Decatur GA

GEORGIA — The Atlanta Public Schools Board of Education voted unanimously Wednesday night to accept a plan that will repurpose 16 schools, including the closure of more than a dozen buildings. Officials said the plan is expected to save the district $25 million annually and cited declining enrollment in the affected...

The city of Atlanta cut the ribbon Wednesday on 100 units that will provide permanent housing to residents in need of shelter. Why it matters: Waterworks Village, set back from 17th Street between Northside Drive and Howell Mill Road west of Atlantic Station, is the third rapid housing development Atlanta has opened...

His attorneys are also asking for a psychiatric exam.

Clayton County police are asking residents to help find 17-year-old Demetrius Johnson, who went missing in Ellenwood before school on December 3. Officers say his family and police are concerned and want him found safe. What’s Happening: Clayton County officers went to the 5000 block of Martin Circle in Ellenwood...

ATLANTA - A coalition calling for "Justice for Cornelius Taylor" will host an event in Atlanta aimed at showing solidarity with people experiencing homelessness. Organizers are calling the gathering "Sleep Out, Speak Out," held in honor of Taylor, who was killed in January during an Atlanta city sweep of a homeless...

DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. - People living at the Midwood Gardens apartments in Stone Mountain say they are facing frequent car break-ins. Karel Johnson lives at the complex and told FOX 5 his girlfriend’s car had its window smashed Sunday night. The couple made the discovery Monday morning. "She woke...

A Lithonia man was sentenced to years in prison for trafficking methamphetamine pills to Connecticut, the U.S. Attorney’s Office of the District of Connecticut announced Tuesday.

A judge denied Sarah Grace Patrick's request to move her murder trial after her defense cited pretrial publicity. (12/1/25)

The Rockdale County Sheriff’s Office deputies and Covington police arrested Timothy Shane in Covington on Wednesday morning. Investigators will hold a news conference at noon.

Investigators say the innocent victim was celebrating her birthday with friends at a car meet-up when a shootout between two groups took her life.