This YSL defendant was acquitted, but will spend the holidays behind bars
One defendant in the long-running “Young Slime Life” case was acquitted of all charges by a jury earlier this month. How...
Party City To Close All Stores, Including 23 In GA: Report
GEORGIA — Party City is going out of business, closing all remaining stores in Georgia and elsewhere, ending its 40-year reign as the go-to party supplier in the country, according to CNN reporters who viewed a meeting of the company’s corporate employees Friday. CEO Barry...
Years-Long Insurance Fraud Investigation ends in Arrest
Georgia Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner John F. King announced that Deamarkis Barber, 33, of Stockbridge, has been arrested following a multiple-years long insurance fraud investigation. In 2021, investigators with the Office of Commissioner of Insurance and Safety Fire...
Powder Springs Man Accused of Firing 12 Shots in Road Rage Incident
Amarion Jamir Freeman, 20, of Powder Springs, is accused of firing 12 shots from a 9mm handgun at a man and his vehicle, which was struck several times, following a road rage incident on Dec. 8 at 2:12 p.m. at a residence at 4605 Woodbridge Drive in Powder Springs, according to...
Man Accused of Robbing Trio in Hotel Parking Lot
Zavier Montaine Jones, 35, of Albany, is accused of robbing three people with a handgun on Dec. 8 at 1:38 a.m. in the parking lot of the Country Hearth Inn & Suites Marietta, 2767 Windy Hill Road in Marietta, according to an arrest warrant from the Cobb County Police...
Memorial honors the 176 people who died while homeless in Fulton and DeKalb this...
This past year, 176 people died while homeless in Fulton and DeKalb counties, according to Mercy Care, a healthcare provider for people who are homeless. The organization hosted a memorial Thursday night to honor those who passed. Nearly 100 people gathered outside the Mercy...
Man Accused of Armed Robbery in Town Center Mall
Jeremiah Royal, 18, of Marietta, is accused of using a MCP .117 caliber BB gun to force the victim against a wall at Town Center at Cobb mall and remove his sneakers on Dec. 14 at 7:48 p.m., according to an arrest warrant from the Cobb County Police Department. Royal is charged...
Georgia projects receive $4.7M in affordable housing grants
ATLANTA - The Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta (FHLBank Atlanta) has announced the recipients of its 2024 Affordable Housing Program (AHP) General Fund awards. This year, the bank is distributing more than $55 million in grant funding to support 66 affordable housing...
‘You’re Not Worthy: Atlanta-Area Woman Says PNC Bank Denied Her Promotion Because She’s a Black...
In her first year at PNC Bank, Brandie Falice, who was hired as an entry-level banker in 2018, received a promotion. She was on the […] ‘You’re Not Worthy: Atlanta-Area Woman Says PNC Bank Denied Her Promotion Because She’s a Black Single Mother
A year after aortic valve replacement surgery, Clark Howard grateful to be alive
Clark Howard talks about his aortic valve replacement surgery a year ago and how he appreciates life even more now as his annual Clark's Christkmas Kids concludes.
