Sergeant, officer 'relieved from duty' after video surfaces showing woman being kicked
The Atlanta Police Department has placed a sergeant and another officer on unpaid leave after a video surfaced on social media showing what police describe as the “sergeant kicking a woman in her head.”
Atlanta-area spa shooting suspect pleads guilty to murder in Cherokee County
The man accused of the deadly Atlanta-area spa shootings will serve life without parole after pleading guilty to multiple murders in Cherokee County. He still faces the death penalty in Fulton County.
Atlanta-area spa shootings suspect to appear in court Tuesday for plea hearing
The man accused of murdering eight people including six Asian women at massage parlors in metro Atlanta is expected to appear in Cherokee County court Tuesday morning.
Georgia man arrested in Florida found with 15-year-old girl, deputies say
A metro Atlanta man was arrested in Southwest Florida after deputies found a 15-year-old girl reported missing from Texas staying at his vacation rental home.
Atlanta restaurant gets death threats over requiring COVID-19 vaccine
The Argosy gastropub in East Atlanta put up a sign in their window warning customers they have to be vaccinated if they want to eat and drink there.
Monkeypox: CDC monitoring more than 200 people in 25 US states
As cases of the coronavirus and its contagious delta variant continue to rise, U.S. health officials are monitoring another virus: monkeypox.
Atlanta man contracts COVID-19 breakthrough infection months after being vaccinated
Breakthrough infections in fully vaccinated people are rare, but they can happen. Jim Issa, a 50-year-old commercial director in Atlanta got vaccinated in April with the Pfizer two-dose vaccine. He was stunned when he and several vaccinated friends tested positive for the virus after a July Fourth getaway weekend at a lake house.
Firefighter saves flag as flames creep toward it
A fire destroyed a Bartow County business over the weekend. Everything was burned, except the American flag that was flying out front. That's because a firefighter took it down as flames moved in.
Georgia couple finds 18 snakes under their bed
The Georgia couple was just about to go to bed when the woman noticed what she thought was fuzz on the floor. Then it moved.
Homeless man stabs woman who let him stay with her, police say
Police say the Georgia woman was helping the homeless man by allowing him to stay with her, but when she tried to get him to leave he stabbed her in the neck.
GBI: Missing 13-year-old Georgia girl found in Illinois
Officials say 13-year-old Natasha Brown told her family she was going for a walk and disappeared.She's now been found safe in Illinois.
Dog rescues kitten trapped in hose in Georgia back yard
A dog became an unlikely hero after sniffing out a trapped kitten in his back yard. His owner caught the rescue on camera.
Grandmother begs for answers after 19-year-old gunned down at convenience store
The last thing the DeKalb County grandmother told her grandson was to make sure he got enough sleep so he wouldn't be late for his new job. Just hours later, she found the boy she raised since he was a baby dead in the store's parking lot.
Jimmy, Rosalynn Carter to celebrate 75th wedding anniversary
Nearly eight decades later, Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter are still together in the same tiny town where they were born, grew up and had that first outing.
3 men killed in Cobb County golf course shooting; suspect still at large, police say
Police say three men were found dead on the tenth hole of Pinetree Country Club’s golf course.
Three men killed in shooting on 10th hole of golf course at country club near Atlanta
All three victims were found on the green and the killer is still on the loose.
White teacher sues Evanston/Skokie School District 65 for alleged race based policies
Middle school drama teacher Stacy Deemar, who is white, filed a lawsuit Wednesday, claiming the teacher training and lessons about race and racism discriminated against her.
Trump on state's voter purge announcement: 'We won the presidential election in Georgia'
Former President Donald Trump claims the regular biannual purge of Georgia voting rolls is proof that he "won the Presidential Election in Georgia."
Welcome (or not) to Illinois: Where we rank on the kindness scale
If you want to hang out with nice people, there are 34 states other than Illinois where you would be better off.
Waitress praised after pulling driver from burning car
A waitress is being hailed a hero after pulling a woman from a burning car on the side of a highway in the middle of the night.