1+ day, 11+ hour ago   (231+ words) By the time the scene was under control, eight people in all — four adults and four children — had been taken to hospitals for smoke inhalation and minor burns, the station reported. Roughly a dozen families were displaced from the complex,…...

1+ day, 11+ hour ago   (331+ words) A person was shot and killed Friday at an apartment complex in Atlanta's Collier Heights neighborhood, police said. The shooting happened at 2798 Peek Road NW, according to Atlanta police. As reported by Atlanta News First, the story was developing. The…...

1+ day, 14+ hour ago   (157+ words) The Federal Aviation Administration issued a ground stop at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport as the storms rolled through, according to the same WSB-TV report. Departures were initially delayed an average of about 45 minutes, per the FAA, with delays expected to…...

2+ day, 5+ hour ago   (74+ words) Atlanta Fire Rescue Department Station 16 firefighters received awards for rescuing eight people, including four children, from a Vine City fire. Crews used ground ladders to pull trapped residents from upper-floor balconies at the Magnolia Park Apartments. Atlanta Fire Rescue Department…...

3+ day, 11+ hour ago   (376+ words) Local news for metro Atlanta A Gwinnett County mother accused of leaving her infant son in a hot car while she worked is out of jail, over prosecutors’ objections that she remains a danger to her two surviving children. Deja…...

3+ day, 9+ hour ago   (277+ words) The Lawrenceville Police Department said officers arrested a driver after responding to multiple reports of unsafe driving, including allegations that the vehicle crossed into oncoming lanes and struck curbs. The account was reported by FOX 5 Atlanta. Police released video of…...

3+ day, 13+ hour ago   (392+ words) A person died in an overnight crash that shut down Covington Highway near Miller Road and Thicket Way just after midnight, closing the busy DeKalb County corridor for nearly three hours before it reopened around 3 a.m. Officers had not released the…...

4+ day, 5+ hour ago   (148+ words) Work on a new section of the Beltline's Northwest Trail in Atlanta is expected to start Thursday. Atlanta Beltline leaders say the nearly 1-mile segment will run from Trabert Avenue near Monday Night Brewing to Tanyard Creek Park. They say…...

4+ day, 7+ hour ago   (483+ words) Toliaferro was booked into the DeKalb County Jail on July 17 on counts of malice murder, criminal trespass, and obstruction after police identified him in a July stabbing death involving 30-year-old Kenyon Jefferies, according to 11Alive. Toliaferro's prior criminal history in the…...

4+ day, 11+ hour ago   (390+ words) According to WSB-TV, a neighbor heard the gunshots and called 911, but told police they did not see anything. Police continue to investigate, while Williams has taken her son's story directly to reporters rather than waiting on the case to develop…...