Atlanta GA

DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. — DeKalb County Police are investigating after a man was found dead in an apartment and a woman was taken to the hospital with serious injuries on Wednesday morning. According to police, officers were called to an apartment in the 3500 block of Oakvale Road at...

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — Fulton County officials are warning about fraudulent text messages requesting immediate payments for fake toll violations. Residents of Fulton County and the City of Atlanta are receiving text messages with a screenshot of a fabricated notice titled “Notice of Traffic Citation...

Hall County Sheriff Gerald Couch was arrested on Feb. 27 and booked into his own jail.

Guns seized as police crack down—parents, policies, or something deeper to blame?. Atlanta police arrested 14 people Saturday night during an unauthorized "teen takeover" on the Beltline, recovering 10 guns and charging several with aggravated assault and felony firearm possession.

ATLANTA - Atlanta police are asking for the public’s help to identify a man they say shot at a MARTA bus driver near the H.E. Holmes station in February. Officers responded on Feb. 18 to a shooting involving a MARTA bus at the intersection of Saint James Avenue and Hightower Road, police said.

STONE MOUNTAIN, Ga. — Another woman is in custody in connection with a shooting that left a woman dead in a parking lot in Stone Mountain, police say. Deputies arrested 31-year-old Kentrell Nicole Terrell on March 3 at a home on Fiscus Court. Warrants state Terrell is charged with...

Forest Park Police Chief Brandon Criss is on paid leave while the city investigates.

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — Gov. Brian Kemp signed his last budget as Georgia’s 83rd chief executive on Tuesday. Last week, Kemp’s amended fiscal year 2026 budget, HB 973, cleared the Georgia General Assembly. It includes $2 billion in income and property tax relief, Kemp said, and also paves the way for the...

A luxury dine-in theater chain with 100 screens across eight states is filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and is looking to sell its assets. IPIC Theaters has filed papers in the Southern District of Florida, announcing it will continue to operate during the process. The announcement comes a week...

A 29-year-old DeKalb County woman has been sentenced to life in prison plus five years after being convicted in the 2020 shooting death of her former boyfriend.