Drivers brace for Friday night closure of 2-mile stretch of I-285: ‘I can’t stay...
Machinery will dig out and replace 2 miles worth of concrete slab between MLK Jr. Drive and Cascade Road, in both directions.
Woman charged in connection to horse neglect case
A woman accused of neglecting horses for years is under arrest.
Cobb County high school principal charged with battery against student during walkout
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — A Cobb County high school principal is facing a misdemeanor battery charge for an incident during a walkout protest against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in January. Paul Gillihan, the principal of Campbell High School in Smyrna, is accused of grabbing the...
‘I’m the one that shot her’: Atlanta killer convicted by his own words
Fulton County prosecutors say a killer’s own words convicted him of the murder of a 43-year-old Atlanta woman.
Part of I-285 in Georgia shut down following vehicle crash
GEORGIA — A crash has closed multiple lanes on Interstate 285 South on Atlanta’s Westside Friday morning, causing major traffic delays. The crash happened just past Martin Luther King Jr. Drive and before Benjamin E. Mays Drive on the Westside Perimeter. Officials said the crash occurred in the same area where a full w
Atlanta Teens Call Out Schools For Pushing Black Girls Out Of Class
A group of Atlanta high school students spent eight months doing what a lot of adults have not: tracing how exclusionary discipline, meaning suspensions, expulsions and other removals from class, pushes Black girls out of school and toward worse outcomes. Their youth driven report does not just lean on personal stories
UGA grad dies after jumping into lake to celebrate
ATLANTA — A University of Georgia student has died after jumping into an Alabama lake from a cliff. Investigators said Jayden Barreto, 24, of Columbus, died after jumping from Chimney Rock into Lake Martin, near Montgomery, AL.com reports. Montgomery Fire Rescue said they were called out to the lake...
Brookhaven Preschool Rocked as Director, Teacher Nabbed in Child Restraint Case
Brookhaven police arrested a lead teacher and the director of a neighborhood preschool this week after investigators say a teacher used "excessive measures" to restrain very young children in a classroom. The lead teacher, 27-year-old Charles K. Wheeler, faces multiple counts of first-degree child cruelty, and 63-year-
Man breaks into Woodstock jewelry store, tries to escape police, officers say
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — A man was arrested on Thursday after Woodstock police say he broke into a jewelry store. Scott Candor faces a long list of charges, including reckless driving, driving with a suspended license, fleeing and eluding, second-degree criminal damage, felony theft, smash and grab burglary,
A Family-Owned African-Inspired Restaurant Brand Expands with a New Marietta Opening
Ike’s Café & Grill has opened its newest restaurant in Marietta. The restaurant has introduced its African-inspired cuisine to a new neighborhood, along with community celebrations. Marietta Welcomed a New Ike’s Café & Grill Restaurant. Ike’s Café & Grill hosted a ribbon-cutting, open house, and community...

















