Atlanta GA

EAST POINT, Ga. — A woman was shot and killed Friday evening outside an East Point funeral home after attending a wake, a moment of mourning that family members said turned into sudden, senseless violence. The shooting happened outside Gus Thornhill’s Funeral Home, just off Cleveland Avenue, at the...

ATLANTA - A new study has counted thousands of families in DeKalb County that have been staying in run-down extended-stay hotels for months, even years. It is part of a vicious cycle of poverty. The study from Georgia State University found more than 2,000 families living paycheck to paycheck in...

The controversial killing of a Minnesota mother of three by an ICE agent is spurring multiple protests across the Cobb area. The Indivisible Cobb progressive grassroots advocacy group plans a demonstration from 1 to 2:30 p.m. Sunday at Johnson Ferry and Roswell roads. The protest is in conjunction with a...

'Yoooo he got me at the Publix on Delk road a few months back!!'

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — A man was hospitalized after being shot in Atlanta’s Sweet Auburn neighborhood early Friday morning, according to police. Around 3:40 a.m., officers responded to a shooting on the 300 block of Auburn Avenue. They found the victim with gunshot wounds. He was...

DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. - A pedestrian was killed early Friday morning after being struck by a vehicle on Lawrenceville Highway in DeKalb County, police said. According to the DeKalb County Police Department, officers responded around 5:08 a.m. to the intersection of Lawrenceville Highway and Montreal Road. The...

DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — Some officials in DeKalb County are calling for the removal of tactical U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations in the area following the fatal shooting of Renee Good in Minneapolis. “What I’m concerned about is that as things move forward, things...

Local democratic lawmakers held a town hall meeting discussing everything from mental healthcare to education and school camera citations. It was the last listening session before the general assembly convenes Monday January 13, 2026. State Representative Debbie Buckner said one word sums up what she’s hearing from...

The shooting left one officer with a thumb injury after he allegedly fired at the officers.

In Atlanta, local communities and advocacy groups have mobilized to protest the fatal shooting of 37-year-old Rene Good by an ICE officer in Minneapolis. These efforts focus on both mourning her death and demanding an end to federal immigration operations within the city.