Decatur GA

DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. - An Atlanta medical resident is sharing her story of survival after being choked, stabbed, and sexually assaulted during a violent rental home invasion in DeKalb County. Jena Salem woke up in late January to the sound of heavy footsteps in her hallway along Atherton Circle. The...

DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. - A man was left in critical condition after an assault at a Stonecrest apartment complex on Sunday. The incident happened around 11:30 p.m. at the Hills at Fairlington apartments located in the 2900 block of Athena Lane. According to the DeKalb County Police Department, officers initially believed t

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — A woman was arrested for threatening DeKalb County Sheriff Melody Maddox, the sheriff’s office said Tuesday. The sheriff’s office said Kimberly K. Nelldell, 42, made “direct threats” to Maddox, but did not detail the content of the threats or how they were made.

A Decatur sinkhole is now covered in a metal plate after opening over the past several days during rainstorms.

ATLANTA — A family is mourning the loss of a sister killed in a crash, as they pray for the recovery of a second sister, who was in the same car and hurt in the crash. Georgia State Patrol said 51-year-old Chatanna Patterson was standing next to her car at a Grant Park gas station Monday afternoon when 26-year-old Fre'

ATLANTA - A metro Atlanta mother is demanding immediate accountability after a disturbing video emerged showing a high school worker allegedly choking her teenage son during class. What we know:. An employee at Carver Early College is under investigation after a video surfaced on social media showing him allegedly putt

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — One of the first major endorsements in Georgia’s high-stakes GOP gubernatorial runoff came Tuesday, when Attorney General Chris Carr endorsed Rick Jackson. “Rick Jackson is an outsider businessman, a man of deep faith and integrity who will do what’s right for the...

Fulton County Sheriff Pat Labat says most misdemeanor arrestees won’t be booked into the jail.

Kroger is looking to take over much of an abandoned 183,000-square-foot Dunwoody building formerly occupied by Walmart. The Atlanta Business Chronicle reports that the rezoning request indicates the grocer wants to put a 118,000-square-foot Kroger Marketplace in the vacant building at Perimeter Village. The remaining s

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — Officers responding to a call about a person shot instead found a man beaten, DeKalb County authorities said. The incident happened Sunday about 11:30 p.m. in the 2900 block of Athena Lane in DeKalb County. DeKalb County police said the altercation stemmed from...