Decatur GA

The family of Arben Pilici has filed a lawsuit against DeKalb County after he suffocated in the back of a police car during a February 2024 welfare check at his home. His family says Pilici, 49, had long lived with mental illness and was due for a routine doctor’s appointment to update his prescriptions. Pilici...

All lanes are shut down on I-20 westbound in Rockdale County Tuesday morning.

Nineteen-year-old Robert Bojnordi faces multiple felony charges for intentionally setting fire to a Hall County home's porch. The suspect allegedly targeted the same residence twice within 48 hours for theft, vandalism, and eventually arson. Bojnordi led deputies on a vehicle pursuit before his arrest and subsequent...

In a violent episode that has shaken parents and disability advocates across Atlanta, 15-year-old Isias Rodriguez Gallaga, who has autism and epilepsy, was bullied and then stabbed in a school hallway in January, according to his mother. The attack has the family reeling and has reignited tough questions about how...

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — A man is dead after Atlanta police say he was burned in a fire early Tuesday. The incident happened overnight at a gas station in the 1200 block of Collier Road in northwest Atlanta. The man, who has not been identified, was taken to Grady Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

Every year in February, Elizabeth Gill holds a luncheon to honor her late daughter and the firefighters who gave her a few last moments with her after the devastating fire.

ATLANTA, GEORGIA — A major stretch of Interstate 285 was shut down for hours after a tractor-trailer driver struck a pothole, lost control, and crashed into a concrete barrier, according to the Georgia State Patrol. The crash caused significant traffic delays across the Atlanta area as crews worked to...

Former DeKalb County sheriff Sidney Dorsey, who was convicted of ordering the death of the man he lost to for the position in 2000, has died in prison. He was 86 years old.

While no “teen takeovers” happened at Cumberland Mall over the weekend, police say at least nine arrests were made in connection with a “street takeover” in the Town Center Mall area on Saturday. The social media promotion of the no show-Cumberland Mall event followed a chaotic scene at the Battery Atlanta on Feb. 21...

A child under the age of 10 was reportedly shot early Monday by his 21-year-old brother who was in the process of putting his gun away. It happened in DeKalb County. Reporter Tyler Fingert has the latest from the scene.