Persons of interest sought in man’s shooting death
Investigators say they are hoping the public will help identify persons of interest wanted for questioning in a man’s shooting death.
Sale of a premier Whole Foods-anchored shopping center in Atlanta
JLL Capital Markets announced that it has arranged the sale of Peachtree Station, a premier grocery-anchored retail investment in one of Atlanta’s fastest-growing and most affluent submarkets. JLL worked on behalf of the seller, Harrison Street Asset Management. The buyer was TA Realty. Peachtree Station is strategical
Georgia man dies in St. Tammany Parish crash, state police say
COVINGTON, La. — A 26-year-old man from Georgia died after a crash in St. Tammany Parish on Friday, according to the Louisiana State Police. The crash claimed the life of Muhammad Connor of Snellville, Georgia, who was riding a dirt bike traveling east on the shoulder of U.S. Highway 190 in Covington.
‘I’m the one that shot her’: Atlanta killer convicted by his own words
Fulton County prosecutors say a killer’s own words convicted him of the murder of a 43-year-old Atlanta woman.
Man arrested for teen’s deadly shooting in shopping center, police say
A 22-year-old man was arrested in connection with an Atlanta shopping center shooting that killed a teen, police said.
Part of I-285 in Georgia shut down following vehicle crash
GEORGIA — A crash has closed multiple lanes on Interstate 285 South on Atlanta’s Westside Friday morning, causing major traffic delays. The crash happened just past Martin Luther King Jr. Drive and before Benjamin E. Mays Drive on the Westside Perimeter. Officials said the crash occurred in the same area where a full w
Atlanta Teens Call Out Schools For Pushing Black Girls Out Of Class
A group of Atlanta high school students spent eight months doing what a lot of adults have not: tracing how exclusionary discipline, meaning suspensions, expulsions and other removals from class, pushes Black girls out of school and toward worse outcomes. Their youth driven report does not just lean on personal stories
UGA grad dies after jumping into lake to celebrate
ATLANTA — A University of Georgia student has died after jumping into an Alabama lake from a cliff. Investigators said Jayden Barreto, 24, of Columbus, died after jumping from Chimney Rock into Lake Martin, near Montgomery, AL.com reports. Montgomery Fire Rescue said they were called out to the lake...
Police: Man shot, killed woman in front of her 7-month-old before turning gun on...
STONECREST, Ga. (WKRC) — A man is facing a murder charge after he allegedly shot and killed his long-term on-again-off-again girlfriend in a grocery store parking lot earlier in May. The DeKalb County Police Department says it was called to a Publix in Stonecrest, Georgia, the evening of May...
‘Not looking forward to this:’ Drivers prepare for weekend I-285 shutdown
Drivers are bracing for a major section of Interstate 285 to shut down in both directions.
