New data shows it’s now cheaper to rent than buy in Atlanta area where...
According to local real estate broker Scott Pratt, for the first time in possibly decades, the metro Atlanta area has seen a negative net migration — meaning more people are moving out of than moving in. That’s in addition to new data that found Atlanta is now among 39...
DeKalb County is opening its first facility for unhoused women
A new women-only facility is opening in DeKalb County for those experiencing homelessness. Georgia Works, a nonprofit working to end homelessness, partnered with A Home For Everyone In DeKalb and the Oakhurst Center for Community to expand its housing and workforce program and launch one for women. Risa Savol, who...
Escaped inmate ordered an Uber
When most people break out of custody, they run for the woods, not the grocery store.
FBI tip helps capture Georgia fugitive more than 600 miles from shooting scene
A man accused of shooting at three people in Smyrna was captured more than 600 miles away, thanks to help from federal agents.
Wrong-way driver on Peach Pass kills man, charged with DUI, police say
A Gwinnett County man died early Saturday morning after a suspected drunken driver crashed into him head-on while driving the wrong way on Interstate 85.
Florida man arrested nearly four years after deadly metro Atlanta shooting
TUCKER, Ga. — A Florida man is in custody nearly four years after a deadly shooting in Tucker. Claudio Javier Berrera Herrera was booked into the DeKalb County Jail on Nov. 30. He is charged with malice murder in connection to a shooting on Dec. 12, 2021. The shooting...
Two men hurt in separate shootings minutes apart in DeKalb County
DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. — DeKalb County Police are investigating two separate shootings that happened within minutes and just miles of each other Wednesday afternoon. At 4:56 p.m., officers responded to Gulf American Inns in the 3700 block of Flat Shoals Road in Panthersville for a shooting. When officers arrived,...
Teen Girl Fatally Shot While Waiting for Uber After Thanksgiving Gathering, Police Say Motive...
Clayton County, Georgia – A 16-year-old girl was shot and killed while waiting for an Uber after a Thanksgiving gathering, and investigators say the attack stemmed from ongoing taunts over her continued grief for her late boyfriend. The accused shooter, a 15-year-old boy, is now in custody facing multiple felony...
15-year-old boy arrested after shooting 16-year-old girl to death in Clayton County, deputies say
CLAYTON COUNTY, Ga. — Clayton County deputies have arrested a 15-year-old boy and charged him with murder in the shooting death of a 16-year-old girl. The shooting prompted a manhunt for the suspect, Adonis Alkarim, last Thursday, Nov. 27, after deputies said that 16-year-old Taylor Denise Hamilton of Atlanta was...
Former sheriff must pay $600k for man strapped into chair for hours
A federal jury awarded a man $600,000 in compensatory damages from former Clayton County Sheriff Victor Hill in connection with being strapped into a chair for hours.
