Decatur GA

For Pamela Dieguez, the pain of losing someone to a fentanyl overdose is all too real.

With Christmas and Kwanzaa right around the corner, it’s time to get started on those holiday shopping lists. In Georgia, 10% of all businesses are owned by people who identify as Black or African American, more than triple the nationwide average, according to Pew Research. It also found that 90% of Black-owned...

TAMPA — A Covington man who acted as the “money mule” in a wire fraud conspiracy has pleaded guilty in federal court in Tampa, Fla. K’imani Brennen Fletcher, 26, formerly of Conyers, faces 20 years in prison for his role in a scheme in which he posed as a bail bondsman to defraud victims of more than $40,000. He...

John Laakso, a former engineering manager at a manufacturing company in Savannah was sentenced to eight years in prison for embezzling nearly $500,000 from his employer.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A Georgia man faces charges for allegedly stealing $38,000 meant to help Florida businesses recover from Hurricanes Milton and Helene, using a fraudulent emergency loan application to divert disaster relief funds into his own account. On Nov. 25, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE)...

The firm identified Interstate 285 on Atlanta’s east side, between “Spaghetti Junction” and Interstate 20 (I-20) as the city’s busiest corridor.

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — A Georgia state representative was arrested Monday after she was indicted by a federal grand jury on charges related to pandemic unemployment fraud. Sharon Henderson, who represents district 113 in the state House of Representatives, was indicted on two counts of theft of...

A man has taken a plea deal in the murder of a beloved 77-year-old grandmother inside her gated Buckhead townhome community. As part of a blind plea, Antonio Brown, 26, has agreed to plead guilty to the 2022 murder of 77-year-old Ellen Bowles. The family’s emotional victim impact statements, on Channel 2 Action News...

The woman was working as a cashier when she was stabbed.

As the year draws to a close, Atlanta’s business landscape has felt the sting of a national layoff wave, with at least 11 companies announcing significant workforce reductions in the metro area. These cuts, totaling more than 1,800 jobs, reflect broader trends in cost-cutting, AI integration, and restructuring...