HOA seeks to foreclose on 77-year-old’s home over pressure washing violations
KENNESAW, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - George Watson points to the north-facing side of his house where the off-white wall grew green algae above a small bucket of water and ladder on the ground three summers ago. Those items may now cost him his home. The 77-year-old Kennesaw resident is...
CDC union pushes back against return-to-office mandate after shooting
Union leaders with the American Federation of Government Employees Local 2883, which represents CDC workers in Atlanta, joined a Labor Day march through the streets of Atlanta on Monday. Union leaders say many CDC workers remain scared and anxious after the shooting left hundreds of bullet holes in their offices.
‘Smells like a landfill:’ Neighbors frustrated apartment complex won’t clear piling up trash
Neighbors at an Atlanta apartment complex are growing increasingly frustrated with management.
Troopers urge driver to come forward who left wreck that ejected 7-year-old
Three other people were also injured in the wreck.
Dept. of Corrections employees charged with raping woman at Douglasville hotel
Two employees with the Georgia Department of Corrections are now facing sex crime charges.
Health and Human Services workers call for Secretary RFK Jr.’s resignation
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - Workers with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) have begun a crusade to push for Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s resignation. After the deadly Aug. 8 attack on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) headquarters in Atlanta, workers...
Mother demands answers after son, shot five times in Atlanta, was treated as victim...
ATLANTA — A man first identified as a shooting victim in Atlanta’s Sweet Auburn neighborhood is now behind bars, facing felony charges. Darryl Seymour, 38, was one of three people shot on July 26 near Edgewood Avenue. For weeks, police records listed him as a victim of aggravated assault. But on Aug. 14,...
Rapper Lil Jon competes in bodybuilding event
Atlanta rapper/producer Lil Jon competed in the Muscle Beach Championships on Labor Day, placing third in the men’s physique competition.
Body found, ‘suspicion of criminal activity’ in Smyrna apartment fire
SMYRNA — An early morning Wednesday fire at a Smyrna apartment complex is being investigated under “suspicion of criminal activity” after a body was found inside, Smyrna Fire officials report. Chief Brian Marcos told the MDJ the Smyrna Fire Department was dispatched to reports of a structural fire in an apartment...
Audi driver caught going 108 mph in 55 mph construction zone in Alpharetta
An Alpharetta police officer stopped a Audi driver traveling at 108 mph in a 55 mph construction zone.