Decatur GA

AUSTELL — The Threadmill Complex was packed with angry residents Monday morning during the first of three public hearings addressing the city’s proposed 158% property tax increase. Six residents confronted city officials about the proposed tax hike, which would more than double tax revenue for the city. Approximately...

According to air traffic control recordings from the incident, the batter was inside someone’s backpack when it exploded.

Cornelius Taylor was killed on Jan. 16 after the clearing of a homeless camp in Atlanta on Old Wheat Street in the Sweet Auburn district.

LOCK HAVEN, CLINTON CO. (WOLF) — A Georgia man has been apprehended in connection to the theft of $881,302 from a local school district. According to the Clinton County District Attorney's Office, Dimiriafor Amamkwe, 52, of Atlanta, was apprehended in his home city on charges of theft, conspiracy and related counts.

The Confederate Monument in Stone Mountain will add an exhibit detailing the history of the monument and its role in promoting segregation and the Ku Klux Klan.

Phoenix, Arizona Phoenix, Arizona (image credits: unsplash) Phoenix is one of the fastest-growing U.S. cities but relies heavily on the Colorado River. With persistent drought ... Read more The post The Hidden Water Crisis: 12 U.S. Cities That Could Run Dry by 2050 appeared first on Climate Cosmos .

DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. - A man is dead after he was shot outside his home in southwest DeKalb County, according to police. Officers responded to the house in the 2600 block of Parrish Court just after 12:30 a.m. Sunday, according to the DeKalb County Police Department. Officers said they found...

Each time a door clangs shut behind us, my heart races a little faster. We’ve taken off our shoes, belts, and jewelry to get through security, handed over our IDs, and left phones and laptops in the car. We’re winding our way through a forest of fences topped with...

EAST POINT, Ga. - Family members of a 3-year-old boy who died in an accidental shooting last week in East Point are raising money to help with funeral expenses. A GoFundMe page identifies the child as Jianni Jones and describes him as "a beautiful, bright soul — full of laughter." The page says his funeral is...

A lifelong Pleasant Hill resident can no longer buy groceries from neighborhood convenience stores. A handful of corner stores used to thrive within walking distance from Harry Hopkins’ home on Ward Street, but they’ve all gradually shuttered since the 1990s, he says. “You could find anything there. You...