Decatur approves reparations task force, apologizes to Black residents
The Decatur City Commission unanimously adopted a resolution on Monday to create the Decatur Reparations Task Force. The task force, which will have 11 members, will develop recommendations that will be presented in a final report in around three years. The city also formally apologized for its role "in perpetuating...
She missed her own funeral: Wrong body laid in casket, lawsuit says
A metro Atlanta mortuary put the wrong body in the casket for a 95-year-old woman's funeral, a lawsuit states.
Attorney Ben Crump to announce lawsuit after 2024 killing of metro Atlanta airman by...
FORT WALTON BEACH, Florida — Civil rights attorney Ben Crump is expected to announce a lawsuit on behalf of the family of a U.S. airman from Atlanta who was shot and killed at his apartment by a Florida deputy last year. The deadly shooting happened in Okaloosa County, Florida,...
Atlanta Woman Guilty in $6M Minnesota Meth Trafficking Plot
“Minnesota has become a hub for Cartel-sourced methamphetamine.” . St. Paul, MN (KROC-AM News) - A federal jury in St. Paul has convicted an Atlanta woman in the case involving the seizure of about 220 pounds of methamphetamine that was being shipped to Minnesota. According to the US...
Local Thai Restaurant Relocating to New Space
A local Thai restaurant is moving to a new location. Thai Delight Kitchen & Sushi Bar is in the works at 1142 Athens Highway, according to a recent building permit application with Gwinnett County for the renovation of the space. The scope of work includes cutting and removing two non-load bearing interior walls and...
Owner explains decision to close Rosehill Seafood
Registration is underway for a preschool summer program in Auburn. Teen charged in Columbus shooting that left 1 dead, another injured. Anthony Pollard Jr. has been arrested in connection with a Columbus shooting that left one person dead and another hospitalized. Rosehill Seafood closes after decades in Columbus....
Driver accused of leaving man with fractured skull in Gwinnett County hit-and-run
Gwinnett County police say a man was hit in a parking lot and left with a fractured skull as a driver, accused of reckless stunt driving, sped off without stopping.
DeKalb mother, son among 6 indicted in retail theft ring targeting T.J. Maxx, HomeGoods...
A DeKalb County mother and her teenage son are among six people indicted on RICO charges following an investigation conducted by the Attorney General’s Organized Retail Crime Unit.
Arrests made for drugs, illegal firearms during police checkpoints
Two safety checkpoints held in April led to DeKalb County police making multiple arrests, as well as seizing illegal firearms and more than one pound of drugs. DeKalb County Police Department’s (DKPD) Special Operations Division conducted the Spring Operation Safety Checkpoints on April 11 and April 25, during which...
Twin sisters embrace sibling rivalry to become valedictorian, salutatorian
DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. — Carissa and Aissa Swope, twin sisters from Stephenson High School, have always pushed each other to be their best. That determination paid off in a big way this year, as the pair earned the top two spots in the school’s 2025 graduating class. Carissa...
