Shop Black and Local: 2025 Holiday Gift Guide
With Christmas and Kwanzaa right around the corner, it’s time to get started on those holiday shopping lists. In Georgia, 10% of all businesses are owned by people who identify as Black or African American, more than triple the nationwide average, according to Pew Research. It also found that 90% of Black-owned...
10 Gigantic Secondhand Shops In Georgia Where You Can Fill A Whole Cart For...
Searching for incredible secondhand bargains in Georgia that won’t empty your wallet?. These 10 massive thrift stores offer amazing deals where your shopping cart can overflow with treasures for just $35!. 1. Out of the Closet – Ansley (Atlanta) Out of the Closet catches your eye immediately with...
Skeletal Remains Found Alongside Used Zip Tie Have Been Identified as Man Who Disappeared...
Thomas Joe Kratzer was officially reported missing in February 2014 — and an investigation into what happened remains ongoing
Florida man gets 8 years in prison after embezzling half a million from Savannah...
John Laakso, a former engineering manager at a manufacturing company in Savannah was sentenced to eight years in prison for embezzling nearly $500,000 from his employer.
Georgia Man Arrested for Stealing $38,000 in Florida Hurricane Relief Funds
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A Georgia man faces charges for allegedly stealing $38,000 meant to help Florida businesses recover from Hurricanes Milton and Helene, using a fraudulent emergency loan application to divert disaster relief funds into his own account. On Nov. 25, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE)...
Atlanta ranked among world’s worst for traffic in new global study
The firm identified Interstate 285 on Atlanta’s east side, between “Spaghetti Junction” and Interstate 20 (I-20) as the city’s busiest corridor.
Georgia state representative arrested, indicted on pandemic unemployment fraud charges
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — A Georgia state representative was arrested Monday after she was indicted by a federal grand jury on charges related to pandemic unemployment fraud. Sharon Henderson, who represents district 113 in the state House of Representatives, was indicted on two counts of theft of...
Family-owned Atlanta restaurant closing doors for good in January
The Atlanta restaurant's owner and chef said that he sold his car and stocks, and emptied his son's college fund to attempt to keep the restaurant going, but it wasn't enough.
Man pleads guilty to stabbing, killing 77-year-old Buckhead grandmother
A man has taken a plea deal in the murder of a beloved 77-year-old grandmother inside her gated Buckhead townhome community. As part of a blind plea, Antonio Brown, 26, has agreed to plead guilty to the 2022 murder of 77-year-old Ellen Bowles. The family’s emotional victim impact statements, on Channel 2 Action News...
Dunkin’ worker allegedly stabbed on job by Atlanta rapper can’t claim more than workers’...
The woman was working as a cashier when she was stabbed.
