Decatur GA

Concerns are mounting as the need for food assistance has increased 60% compared to three years ago.

DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. - A violent encounter at a DeKalb County Waffle House sent one person to the hospital late Sunday evening. According to the DeKalb County Police Department, officers found a man just after 9:45 p.m. suffering from a gunshot wound in the 1700 block of Church Street. The...

Edward Cherry has already pleaded guilty to three murders in metro Atlanta, and soon could face more charges in Florida.

Romanzo Dennard Brown, 47, of Atlanta, is accused of robbing the Wells Fargo Bank, 5010 Floyd Road in Mableton, of $419 in cash on Aug. 1 at 9:11 a.m., according to an arrest warrant from the Cobb County Police Department. Brown presented a 15-second countdown timer on his cell phone and threatened a bank employee...

ATLANTA, Ga. - Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr has filed several motions to dismiss lawsuits against the state over complaints filed by a confederacy group over Stone Mountain Park. The Georgia division of the Sons of Confederate Veterans filed three lawsuits over changes at the park. One lawsuit is over...

In a moment that instantly went viral in 2019, Morehouse commencement speaker Robert F. Smith surprised graduates at the 135th ceremony with the news that he would be paying off all their student loans. Now Smith, in partnership with Live Nation Urban and the city of Atlanta, wants to help even more HBCU students...

Authorities have identified the man behind a deadly shooting near the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) headquarters in Atlanta — a tragedy that claimed the life of a DeKalb County police officer. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation named Patrick Joseph White, 30, of Kennesaw, Ga., as the suspected...

DaShaun Johnson is helping seniors safely exercise with both virtual and in-person classes that are reaching thousands of participants.

Mariah Baez, 17, of Marietta, is accused of lying in road, hitting her head on the road repeatedly and yelling that she would kill everyone in her house, including her two-year-old son, on Aug. 3 at 9:19 p.m. at a Marietta residence, according to an arrest warrant from the Cobb County Police Department. Baez had a...

DECATUR, Ga. - Registered nurses at the Joseph Maxwell Cleland Atlanta VA Medical Center are planning a rally Tuesday to protest proposed federal cuts to staffing and mental health services for veterans and the homeless. What we know:. The demonstration is scheduled to begin at 11 a.m. outside the medical...