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Editor’s note: The MDJ counts down the Top 10 local stories of 2025 as determined by newsroom staff. Today’s installment is No. 3. After nearly five months of investigation, charges against a Cobb County man accused of trying to kidnap a toddler at a north Cobb Walmart were dropped by prosecutors. Mahendra Patel, 56,...

DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. — The girlfriend of one of the three DeKalb County inmates who broke out of jail admitted to letting them stay at her house after their escape, according to arrest warrants. The inmates, Stevenson Charles, Yusuf Minor and Noad Yohannes, fled from the jail on Dec....

The Buddhist monks participating in the Walk for Peace from Texas to Washington DC will arrive in Decatur, Georgia, on Tuesday. Road closures will be in place and large crowds are expected.

Delta Air Lines sold a large employee parking lot near Atlanta's airport for $75 million to real estate investor Realterm.

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — Jacqueline Higgins and her family are worried about her 15-year-old daughter Amilyah Higgins, who left her Conyers home on Dec.11. “I just want her to come home,” Jacqueline said. “We can talk and get the help she needs. She was getting the help she needed. Give her more help.”

ATLANTA - A late-night vehicle crash caused damage to at least one business in Atlanta’s Little Five Points neighborhood over the weekend, prompting a response from one local business whose employee was involved. What we know:. Video captured by bystanders shows a vehicle leaving the roadway and driving onto...

ATLANTA - A family vacation to Europe turned into what a federal lawsuit describes as a nightmare in the sky, involving possible bed bugs. The lawsuit claims an international flight from Atlanta to Europe was infested with bed bugs, leaving a family with bites and lasting scars. The complaint names...

Tragedy struck in southeast Atlanta late Friday night when a son allegedly shot his father during a domestic dispute. According to FOX 5 Atlanta, the incident occurred on the 2900 block of Links Drive SE. The police were called to the scene around 10:15 p.m. and discovered the injured man, who was then swiftly taken...

Alicia Johnson will become the first Black woman elected to a statewide post that isn’t a judgeship in Georgia when she takes office on the state Public Service Commission on Thursday. Johnson held a ceremonial swearing-in Monday in the commission chambers in Atlanta, surrounded by family, friends and supporters....

A late-night crash on Euclid Avenue in Little Five Points on Sunday caused damage to several local businesses but thankfully resulted in no injuries.