Longtime DeKalb County residents Marti Keller and husband Richard Cohen aren’t fans of bending the rules. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks ] “We’ve watched it happen in Decatur, how it can work and it can’t work. There are ways to get around it,” Keller said. DeKalb’s Tre...
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ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — Two separate shootings in Atlanta left one person dead and two others injured, police said. Shortly after 1 p.m., Atlanta police responded to the shooting at 320 Fairburn Road SW, the address for Country Oak Apartments in the Fairburn Mays neig...
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ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — Crews are responding to a large fire at a DeKalb County apartment complex Wednesday night. The fire broke out at the Parc at Glenwood complex in unincorporated Decatur, according to DeKalb County Fire Rescue. Firefighters arrived around 8:15 p....
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ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — DeKalb County police are asking for help finding a missing 67-year-old man with dementia. Earnest Tarver was last seen around 1:30 p.m. Wednesday leaving the 6200 block of Sayler Park in Lithonia. Tarver is 6 feet, 1 inch tall and 210 pounds. H...
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Police in Jacksonville, Florida, said they had to use “an energetic door breach” to arrest a man wanted for a deadly club shooting in Atlanta in 2023. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks ] Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office SWAT members and the U.S. Marshals Fugi...
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Public health officials have detected mosquitoes carrying West Nile virus in several additional DeKalb County neighborhoods.
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Police arrested a n 18-year-old suspect for the shooting deaths of two young brothers. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks ] Several DeKalb County leaders held a news conference about the arrest. Channel 2’s Tyisha Fernandes reported as those leaders also an...
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Six men were arrested following a year-long multi-agency drug investigation in southeast Georgia, according to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation.
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Law enforcement officers captured Jonathan Soto in Florida in connection with a 2023 Atlanta nightclub shooting.
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Federal agents are offering a reward for Alex Rosado Lopez, a man wanted in Georgia and two other states.
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PEACHTREE CORNERS, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — Janie Van Reenen loves seeing deer in her Peachtree Corners neighborhood, just not when they’re eating her plants. Van Reenen installed a 7-foot, see-through fence around her front yard and hired a wildlife management company to prote...
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An overnight collision claimed the life of a man who had gotten out of his vehicle after a crash on a DeKalb County highway. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks ] Police said they responded around 1:44 a.m. Wednesday on a report of a man hit by a vehicle on ...
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ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — Georgia Tech football finally earned its first win of the season after beating Mercer 44-11. Running back Justice Haynes scored three touchdowns in the win and quarterback Alberto Mendoza completed 15 of 21 passes for 249 yards and three touchd...
