DeKalb County police searching for drivers in deadly hit-and-run on I-85
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — DeKalb County police are asking for help finding the drivers involved in a deadly hit-and-run earlier this month. Around 7:37 p.m. on Feb. 3, officers responded to reports of a person hit by a car on I-85 northbound near Chamblee Tucker Road. The...
Delta says no cockpit breach attempt on Houston-to-Atlanta flight
ATLANTA - Delta Air Lines says a passenger did not try to breach the cockpit of a Houston-to-Atlanta flight that returned to William P. Hobby Airport shortly after takeoff Wednesday, walking back earlier reports from Houston police that suggested an attempted flight deck breach. What we know:. Delta said Flight...
Murder suspect Nahjel Williams arrested: Out on bond at time of shooting
ATLANTA - An arrest was made Tuesday in a 2024 murder at a West Midtown student housing center. Nahjel Williams, 24, was charged with murder, aggravated assault, and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony. The arrest comes just over a year and a half after the deadly shooting, which occurred at the...
Sheriff’s Office: Inmates break sprinkler head and flood jail cells
Jack Beaujour, 36, of Stone Mountain, and Smith Toussaint, 37, of Douglasville, are accused of breaking the sprinkler head in their cell on Jan. 28 at 7:30 p.m. at the Cobb County Adult Detention Center, according to arrest warrants from the Cobb County Sheriff's Office. Water gushed out of the broken sprinkler head...
Cobb police officer saves newborn baby’s life
The baby wasn’t breathing. That’s what Officer Desaussure saw when he reached the car — a newborn, just delivered, silent in the backseat. The mother had given birth moments before, somewhere on the side of a Cobb County road, because there hadn’t been time to make it to the hospital.
I-85 Fire Fears Boil Over As Atlanta Condo Owners Lash City Hall
Fed-up condo owners along Atlanta's Buford Spring Connector say they are running out of patience after a string of fires in the homeless camps tucked into the woods beside I-85 northbound. Neighbors in the Cedar Chase condominium complex say there have been at least three fires in the past six...
Authorities: Person of interest in custody in shooting that killed postal worker also wanted...
ATLANTA — A person of interest is in custody with the deadly shooting of a postal worker in DeKalb County was also wanted in connection to an Atlanta murder case, according to authorities. Inspector Taylor White of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service's Atlanta Division shared the update Tuesday evening...
Kroger’s $23M Parkaire expansion to include fuel center
Demolition work is getting underway for a major renovation and expansion of the Kroger store at the Parkaire Landing Shopping Center in East Cobb. Kroger’s Atlanta Division said in a release on Tuesday that the store will grow from 59,000 square feet to 85,000 square feet and will include a fuel station in the...
55 Pharr Apartment residents enter third week with no water
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — Residents at 55 Pharr Apartments in Buckhead remain without water as crews dig up portions of the property — and even inside units — in an effort to fix ongoing water issues. Residents are now entering their third week without water...
Judge sentences Georgia man charged with killing woman in North Myrtle Beach to years...
NORTH MYRTLE BEACH, SC (WMBF) - The man accused of the killing of a missing woman in North Myrtle Beach is going to prison. The 15th Solicitor’s Office confirmed that Bornold Eberhart, 44, of Decatur, Georgia, pleaded guilty to murder on Tuesday under an Alford Plea. An Alford Plea...
