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ATLANTA (AP) — Three inmates who escaped from a jail east of Atlanta , including a murder suspect, commandeered a terrified Lyft driver's car to reach south Florida before she was rescued and they were captured, according to details revealed in court records. The driver told FBI agents that the men used a fake name...

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — One person is dead following an accident that involved a MARTA bus overnight in Atlanta’s Belvedere Park area, according to the transportation agency. The accident happened around 2 a.m. Wednesday, when a car rear-ended a MARTA bus that was stopped at a...

Editor’s note: The MDJ counts down the Top 10 local stories of 2025 as determined by newsroom staff. Today’s installment is No. 7. In a 5-1 vote in July, the Austell City Council approved a staggering 158% property tax increase, putting to bed a controversial budgeting decision that had been brewing for years....

A man who left his car parked in Atlanta says it was targeted by thieves. The alleged crime is turning heads all over the web. The theft itself wasn’t unusual, however—what was taken was. The user, who goes by @trendyyzy, says he returned to his car only to...

A man was hospitalized with multiple stab wounds late Monday night after an argument at an encampment in southeast Atlanta, according to police.

ATLANTA - A man was shot after a fight with a neighbor in southwest Atlanta on Christmas Eve, according to police. Officers responded to the 2900 block of Ridgeview Drive SW around 1:30 a.m. Wednesday after calls about a shooting. When they arrived, they found a man who had been shot in the buttocks.

Pressure on the pocketbooks of working families going into the holidays were heightened by the longest federal government shutdown in U.S. history.

Two sisters in Southwest Atlanta have been collecting black Santa's for decades.

A man allegedly shot himself with a handgun he brought to Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport on Sunday, Dec. 21, according to the Atlanta Police Department. Police say Douglas E. Smith, 59, entered the airport around 3:30 p.m. local time while carrying a handgun. He then rode the escalators up to the...

An 8-year-old girl from Atlanta is spending Christmas in the hospital after being struck by a car just days before the holiday, leaving her family balancing fear, gratitude, and an uncertain road to recovery. Kayla Frazier, described by relatives as energetic and widely loved, was injured on Dec. 19, 2025,...