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ATLANTA, Ga. - Lillie Mae Hightower celebrated her 103rd birthday on Saturday with the help of the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office, McDonough Police Department and McDonough Fire Department. The agencies lined the streets for a parade, just as they’ve done since Hightower turned 100. “It’s more than I...

State agency is clearing trees for a $4.6B project, and more chops are coming, officials say

It’s a critical time of the year at the Fulton County Animal Services in Atlanta, Georgia. The shelter is currently 50 dogs over capacity. And as the holiday week continues, more dogs are expected to enter this week. Tomorrow, Tuesday at 7:00 p.m., whatever number the shelter is over...

ATLANTA - A man was hospitalized in critical condition early Monday after being shot in southwest Atlanta, according to police. Officers with the Atlanta Police Department responded to a report of a person shot just before 1 a.m. at an address on Pineview Terrace SW. When officers arrived, they found a 39-year-old...

A FedEx facility was briefly evacuated on Monday morning as crews worked to put out a fire. A video shared with Channel 2 Action News showed a large amount of smoke and flames at the facility on 7585 Factory Shoals Road. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks ] Cobb County Fire Department received...

Police in DeKalb said they’re out on a shooting call overnight.

Buddhist monks have been walking hundreds of miles for peace, and Monday, they will be making it into Clayton County on their way east.

CONYERS, Ga. — A man was shot and killed in Conyers on Sunday morning and a suspect is in custody, police said. Conyers Police said officers worked a homicide investigation at a location on Odyssey Turn after responding to a person shot call and finding a man dead of a gunshot wound on scene.

CHATHAM COUNTY, Ga. - A teenager has been charged with killing a Gwinnett County teen while visiting family in Savannah, according to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation. The GBI said Franklin Leonard James Jr., 16, of Savannah, has been charged as an adult in the death of Antonio Thornton Jr. earlier this month.

A Christmas Day fire at a Gwinnett County apartment complex displaced 13 residents, including three children, according to fire officials. FOX 5 Atlanta reported that firefighters responded around 2:15 p.m. to the MAA Pleasant Hill Apartments on Pleasant Hill Road in Norcross, where flames were coming from a...