Mayor Andre Dickens Announces New Leadership Team to Advance Affordable Housing in Atlanta
Mayor Andre Dickens has made a decisive move to bolster Atlanta's affordable housing efforts by announcing a new leadership team, with Amanda Rhein stepping up as the Chief Housing Officer. Rhein's impressive resume includes her role as the Executive Director of the Atlanta Land Trust, where she was instrumental in...
Rich Homie Quan honored with exhibit in Atlanta’s Trap Music Museum
A new exhibit at the Trap Music Museum in Atlanta pays homage to late rapper Rich Homie Quan. It’s one of the ways his father, Corey Lamar, hopes to keep his son’s legacy alive. “I’m ecstatic — sad that it has to be this way — but grateful...
Woman dies in car crash on I-85, South Fulton police say
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - A woman died in a car crash on I-85 north Friday, according to South Fulton police. Police said an 18-wheeler and a car crashed on I-85 north at Flat Shoals Road around 1:30 p.m. The 18-wheeler caught fire and the driver died at the...
Celebration of life for Gwinnett County deputy killed in domestic shooting
GWINNETT COUNTY, Ga. — A celebration of life service was held for the Gwinnett County master deputy who was killed in a domestic shooting in September. Tamara Tuitt-Bartlett was discovered dead on Sept. 27 after her son showed up at a neighbor's house, bleeding, telling them his mom and her boyfriend had gotten into...
15-year-old arrested, 1 suspect on the run after allegedly breaking into 27 vehicles
ATLANTA — A 15-year-old male, who Atlanta Police officers said was involved in 27 vehicle break-ins, is now under arrest. On Sept. 19, before 4 a.m., a concerned motorist reported two juvenile males breaking into about 27 vehicles in a parking deck at 370 Northside Drive NW. When officers...
From Summerhill to Auburn Avenue, the Church That Would Not Fall
Sunday is when paradise is preached and seen. They come dressed in their Sunday best. Starched collars and scuffed shoes. Wide-brimmed hats blooming like flowers across the sanctuary. An elder humming low, as if tuning her soul like a string before the choir rose. The beauty of the stained glass...
Eternal flame at Martin Luther King Jr.’s Atlanta burial site destroyed
A man is facing charges after damaging the eternal flame at Martin Luther King Jr.’s burial site.
Woman pleads guilty to pimping teen girls in human trafficking operation
Virginia Anne Bates, 37, admitted to offering sex with a 16-year-old girl and an 18-year-old girl to “sex buyers” in exchange for money.
Daycare to close doors after owner accused of slapping, dragging 4-year-old girl
The child allegedly filled a toilet with rolls of toilet paper.
Battle lines drawn over Confederate tribute at Georgia’s Stone Mountain
ATLANTA (Reuters) -The heroic images of three Confederate leaders carved into the granite face of Georgia's Stone Mountain have towered over the countryside outside Atlanta since the 1970s, paying silent homage to the Southern cause in the U.S. Civil War.
