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He said the DeKalb officer mistakenly fired her weapon last week.

An Atlanta megachurch pastor has been arrested and charged with cruelty to children, after allegedly striking his stepson with a power cord until he bled. Kenneth McFarland, 42, associate pastor of the multiethnic 2819 Church, was arrested Nov. 10 in Stockbridge, a suburb south of Atlanta, according to arrest records.

Police and fire crews are on the scene of a major accident on Interstate 285 eastbound.

ATLANTA — We are learning more about what caused an explosion at an Atlanta apartment complex late Tuesday night. In a statement from Integral Property Management, which owns the apartment complex along Markham Street, it said a gas leak was caused by someone who had broken into the vacant building and was trying to...

REAL Housewives of Potomac star Mia Thornton has been arrested in Atlanta, Georgia, on a larceny charge. The reality star was reportedly picked up on Wednesday at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport and booked into the Fulton County Jail, according to TMZ. Mia has been accused of stealing up to $11,000...

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — A “physical altercation” between three students triggered a lockdown at a DeKalb County high school, according to a letter sent home to parents. The incident occurred at Lakeside High School in Atlanta, according to the letter. The letter said three students...

DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. - DeKalb County police say a man was rushed to a hospital Wednesday evening after he was shot multiple times outside a gated apartment complex on Candler Road. What we know:. Officers were called around 5:42 p.m. to the 2100 block of Candler Road, where they found...

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — A man has been hospitalized after being shot in DeKalb County, according to police. Police said officers responded to the 2100 block of Candler Road around 5:45 p.m. Thursday and found a man who had been shot multiple times. He was taken to...

The suspect was out on bond after he was indicted on a previous DUI hit-and-run case.

DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — The DeKalb County NAACP is urging caution ahead of a meeting where the county’s zoning committee will take a look at how they will regulate data centers. Regulations would covers thing like where they can be built, how they are categorized,...