Atlanta City Council: $68M jail sale passes committee
The Atlanta Public Safety Committee approved the $68 million sale of the city detention center to Fulton County in a 4-2 vote.
The Atlanta Public Safety Committee approved the $68 million sale of the city detention center to Fulton County in a 4-2 vote.
safety
There are two Public Service Commission seats up for grabs this election. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks ] For voters like Melissa Mitchell, it’s hard to ignore those electricity bills. “I’m like, why is it looking like we’re on the uptrend,” said Mitch...
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ATLANTA -- The Atlanta Braves are back in the postseason and will face their division rival, the Philadelphia Phillies, in a best-of-three Wild Card Series beginning Tuesday. The two NL East squads have met in the postseason three times in the last five years, but this will be th...
safety
Newly released 911 calls reveal the frantic search for Shanteria “KT” Mosely, in the hours before her family made a horrifying discovery behind the suspects Smyrna apartment. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks ] Mosely’s family says they spoke with her cons...
safety
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — A multi-vehicle accident shut down I-85 northbound in Hogansville on Monday. The accident happened near SR 54. The accident was first reported around 4:15 p.m. traffic began moving again by 7:45 p.m. This is a developing story. Check back with ...
business
Consumer advocates are raising new concerns about technology that could allow retailers to charge different shoppers different prices for the same product, a practice often called “personalized pricing” or “surveillance pricing.” The concerns come after new patent filings from Wa...
government
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — This is the last full week to register to vote in Georgia’s 2026 midterms, a series of high-stakes contests that will determine the political future of the nation’s preeminent battleground state for years to come. From the halls of Congress to ...
government
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — With Georgia’s voter registration deadline just one week away, Democrats and Republicans are executing sharply contrasting campaign playbooks amid an unusual divide at the top of the ticket. Democrats are leaning into an aggressive grassroots g...
safety
Smyrna police arrested 18-year-old Kingston Bradley after finding human remains at the Park Valley Apartments on Wednesday.
News
It will be another five weeks before we can say what it means, but there has been a significant shift in public opinion in the country this fall. In some respects this has been a matter of things going from bad to worse for Republicans, with an increasing number of races falling ...
safety
A University of Georgia senior is awake and talking after surviving a fall from the eighth floor of an Athens apartment building, according to her father. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks ] Richard Sargent told Channel 2 Action News his daughter, 21-year-...
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As many Saporta Report readers will remember , last May, an extended-stay Economy Motel in Roswell, Georgia, was shut down after serious concerns were raised about uninhabitable living conditions, including mold and pests, drug use, and sex trafficking. Before its closure, this h...
parks
A federal jury awarded $164 million to a College Park sex trafficking victim.
