Woman and child die after becoming trapped inside burning home
A man and another boy managed to escape the house and attempted to put out the fire with water before calling 911.
Police reports: Bar fight, elder scam and drug arrests
ALPHARETTA, Ga. — A traffic stop over a broken taillight led to the arrest of a 26-year-old College Park man Sept. 28 after police said they found morphine, marijuana, alprazolam pills and a loaded pistol in his pickup. Alpharetta police officers stopped a blue Ford Ranger at Mansell and...
Publix Closing Multiple Stores in Georgia, Elsewhere
Publix is thinning its metro Atlanta footprint, with two local stores among a small group of Southeast locations the chain is shutting this year. The employee-owned grocer, headquartered in Lakeland, Florida, is closing stores in Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina. In the Atlanta area, the affected sites are 1380 Atl
Major beverage company to eliminate 558 jobs in Georgia as shutdown nears
Hundreds of Georgia workers are facing the loss of their jobs as a major beverage distributor prepares to shut down its operations in the state. The company’s financial troubles have…
Family mourns loss of man killed outside his workplace in Atlanta
ATLANTA - The family of a man shot and killed outside his southeast Atlanta workplace is mourning and searching for answers after police arrested a suspect in the fatal shooting. Atlanta warehouse parking lot shooting. What we know:. Kentel Hunt, 26, was killed Oct. 1 in the parking lot of...
Cobb Police Investigate Fatal Multi-vehicle Crash on I-285
Cobb police continue trying to untangle what happened in a multi-vehicle wreck which killed one person Saturday night. Investigators say a black 2006 Ford-150 was traveling east on I-285 at I-75, as were three other vehicles. The Ford became disabled after a tire failure. Resulting collisions caused major damage to Jee
FBI/ATF Bust Atlanta Gun Ring, Recover Nearly 1,500 Stolen Firearms
ATF (Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives) Atlanta Field Division Special Agent in Charge Benjamin Gibbons said, “Stealing nearly 1,500 firearms and flooding our communities with guns and drugs is more than brazen criminal conduct; it is a direct attack on public safety.”. Gibbons added:. The GoodFellas
Metro Atlanta city names 1st police chief as it builds new department
The City of Mableton officially named its first police chief as it works to build its own fully functioning law enforcement agency.
Fire at an Atlanta Goodwill
The Atlanta Fire Rescue Department responded to a dumpster fire at the Goodwill along the 2000 block of Piedmont Road Northeast, early Wednesday morning.
Atlanta woman returns to Dunkin’ after two weeks for her final paycheck, then claims...
An Atlanta ex-Dunkin' worker says she went to her old store in person about her last paycheck, left without it and later said it arrived. Federal law does not require immediate final pay.
