‘He was soaked in urine’: Family raises concerns about metro Atlanta nursing home
DOUGLASVILLE, Ga. — A Douglasville woman says she is moving her father out of a nursing facility after what she describes as repeated concerns over his care. Kim Conyers says her father has lived at the Douglasville Center for Nursing and Healing for about two years. Since then, she says conditions at the facility have
Three Fulton County Commission posts go to Democratic primary runoffs
The hotly contested three-way Democratic primary for Fulton County Commission Chair will be settled in a runoff between incumbent Robb Pitts, who won 35% of the vote, and former District 4 Commissioner Mo Ivory, with 40%. District 5 Commissioner Marvin Arrington, Jr. finished third with 25% of the vote.The winner...
Plan to cancel property taxes for some metro Atlanta homeowners moves forward
COVINGTON, Ga. — The City of Covington’s plan to fully exempt homeowners from paying property taxes moved forward with approval of Gov. Brian Kemp. In January, Channel 2 Action News reported when Mayor Fleeta Baggett proposed a 100% homestead exemption for homeowners and said the city wanted to use revenue collected fr
Police arrest suspect accused of stabbing woman at metro Atlanta restaurant
Dekalb County Police say they’ve arrested a 22-year-old suspect.
‘We are basically paralyzed:’ Seniors complain of half-mile walk after MARTA bus stop closes
Residents of Berean Village Senior Community in southwest Atlanta say they must walk a grueling half-mile to catch a bus after the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority closed the bus stop on their street last month, while restructuring the bus route system to improve efficiency.
Georgia murder suspect arrested during traffic stop on I-85 in Upstate, deputies say
ANDERSON COUNTY, S.C. (FOX Carolina) - The Anderson County Sheriff’s Office reports arresting a murder suspect wanted out of Cobb County in Georgia on I-85N on Wednesday. Deputies said authorities in Georgia notified them that 43-year-old Andrew Montgomery was believed to be traveling in a tractor-trailer. It was later
Multiple Rounds of Heavy Rain and Storms Targeting the Southeast Including Memphis, Jackson, New...
SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES — An extremely active sub-tropical jet stream is driving multiple rounds of rain and storms across the Southeast over the next 10 or more days, bringing widespread rainfall totals of at least 3 inches with higher amounts expected in several locations. The threat corridor stretches from...
Key Cobb school board race separated by fewer than 100 votes
The Democratic candidates in a Cobb Board of Education primary in the East Cobb area are fewer than 100 votes apart following Tuesday’s elections. Micheal Garza leads Susan McCartney by 78 votes in Post 4 results that are final, but unofficial, according to the Georgia Secretary of State’s Office.
Suspect in military gear found in Sandy Springs park search; 1 other arrested
Police have charged James Andrew Dutton and Elisha Deaton for the incident at Morgan Falls Overlook Park in Sandy Springs.
Warrant: Marietta woman shoots another woman in Food Depot parking lot
Kenya Leigh Parker, 51, of Marietta, is accused of shooting a woman in her breast with a black 9mm Taurus PT 709 handgun on May 9 at 8:40 p.m. in the Food Depot parking lot, 250 Windy Hill Road, Marietta, according to an arrest warrant from the Cobb County Police Department. During a verbal altercation between the vic
