain Place Apartments, located at 4719 Central Drive, and quickly began suppressing the fire after encountering moderate smoke conditions. The fire was succ

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — A man has been found guilty of abusing multiple dogs, the Office of the Fulton County Solicitor General announced on Thursday. A Fulton County jury found Clarence E. Jones guilty of 24 counts of animal cruelty and one count of violating animal permit rules. He was sentenced to two ye