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A South Carolina woman was recently sentenced to life in prison in connection to a 2021 fatal shooting at a Clayton County hotel. The Clayton County District Attorney’s Office announced Thursday that Dina Leach was convicted of malice murder, felony murder, aggravated assault and possession of a firearm during the comm

DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. — Crews responded Friday to an apartment complex fire in DeKalb County. Video from the scene showed flames coming out of what appeared to be a single-story structure at the front of the 3200 Nora apartment complex. DeKalb Fire officials said there was no initial report...

Fulton County prosecutors say a killer’s own words convicted him of the murder of a 43-year-old Atlanta woman.

A 22-year-old man was arrested in connection with an Atlanta shopping center shooting that killed a teen, police said.

GEORGIA — A crash has closed multiple lanes on Interstate 285 South on Atlanta’s Westside Friday morning, causing major traffic delays. The crash happened just past Martin Luther King Jr. Drive and before Benjamin E. Mays Drive on the Westside Perimeter. Officials said the crash occurred in the same area where a full w

A group of Atlanta high school students spent eight months doing what a lot of adults have not: tracing how exclusionary discipline, meaning suspensions, expulsions and other removals from class, pushes Black girls out of school and toward worse outcomes. Their youth driven report does not just lean on personal stories

ATLANTA — A University of Georgia student has died after jumping into an Alabama lake from a cliff. Investigators said Jayden Barreto, 24, of Columbus, died after jumping from Chimney Rock into Lake Martin, near Montgomery, AL.com reports. Montgomery Fire Rescue said they were called out to the lake...

Detectives said they pieced together video from the store, neighboring businesses and Flock cameras until they had a tag number and a name.

JEFFERSON, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — A former Jefferson police officer was fired after he reported what he calls a serious breach of a restricted law enforcement database, according to an Atlanta News First investigation. Lee New, who patrolled the streets for the Jefferson Police Department for more than...

Medical imaging technology company Oxos announced it signed a 40,000-square-foot lease to move its headquarters to Tower Square in Midtown.