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A Routine Outing Turns Heads (Image Credits: Unsplash) Atlanta, Georgia — Authorities dismissed neglect allegations against a local couple who allowed their 6-year-old son to ride his scooter alone to a nearby playground last fall. A Routine Outing Turns Heads In November, Mallerie Shirley and Christopher Pleasants...

Metro Atlanta teachers, parents, and students scramble for options as APS accelerates closure plans, leaving 122 staff facing layoffs at two KIPP schools.

The East Lake Family YMCA and Drew Charter School are hosting their sixth annual Black History Month parade Saturday, Feb. 7, at noon. The event is free and will feature a marching band, cheerleaders, horses, elected officials, local vendors, and more. This year, the East Lake Family YMCA is celebrating 25 years of...

Seven former city of Atlanta employees are suing the city and Atlanta’s Office of the Inspector General (OIG). They allege the OIG unlawfully obtained and exposed their personal bank records during internal investigations conducted between 2022 and 2024. The lawsuits were brought by Rita Braswell, Charlie Helton,...

WASHINGTON — Insufficient track protection for a maintenance project along the right-of-way was the probable cause for an accident that saw a worker struck by a Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority train in an Oct. 19, 2024, incident, the National Transportation Safety Board said in an investigation report...

The Atlanta Association of Black Journalists (AABJ) , one of the nation’s oldest and most influential organizations for Black media professionals, swore in its new board of directors Jan. 10 during a ceremony that underscored the chapter’s legacy and its relevance in a shifting media landscape. Founded as...

He was identified as a primary suspect in a shooting that left an 18-year-old man dead on June 30 at the 3300 block of Fairburn Road.

If you’ve been waiting for the Cobb County housing price "correction" everyone’s been expecting, grab your keys—it may officially here!. As usual, we spent a weekday morning scrolling through the latest Zillow updates, MLS feeds, and the Cobb County Tax Assessor’s records, searching for the weekly “best buys” in Cobb...

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — The Atlanta Police Department (APD) is asking for help finding a suspect in connection to a sexual assault incident. Kwame Shabazz is wanted on a slew of charges, including rape. Shabazz is wanted in connection to an incident on Jan. 22 that happened...

Police have arrested a suspect wanted for a shooting at the Decatur Library that left one victim fighting for their life in the hospital.