Decatur GA

Atlanta police say a January convenience store break-in that stripped roughly $5,000 in cash, hundreds of lottery tickets and several packs of cigarettes from the shelves has now led to a pair of arrests, with a baby reportedly riding along for the aftermath. According to the Atlanta Police Department, officers...

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — On Thursday, truck drivers at the Petro truck stop on Donald Lee Hollowell Parkway in Northwest Atlanta were filling up their tanks and shared that these diesel prices have made it much more expensive to do their job. Like Terrence Thompson, who has...

Dr. Cynthia Simmons Turner, a 42-year veteran in education, has been honored as the DeKalb County School District’s 2025–2026 School Social Worker of the Year. She received the award during the district’s annual Social Work Services celebration.

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — Atlanta police say they are preparing for another “teen takeover” this weekend. Last month, officers increased patrols and allocated additional resources ahead of a planned “takeover” in the Beltline corridor. “These takeovers need to stop,” said Atlanta Police Department...

Atlanta police are warning drivers about a shift in behavior from the so-called ‘water boys.’

ATLANTA — Loved ones and community members somberly gathered to remember a 4-year-old girl killed over the weekend. Little Zuri Dixon died after being stabbed on Saturday. A group gathered on the same street where she was killed with candles and balloons. They started off with a prayer -- one that recognized the pain...

A high stakes legal battle is unfolding in the state of Georgia, where the family of Hannah Payne is pushing for a new trial in a case that has drawn national attention for its tragic ... Read more

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — A man was shot and killed near a south Atlanta convenience store Thursday evening, according to police. The shooting happened near 8 Cleveland Ave. SW, the address for the 24/7 Food Mart, Atlanta police said. Police said the man, who has not been...

Nearly a year after Atlanta opened a highly contested public safety training center in southern DeKalb County, officials there are now developing a plan for their own.

The Lawrenceville Police Department and the Georgia Bureau of Investigation have made an arrest in a cold case rape investigation nearly 40 years after the crimes occurred. In the summer of 1986, authorities say they responded to multiple incidents around Lawrenceville and unincorporated Gwinnett County involving...