Decatur GA

ATLANTA — It started with a five-yard walk. Today, Scott Bagwill is running miles along the Atlanta BeltLine, training for races, dreaming about completing an Ironman in 2030, and celebrating a transformation that has changed nearly every part of his life. Two years ago, Scott weighed 596 pounds, the...

DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. — A metro Atlanta family filed a complaint after a man with a mental illness allegedly died while in police custody when officers were called for help. The complaint states that the family of 49-year-old Arben Pilici called police for help after he refused to go to his doctor's appointment to renew...

DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. — Friends of a man who was shot in DeKalb County on Thursday said he worked for the U.S. Postal Service and was killed on the job. The DeKalb County Medical Examiner's Office said 31-year-old Dequavious Graves died from his injuries. According to his friends, Graves...

Angela Matos was abducted from her home just before Christmas 1995. Her body was found two months later in Alpharetta.

A mother of three was fatally shot outside a Georgia elementary school while she was delivering food, with local authorities suspecting that the incident was linked to a domestic dispute. Per FOX 5 Atlanta, the deceased victim, identified as Eboni Anderson, was gunned down outside the Palmetto Elementary School in...

DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. - A 17-year-old male found shot to death inside a car in DeKalb County has been identified by family members through an online fundraiser, as police continue investigating what they believe may have been a robbery. What we know:. DeKalb County police said officers responded to a...

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — Five homes were damaged and one person was medically treated when a large fire broke out in a Gwinnett County neighborhood late Friday afternoon. It happened shortly after 3 p.m. at Tucker Mobile Home Park, in the area of Gardenia Road and Pine...

A jury in DeKalb County found Michael White guilty on all charges tied to the deaths of siblings Tatiyana Coates, 11, and Daveon Coates, 15. A former DeKalb County elementary school teacher has been convicted in connection with the 2016 gang-related shooting deaths of two children. A jury found Michael...

A MAJOR school district is considering closing 27 schools in a massive restructuring plan. The district cited a decrease in student enrollment as a reason for the change. The proposal...

Gwinnett County deputies recently arrested a Buford man who allegedly broke into a Grayson home and choked a woman inside it before trying to rape her on New Year’s Day. The Gwinnett County Sheriff’s Office announced on Tuesday that Emmanuel Dawodu, 18, was arrested on Feb. 2 on aggravated assault, battery, criminal...