Decatur GA

DECATUR, Ga. — A familiar face is returning to DeKalb County. Former Commissioner and CEO Lee May was appointed the County Commission’s chief of staff Feb. 26. May was the District 5 commissioner from 2006 to 2013. He was appointed CEO in 2013, replacing Burrell Ellis after he was suspended by Gov. Nathan Deal. He...

Atlanta Gastroenterology Associates has agreed to pay $4.75 million to resolve allegations that it accepted kickbacks for referrals and performed medically unnecessary pathology tests, the Justice Department announced Friday. The settlement addresses claims that the Atlanta-based practice violated the False Claims...

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

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.

When Ed Anderson walks into the Atlanta VA Medical Center, he doesn’t just see a hospital. He sees the place that once saved his life. “I can say with no shame in my voice that the VA mental health care saved my life more than 20, 25 years ago,” said the 71-year-old Air Force veteran.