DA: Charges filed after nearly $1 million stolen from local school district
LOCK HAVEN, CLINTON CO. (WOLF) — A Georgia man has been apprehended in connection to the theft of $881,302 from a local school district. According to the Clinton County District Attorney's Office, Dimiriafor Amamkwe, 52, of Atlanta, was apprehended in his home city on charges of theft, conspiracy and related counts.
Confederate Group Sues Georgia Over Changes To Stone Mountain Confederate Monument
The Confederate Monument in Stone Mountain will add an exhibit detailing the history of the monument and its role in promoting segregation and the Ku Klux Klan.
Johns Creek dog park ranked 3rd best in US
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - A metro Atlanta dog park is getting national recognition. USA Today said Newtown Dream Dog Park in Johns Creek is the third-best in the country. The one-acre space features artificial turf, agility obstacles, water fountains and a splashpad. This year’s ranking is actually down...
Man killed outside house in southwest DeKalb County
DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. - A man is dead after he was shot outside his home in southwest DeKalb County, according to police. Officers responded to the house in the 2600 block of Parrish Court just after 12:30 a.m. Sunday, according to the DeKalb County Police Department. Officers said they found...
Duluth police warn public after increase in costly check fraud cases
If possible, citizens are encouraged to avoid mailing checks and consider using secure online payment methods instead.
Inside an Atlanta prison classroom, inmates receive college credits and the rarest commodity of...
Each time a door clangs shut behind us, my heart races a little faster. We’ve taken off our shoes, belts, and jewelry to get through security, handed over our IDs, and left phones and laptops in the car. We’re winding our way through a forest of fences topped with...
5 miles from Macon’s richest neighborhood, Pleasant Hill faces troubling life expectancy
A lifelong Pleasant Hill resident can no longer buy groceries from neighborhood convenience stores. A handful of corner stores used to thrive within walking distance from Harry Hopkins’ home on Ward Street, but they’ve all gradually shuttered since the 1990s, he says. “You could find anything there. You...
Early Morning Gunfire Leads to Fatal Shooting in Southwest Atlanta, Police Investigating
Residents of the quiet neighborhood in Atlanta were awakened to the sound of gunshots yesterday morning, as a tragic incident unfolded on Alison Court SW. According to the Atlanta Police Department, officers were called to the scene at approximately 7:34 am after reports of a person shot at 2045 Alison Court SW. On...
From Seattle to Atlanta, new social housing programs seek to make homes permanently affordable...
Americans are realizing that the country’s two-tiered system of market-rate housing and government-operated, low-income housing isn’t doing the trick.
‘Planted a Gun’: Black Mom Accuses Memphis Cops of Cold-Blooded Cover-Up In Son’s Killing...
It’s been two and a half years since a Memphis cop gunned down Jaylin McKenzie, and the mother of the 20-year-old Black man is convinced […] ‘Planted a Gun’: Black Mom Accuses Memphis Cops of Cold-Blooded Cover-Up In Son’s Killing After Weapon Mysteriously Appears Minutes Later in Bodycam Footage
