Norcross man who molested teen claimed he was only ‘tickling’ her
A Gwinnett County judge sentenced a 59-year-old Norcross man to life in prison for sexually abusing a 14-year-old girl for two months in 2024. Alejandro Rangel was convicted on multiple charges including aggravated child molestation, aggravated sexual battery and five counts of child molestation. In addition to his lif
Man accused of killing police officer due in court
Kevin Andrews Jr., 35, faces several charges, including malice murder, felony murder, aggravated assault against law enforcement.
Teen faces long road to recovery after Ga. plane crash
ATLANTA, Ga. — A high school senior is facing a long road to recovery after surviving a plane crash in Georgia earlier this month. Family friends said Grady was critically injured in a single-engine plane crash less than a mile from Paulding Northwest Atlanta Airport on Sept. 3. He...
Man shot to death in South Fulton, police say
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — A man was found shot to death Monday in South Fulton, police said. Police said the man’s body was found in the woods near Blake Loop and Peyton Trail. The man has not been identified. This is a developing story. Check back...
‘I’m going to bomb your house’: Man accused of threatening animal services director
A Washington state man was jailed after being accused of threatening to bomb the home of a Metro Atlanta animal services director, according to Cobb County police.
Metro Atlanta seller says money vanished from escrow account after buyer backed out of...
A Douglas County woman says she never received thousands of dollars in earnest money she was contractually owed after a home sale fell through, even though the real estate brokerage holding the funds agrees the money belongs to her.
The Legend of “Mr. V”; From a Mississippi cotton field to Atlanta’s Brightest Marquee
James L. Virgil never set out to become a legend. He set out to survive. That he ended up doing both, surviving and becoming one of Atlanta’s most beloved entrepreneurial icons, is the kind of story that reminds you what the phrase “self-made” was actually built to describe.
Dead person found near Cobb County pond
COBB COUNTY, Ga. - Cobb County police detectives are investigating after a deceased person was found near a pond on Pine Grove Drive. Officers responded to the area of Pine Grove Drive regarding a deceased person found near a pond. Detectives are actively investigating the circumstances surrounding the death. What...
Life sentence handed down to former East Point officer convicted of assaulting teen
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — A former East Point police officer found guilty of sexually assaulting a teenage girl was sentenced to life in prison, plus 20 years, on Tuesday. Earlier this month, Richard Gooddine was convicted of aggravated sexual battery, child molestation, enticing a child for indecent...
Missing since 2003 from Clarkston, Georgia: Elyssa Marie Vasquez was only 12 when she...
Elyssa Marie Vasquez has been missing from Clarkston, Georgia (DeKalb County), since January 28, 2003, according to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC).

















