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ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — Crews have spent hours battling a fire at a funeral home in Fairburn on Sunday. The fire is at Cook Brothers Funeral Directors and Cremations, located at 268 NW Broad Street. Firefighters have not yet determined the cause of the fire, which was...

DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. — Former DeKalb County Schools Superintendent Devon Horton is in more legal trouble after being arrested on Saturday. Records show Horton was arrested at 1:38 p.m. on charges of child cruelty in the third degree and aggravated assault - strangulation. He was booked into the DeKalb...

Police are investigating a collision involving a pedestrian on Interstate 285 north, Cobb County PD said Sunday night.

A man died after being struck by a pickup truck while lying in the roadway on Powers Ferry Road in Cobb County early Friday morning. What’s Happening: The collision occurred at 1:19 a.m. on Powers Ferry Road north of Sherwood Drive. An unidentified Hispanic man was lying perpendicular across the center turn lane and...

The “Atlanta Race Riots”—more accurately termed the Atlanta Race Massacre—occurred from September 22 to 26, 1906, and stand as a brutal manifestation of the lingering wounds of a divided America. Relatively few people realize that America’s freedoms are not birthright privileges, but rather hard-fought pacts forged...

DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. - A large crowd gathered overnight at the intersection of Covington Highway and Wesley Chapel Road, where drivers blocked traffic and performed dangerous stunts in the roadway. What we know:. Video from the scene shows multiple vehicles stopping at a traffic light before spinning in circles in...

DOUGLAS COUNTY, GA. — A former Douglas County probate judge has filed a sweeping civil lawsuit against the City of Atlanta and an Atlanta police officer, alleging excessive use of force, reputational harm, and the dissemination of misleading public information following her arrest last year. Christina Peterson, who...

All of a sudden, Georgia seems to be in Old Man Winter’s crosshairs. On Sunday, a belt of 1-3 inches of snow fell across an area of central into northeast Georgia. Some parts of southeastern metro Atlanta saw flurries. Monroe, Upson and Putnam Counties reported sticking snow. The National...

Georgia has quietly become one of the South’s most exciting BBQ destinations. From Atlanta’s innovative pitmasters to small-town joints perfecting recipes passed down through generations, the state offers smoky flavors that rival anything you’ll find in Texas or the Carolinas. I’ve gathered some of the best BBQ...

ATLANTA. GA — An internal investigation at the Fulton County Jail has resulted in the arrest of a contract nurse accused of violating jail policies by engaging in an inappropriate relationship with an inmate and introducing contraband into the facility. Naomi Anthony, who worked as a nurse contractor at...