Atlanta braces for massive Labor Day weekend as 3 major events bring 100K+ visitors,...
Atlanta is preparing for an unusually busy Labor Day weekend, with three major events expected to draw more than 100,000 people to the city and generate more than $100 million in economic impact.
Georgia First-Time Homebuyer Says No One Told Her About the HOA Dues Before She...
Photo credit: AI-generated image created using CHATGPT. Illustrative only. A first-time homeowner in DeKalb County, Georgia says she put her life savings into a condo, only to be hit with a bill she didn’t know existed until after closing—and now her HOA is trying to foreclose. The case out of Whitehall Forest East is
Early high school graduate heads to Morehouse College at age 16
ATLANTA - A 16-year-old scholar who overcame childhood displacement and social struggles has graduated high school early to attend Morehouse College. Everett Ceasar Appiagyei-Savoy earned a 3.9 GPA while balancing athletics, student leadership, high school courses and dual-enrollment college classes. Raised by a single
Report Ranks Airline Pilots as Georgia’s Highest-Paid Occupation, With $618K Median
Georgia’s highest-paid occupation may not be in a hospital or executive suite—it may be in the cockpit. An analysis of federal wage data ranks airline pilots, copilots and flight engineers as the state’s top occupation by median annual pay. The analysis, based on the U.S. Bureau of...
Man smuggled cocaine to Georgia in fruit, electronic shipments
An Atlanta man's elaborate scheme to smuggle hundreds of pounds of cocaine using fake companies has ended with him facing a decade in federal prison.
Woman sentenced to life in prison for murder, dismemberment of exotic dancer in 2016
NEWTON COUNTY, Ga. (TCN) -- A 30-year-old woman who, along with her boyfriend, killed and dismembered a 19-year-old exotic dancer in 2016 has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. In February 2016, Morgan Bauer moved from her home in Aberdeen, South Dakota, to Atlanta, Georgia,...
Marietta police arrest man after backyard fire, alleged obstruction
Rodney Lee Merrell, 39, of Mineral Bluff, is accused of burning unknown items at the rear of a residence at 687 Kiowa Drive in Marietta on Aug. 22 at 5:40 p.m., according to an arrest warrant from the Marietta Police Department. The fire was not contained and was burning on top of the greenery to the point that it cou
Ex-KSU student had been dead for days; roommates didn’t notice
A Kennesaw State University student was found dead in his dorm room after his mother called in a welfare check. She had not heard from him in about 10 days.
Atlanta high-rise residents say lack of air conditioning leaves apartments sweltering
Residents of an Atlanta high-rise say they have been without air conditioning for two weeks, with temperatures inside some apartments reaching 94 degrees or higher.
Man found shot to death on youth sports field
Atlanta police are working to track down suspects and a motive in a deadly shooting Wednesday morning at a southeast Atlanta park.
