Rockdale parents call for change amid complaints of teachers assaulting kids
Rockdale County faces scrutiny as parents push for better safeguards after teachers allegedly harmed students.
Officers Rescue Missing Boy With Autism From Storm Drain
What started as a routine afternoon at a park quickly turned into a tense search in Gwinnett County, Georgia. Police officers spent about 40 minutes looking for a missing five-year-old autistic boy after learning he’d wandered away from a playground. This week, the department shared a video showing their officers...
Atlanta Water Bills Are Rising Faster Than Inflation
While the City of Atlanta has not raised its water and sewer rates since 2012—and has committed to keeping them flat through 2028—some residents in...
Major high-rise project in Downtown Atlanta moves forward with land acquisition
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — A development proposal with the potential to change Atlanta’s skyline has taken another step forward. Webstar Technology Group, a real estate development company, has closed on the sale of a 10-acre site in Downtown Atlanta at Ted Turner Drive and Whitehall Street, which is next to...
Atlanta Nightlife Insiders Respond to 21 Savage’s Claim That the City’s Club Scene ‘Grooms’...
A viral video of Atlanta rapper 21 Savage explaining how his city “groomed” him from a young age has been catching mixed reviews online. For outsiders looking in, 21 characterizing Atlanta as a “pedophile” is both confusing and unbelievable. But plenty of Atlanta natives understood exactly what he was getting at.
One person injured following shooting incident in Georgia
GEORGIA — A man was injured in a shooting early Saturday morning in southwest Atlanta, according to police. Officers with the Atlanta Police Department were called around 2:15 a.m. to a residence in the 300 block of Boulder Park Drive SW. When officers arrived, they found a 33-year-old man suffering from gunshot...
Week in Review: Fani Willis pushes back against state lawmakers and health support for...
Fulton County DA Fani Willis appeared before a state committee that’s investigating her and pushed back against lawmakers. Plus, military veterans face a greater risk of pregnancy complications than civilians. So the Atlanta VA is working to connect pregnant and postpartum vets with extra support to better protect...
Georgia Woman Called Mom, Saying She’d Packed Her Bags to Leave Boyfriend. Minutes Later,...
A Georgia man has been charged in the deaths of his girlfriend and her 11-year-old daughter. Roland Suckoo, 41, faces two counts of malice murder in connection with the Dec. 12 deaths of Connie Jackson, 33, and her daughter, 11-year-old Arielle Davis, according to DeKalb County police. Investigators initially...
After being attacked and robbed of $20K, woman finally gets stolen money back after...
Three years after Tamia Sims-Irby says she was pistol-whipped and stabbed while being robbed in Atlanta, the South Carolina woman has finally recovered most of the stolen money from Greenville police, who kept it under lock and key. “I’m super happy,” she told Fox Carolina in a story published Nov....
Firefighter who lost her leg leaves hospital
A DeKalb County firefighter who lost her leg in a crash while on the job has left the hospital. In a show of solidarity, her colleagues honored the moment with a moving display of support. FOX 5's Deidra Dukes has the story.
