Atlanta GA

ATLANTA, Ga. - Lillie Mae Hightower celebrated her 103rd birthday on Saturday with the help of the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office, McDonough Police Department and McDonough Fire Department. The agencies lined the streets for a parade, just as they’ve done since Hightower turned 100. “It’s more than I...

State agency is clearing trees for a $4.6B project, and more chops are coming, officials say

It’s a critical time of the year at the Fulton County Animal Services in Atlanta, Georgia. The shelter is currently 50 dogs over capacity. And as the holiday week continues, more dogs are expected to enter this week. Tomorrow, Tuesday at 7:00 p.m., whatever number the shelter is over...

A group of Buddhist monks on a journey from Fort Worth, Texas to Washington, D.C. on a self-described " Walk for Peace " have reached the Atlanta metro area . The voyage will take the monks 2,300 miles to " raise awareness of peace , loving kindness, and compassion across America and the world," according to the...

Georgia gasoline prices continue to drop significantly over the past week. According to AAA’s weekly report, gasoline prices in Georgia fell six cents, reaching an average cost of $2.68 per gallon for regular unleaded. EV charging rates at DC fast-charging stations averaged 38 cents per kilowatt hour nationally (the...

ATLANTA - A man was hospitalized in critical condition early Monday after being shot in southwest Atlanta, according to police. Officers with the Atlanta Police Department responded to a report of a person shot just before 1 a.m. at an address on Pineview Terrace SW. When officers arrived, they found a 39-year-old...

Luke Abel Smith, 22, of Kennesaw, is accused of robbing the CVS Pharmacy at 2782 Cobb Parkway in Kennesaw, on Dec. 17 at 6:55 p.m., according to an arrest warrant from the Kennesaw Police Department. The warrant said Smith entered the CVS wearing a face covering and demanding all the money in the register from a...

A FedEx facility was briefly evacuated on Monday morning as crews worked to put out a fire. A video shared with Channel 2 Action News showed a large amount of smoke and flames at the facility on 7585 Factory Shoals Road. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks ] Cobb County Fire Department received...

Police in DeKalb said they’re out on a shooting call overnight.

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — A man was hospitalized after being shot Sunday, Morrow police said. Police said officers responded to the 6000 block of Trammell Road Sunday and found a man with a gunshot wound. The man was alert, conscious and breathing and was taken to a...