Decatur GA

Rev. Jesse Jackson has died at the age of 84, according to his family. Jackson spent his life fighting racial injustice alongside Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Acworth police say a network of Flock Safety license-plate cameras helped them track down a 19-year-old Marietta man wanted in an Atlanta armed robbery, ending with a high-risk traffic stop just off Acworth’s main drag. Detectives followed a 2007 Hyundai Santa Fe from Atlanta to Cherokee County, then moved in after...

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — Jury deliberations began Monday afternoon in the trial of a man accused of killing a University of Georgia law student more than 20 years ago. Edrick Faust stands accused of killing 23-year-old Tara Baker. The 2001 case went cold until 2024, when police...

DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. — A 57-year-old inmate died in custody Sunday at the DeKalb County Jail, the sheriff's office reported Monday. DeKalb County Sheriff Melody M. Maddox said Micahel Gafa, who had been in custody since September, died after being found unresponsive in his cell. "On-site medical staff and...

COBB COUNTY, Ga. — A search is underway across metro Atlanta for a missing South Carolina woman whose abandoned SUV was found days after her family last heard from her. Cobb County police said Leigh McAlister, 37, was last seen Saturday, Feb. 14. Her husband Rob, said his wife...

You write one viral article about frozen pizza, and suddenly it's your beat. I’m not complaining—it’s not exactly a hard job—but it’s also a little absurd, right? I've previously written about Screamin' Sicilian pizzas, my go-to for busy weeknights. I've also tried out PORTA, a company that uses imported Italian...

On a quiet stretch of Grove Park, a woman neighbors knew as the block’s unofficial lookout was killed inside her own home. Tracey Taylor, 57, was found stabbed to death in her West Atlanta house on Jan. 17, and her family says whoever did it is still walking free.

A Metro Atlanta woman says that after she was attacked and taken to a Wellstar hospital, she later realized the jewelry she had been wearing was gone. Her account, that staff members removed or misplaced her rings and other items while she was in their care after the assault, is stirring fresh concern about patient...

ALBANY, Ga (WALB) — Lori Castleberry, 60, a missing woman from Lee County was found safe hours away from her home. Albany Police reported, Feb.12, that Castleberry was missing, potentially suffering with memory loss. Police confirmed in Media Monday, Feb. 16, that she was found in Gwinnett County. Albany...

DeKalb County police are investigating two separate shootings on Monday evening.