The Power of Down Payment Assistance in Achieving Sustainable Homeownership
Down payment assistance programs offered by local governments, nonprofits, and financial institutions are helping individuals and families bridge the gap to homeownership in Metro Atlanta and across the country. The post The Power of Down Payment Assistance in Achieving Sustainable Homeownership appeared first on...
“Watch Me Nae Nae” Rapper Silento’s Mugshot Released
Rapper Silentó, best known for his 2015 hit “Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae),” has started a 30-year prison sentence after pleading guilty to killing his cousin, Frederick Rooks III, in 2021.
Civil rights advocates demand justice for Gwinnett County woman shot after knocking on neighbor’s...
LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - Civil rights advocates are urging Georgia’s attorney general to revisit a 2023 case involving a Gwinnett County woman who was shot after knocking on her neighbor’s door. Jalyne Evans-Jones said she was shot by her new neighbors after she asked them to...
Internal review of DeKalb County ‘No Kings’ protest released
DeKalb County CEO Lorraine Cochran-Johnson acknowledged the pain of residents, especially in the immigrant community, who feel targeted, frustrated and frightened.
Meteor seen by thousands falls from the sky, rattles Earth in Georgia
Emergency officials are investigating reports that a piece of the meteorite may have penetrated the roof of a Georgia home.
Barber remains in ICE detention
Family members and advocates for a longtime resident and metro Atlanta barber demanded his release from ICE Detention. Forty-six-year-old Rodney Taylor has lived in this country since his mother brought him here from Liberia at the age of two.
Bright ‘fireball’ lights up skies across the Southeast
Residents across Georgia, South Carolina, and Tennessee reported seeing a fireball and hearing a loud boom Thursday. The NWS says it was likely a meteor. A bright flash of light followed by a loud boom startled residents across parts of Georgia, South Carolina and Tennessee on Thursday afternoon as reports of a...
Authorities identify motorcyclist who died in Duluth crash
Authorities responded to a single-vehicle crash on Summit Ridge Parkway near the Intersection of Tree Summit Parkway around 4 p.m.
Miss Lawrence on the importance of HIV testing
Friday is National HIV Testing Day, and it's an issue that's very important to metro Atlanta. Actor and advocate Miss Lawrence and Gilead Sciences' Darwin Thompson talked with Alex Whittler about the importance of knowing your status and the upcoming Plated Purpose Dinner.
Months-long search for Gwinnett mother of 2 expands to Texas
Lawrenceville police are now working with authorities in Houston, Texas in their search for a missing mother of two. Thaina Noresca, 27, disappeared nearly two months ago. “She was supposed to come back, and she never came back,” stepsister Natifa Charles told Channel 2’s Audrey Washington . Charles said July 1 will...
