The Worst Intersections for Drivers in Atlanta
Anyone who drives in Atlanta regularly already has a mental list of intersections they try to avoid. Maybe it’s the one near their office that backs up every single afternoon, or the one where they’ve watched two near misses happen in the same week. Turns out that instinct is backed up by actual crash data, not just ba
Teen charged with vehicular homicide months after deadly prom-night crash
The Georgia State Patrol says 18-year-old Antonia Brown was driving a Mercedes on Chapel Hill Road near Rosemont Drive when she lost control of the vehicle.
DA: Last Fugitive in 2023 Home Invasion Arrested in Georgia
Authorities have officially apprehended all three suspects in a 2023 Lawrence County home invasion and shooting after the Aug. 12 arrest of the final fugitive in Georgia. District Attorney General Brent Cooper announced that Kenneth Dion Spruill, 36, was arrested in Fulton County, Ga. Spruill had been added to the Tenn
One of Atlanta’s first eight Black officers to be awarded nation’s highest civilian honor
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — Decades before he was designated to receive the nation’s highest civilian honor, Ernest Lyons was part of a historic group of eight men who fundamentally changed the landscape of law enforcement in the American South. Lyons will be honored posthumously with the...
Mother charged in hot-car death of 1-year-old granted furlough to attend funeral
She was charged with second-degree murder after authorities said she left her child in a hot vehicle for about nine hours at Northside Hospital in Gwinnett.
Man accused of molesting girl in hotel pool
Blaize Garry Gallimore, 26, of Watervliet, New York, is accused of molesting a girl under the age of 16 while inside the pool at the SpringHill Suites by Marietta Atlanta Northwest, 230 Interstate North Circle, Atlanta, on Aug. 5 at noon, according to an arrest warrant from the Cobb County Police Department. Gallimore
Lane closures tonight (Friday) on I-75 at the South Barrett Reliever in Cobb County
ATLANTA METRO – Contractors for the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) will install lane closures on I-75 at the South Barrett Parkway Reliever in the City of Marietta this Friday night. Weather permitting, one alternating right or left lane will be closed on I-75 at the South Barrett Reliever...
Smyrna Police identify suspect seen in pistol-whipping road rage incident caught on video
SMYRNA, Ga. — Police in Smyrna said Friday they've identified the suspect in a pistol-whipping incident from late June that was caught on video. The Smyrna Police Department said they're now searching for Freddrick Hammonds with a warrant taken out on Friday for one count of felony aggravated battery in the episode.
Heat Advisory Issued for Cobb County, Much of Georgia
A Heat Advisory is in effect across much of north and central Georgia from noon Friday through 8 p.m. Saturday, with heat index values as high as 109 degrees. The combination of hot temperatures and high humidity could cause heat illnesses, while elevated overnight temperatures will provide little relief for vulnerable
2 people hospitalized, 2 firefighters hurt in blaze at Mableton market
Two people were taken to the hospital after a fire broke out at a Mableton Hispanic supermarket, according to firefighters.

















