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On September 10, 2017, Joshua O’Shea Routh shot and killed two men while attempting to rob a southwest Atlanta grocery store.

Henna Bakshi is the Regional Editor, South at Eater and an award-winning food and wine journalist with a WSET (Wine and Spirits Education Trust) Level 3 degree. She oversees coverage in Atlanta, Miami, New Orleans, the Carolinas, and Nashville. Yumbii, a food truck turned eatery, will be featured on Diners,...

Aaron Swain will be installed this month as the next chairman of 100 Black Men of Atlanta, beginning a two-year term.

DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - A man is recovering after being shot in DeKalb County Tuesday night, according to police. DeKalb County police say officers responded to the shooting in the 1100 block of S. Hairston Road in Stone Mountain around 9:16 p.m. A man, who police believe...

Stan Cottrell’s love of running began at a young age. The former Marine will turn 82 this month and plans to do a marathon a day for 40 days.

Increasing clouds into Tuesday morning, with showers by daybreak. Lows will hold in the 50s to near 60. Scattered showers will occur again in the afternoon, with highs below the averages. It will be unsettled most of the week; here are the details.

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - LaGrange police said they arrested a woman for allegedly burning her boyfriend with hot chicken grease during an argument Tuesday. Police said they responded to a domestic dispute at the Stay Lodge of LaGrange at 1610 Whitesville Street around 5:20 p.m. Officers found a...

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - A teenager died and a man is in critical condition after an early-morning shooting in Monroe on Tuesday, the city’s police department said. At around 1 a.m., police were called to Lacy Street, a residential area, where they found 17-year-old Eitienne Boakye with...

A spokesperson for Cobb District Attorney Sonya Allen released the following statement Tuesday evening regarding Mahendra Patel, the Cobb County man accused of trying to kidnap a toddler at a north Cobb Walmart: “Today, a scheduled bond hearing was held for defendant Patel. During that hearing both the Office of the...

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - Nearly 20 years after the original requirements went into effect, Wednesday is the long-awaited deadline for Americans to be REAL ID compliant. The REAL ID system streamlines security and information sharing in the name of safety. Each state has its own system for getting...