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The cases stem from 2019 and 2020 in Lithonia and Stone Mountain.

Shiva Vereen, 52, found guilty of murder after fatally shooting a friend eight times over a $1,600 unpaid loan. A Georgia man has been sentenced to life in prison for the 2023 murder of his friend, who was shot and killed over an unpaid loan on Super Bowl night. DeKalb...

Understaffed, dangerous and unsupervised: those are some of the words a federal investigator used to describe the ongoing crisis in the Fulton County Jail.

Following the incident, the Gwinnett County school board approved a plan to have unarmed security officers patrol elementary school perimeters and ensure doors are locked.

Big Bethel A.M.E. church in Atlanta hosted its Social Justice Sunday to celebrate the March on Washington's 62nd anniversary. A historic church in Atlanta spent Sunday Service honoring the 62nd anniversary of the March on Washington. Big Bethel A.M.E. Church celebrated the historic event for racial justice and social...

The Atlanta Police Department successfully located a previously missing 74-year-old man, Allen Sales, last Saturday evening. Sales had been reported missing earlier that day, having last been seen around 6 p.m. last Friday in the 3700 block of Wisteria Lane SW, as FOX 5 Atlanta reported. The police had described the...

The Cobb County Courier’s Cat of the Day, selected from the Cobb Animal Services Shelter website, is a male orange tabby/white domestic short hair. The following information on this potential family member is copied and pasted from the Animal Shelters website. To see the original text visit this link to the Animal...

JONESBORO — The Calvary Refuge Center in Forest Park, Clayton County’s only homeless shelter, is on the verge of closing because of budget cuts and increasing demand and it recently requested $200,000 from the Clayton County Board of Commissioners. At their Tuesday, Aug. 19 regular meeting, commissioners voted to...

The Georgia Aquarium is offering special pricing in celebration of its 20th anniversary.

Tragedy in Paradise | Uncovered by Atlanta News First Investigates. Tragedy in Paradise - The full series from Atlanta News First Investigates. An Atlanta News First investigation shedding light on potential consequences of declining vaccination rates and what we can learn from a small island nation. Court blocks...