Woman charged after biting man at Austell bar
Heather Florrie Poole, 49, of Powder Springs is accused of biting a man on the right forearm, causing a disfiguring scar, during a fight on Feb. 13 at 6:28 p.m. at The Sports Bar, 3999 Austell Road in Austell, according to an arrest warrant from the Cobb County Police Department. Poole, while in the sports bar,...
Suspects accused of pistol-whipping woman during Marietta home invasion
Ja’Quon Lamar Pilcher, 25, of Byram, Mississippi, and Tykeria Lincoln, 17, of Jackson, Mississippi, are accused of a home invasion on Feb. 17 at 6:30 p.m. at an apartment at 2100 Northwest Drive in Marietta, in The Park on Windy Hill Apartments complex, according to arrest warrants from the Marietta Police...
2 people reportedly bitten by family dog in SE Atlanta
ATLANTA - Two people needed medical assistance after reportedly being bitten by a family dog around midnight Wednesday in southeast Atlanta. The incident happened around midnight on Berean Avenue. Emergency crews responded to the scene and treated the two people who were injured. What we don't know:. Authorities have...
Stabbing at Marietta trailer park
A 31-year-old man is facing murder charges after another man was stabbed to death early Sunday morning at a mobile home park in Marietta. What Happened: Cobb County police responded to the Eden Gate Mobile Home Park at 254 Clay Drive around 1:34 a.m. on February 22 after a 911 caller reported a stabbing. Officers...
Jeff Galloway, Atlanta running legend and first Peachtree Road Race winner, dies
Jeff Galloway, an Atlanta native, Olympian and the winner of the first Peachtree Road Race in 1970, died on Wednesday. He was 80. Galloway’s family said he died after a stroke. “Jeff spent his life proving that anyone could cross a finish line. He celebrated every mile, every walk break, and every finish. He coached...
1 person shot on Joseph E. Boone Boulevard in Atlanta, police say
ATLANTA - Atlanta police are investigating a shooting that left one person wounded Thursday night in northwest Atlanta. Officers responded around 10:30 p.m. to Joseph E. Boone Boulevard after reports of gunfire. When they arrived, they found one person who had been shot. What we don't know:. Police have not...
Atlanta mayor addresses $910K consultant payout, shifts blame to council, law department
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens responded Monday to growing scrutiny over nearly $1 million in payments to a consultant for work that couldn’t legally proceed — but notably shifted responsibility away from his administration, instead pointing to the Atlanta City Council’s oversight of...
Police Issue Tongue-in-Cheek Advisory After Canned Martini Is Found in Child’s School Lunchbox: ‘That...
“Before you send them babies off to school… CHECK. THE. LUNCHBOX,” the City of South Fulton Police Department in Georgia wrote on Facebook
‘I was wondering why it always smelled like that,’ metro Atlanta tenant says
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - A metro Atlanta renter says her apartment has rats eating the floorboards, sewage spewing fecal matter in the backyard, and no heat as winter continues in Georgia. “I was wondering why it was always smelling like someone going to the bathroom,” Kendrea Bills said,...
Popular midtown Atlanta movie theater closing
A popular midtown Atlanta movie theater will show its last film in a few months.

















