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A former East Point police officer was sentenced Wednesday to life in prison for murder and another officer  was sentenced to 18 months in prison for the death of Gregory Towns who died after he was based 14 times in over 30 minutes. Click here to read furthermore.

According to Lilburn police, a woman was hit and killed by a garbage truck early Wednesday after walking her child to a school bus stop. Read more here.  

CBS46 reports, there has been a rapid spike in gay youth homelessness in metro Atlanta during the past five years due primarily to family disapproval and rejection. Lost n Found, a shelter and thrift store on Chantilly Drive in Atlanta, has found themselves a lot busier than normal lately. The shelter has helped youth like Chance Crafton, […]

According to CBS46, several students and two adults were passengers on a Cobb County school bus when it was rear ended by a Cadillac Tuesday morning around 7a.m. The incident happened at the intersection of Austell Road and McDuffie Road near Austell. For more information click here.

According to CBS46, The Alpharetta Department of Public Safety is investigating if illegal drugs played a role in the drowning death of a teenager during a house party in Alpharetta. The victim has been identified as 18-year-old Chamberlain Ivey. For more information click here.

According to AJC,  a postal service worker who allegedly dumped mail into a DeKalb County ditch has been arrested. The accused mail carrier, Thomas Beaurem, was taken into custody Monday afternoon. In October, a video surfaced displaying a postal worker dropping a few containers of mail in a ditch. The mail should have been delivered to occupants in […]

According to Fox5 ATL,Xavier Sanders, a Dekalb County math teacher at Bethune Middle, was arrested November 28 after police found him at a park with a 13-year-old girl in August. Police said the two were found inside a vehicle and looked “suspicious.” Sanders was expected to appear at a tribunal hearing Thursday morning at the DeKalb County School Board headquarters to make […]

  Police are asking drivers to play it safe after about three dozen vehicles were broken into at four distinct areas only a couple of miles far from each other in Atlanta. Atlanta Police said 19 vehicles were broken into inside the Colony House Condominiums parking structure, three cars at the Waffle House on Howell Mill […]

An AMBER Alert has been extended to South Carolina for a 15 year old girl from Georgia who officials say was abducted by a man in Columbia County. Click here to read more.

The City of Atlanta Office of Constituent Services and Department of Parks and Recreation has decided, in light of current bitterly cold temperatures, that the Old Adamsville Recreation Center will open tonight, December 9, at 5:30 p.m. as an emergency shelter for those in need. Capacity limitations at Old Adamsville allows for 100 individuals (men, […]

As we approach the end of the holiday season, dead zones become a popular topic. If you want to travel at the start of the New Year or need help planning your next year holiday trip here are some helpful times of the year to plan accordingly: First two weeks of December (after Thanksgiving and […]

FOR IMMEDIATE FOR RELEASE THURSDAY, November 17, 2016 Jasmine Guy Promotes the ACRB “Nobody Needs to Know” Campaign Multi-talented entertainer and Atlanta native Jasmine Guy has become the spokesperson for ACRB’s NOBODY NEEDS TO KNOW Media Campaign. The purpose of the initiative is to inform citizens that the agency, thanks to an expansion of its […]