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Rapper Lil Poppa, a rising star from Jacksonville, Florida, who began rapping at the age of 7, has died in Atlanta. TMZ reported that the Fulton County Medical Examiner’s Office in Georgia confirmed the rapper’s death on Feb. 18. The 25-year-old’s cause of death has not been revealed.

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — A now-former Douglas County judge accused of punching an Atlanta police officer outside a Buckhead nightclub was found not guilty of a misdemeanor obstruction charge Thursday afternoon. Former Douglas County Probate Judge Christina J. Peterson was acquitted after two days of...

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The Atlanta Police Department is mourning the loss of an officer, who died Wednesday, following health issues.

The parent company behind FanDuel Sports Network plans to shut down two Atlanta-area offices and may lay off up to 74 workers, a local aftershock from the loss of the Braves’ television rights. The move would affect space at Midtown’s Colony Square, a Doraville office and employees who work remotely.

A deadly encounter has unfolded outside a shuttered Atlanta dental office, placing 73-year-old David Mays at the center of a murder investigation after he allegedly shot and killed 37-year-old Monterio Spurling. On the afternoon of February 14, Mays, a retired dentist, received a security alert from his Ring app,...

Three men are accused of impersonating police officers during a home invasion.

SPARTA, Ga. — In 1850, Andrew Benjamin Tarbutton enslaved 25 people in central Georgia. A year later, he purchased more than a dozen additional people off the docks in Savannah and marched them toward his home, setting the foundation for his family’s generational wealth. Four generations later, a...

Several months after revealing plans for a new $55 million worship center to its congregation, leaders of Johnson Ferry Baptist Church have taken the first step toward starting construction. Church officials announced in a brief video last week that they’ve filed for a land-disturbance permit with the Cobb Community...

They didn’t plan to fall in love. That’s how it always starts. It was just supposed to be a Sunday drive. A detour through a neighborhood called Northcrest…The house stood there first. Dark green. Private. Daring them to come closer…They held their breath as they walked up the front steps. The trees watched. It was...