Fourth suspect charged as Austell railyard murder investigation expands
Investigators obtained an arrest warrant charging 36-year-old Christopher S. Riles.
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Parents say their son, other students with disabilities forced to clean high school cafeteria
SUMTER, S.C. ( WIS /Gray News) - The parents of a South Carolina high school student who has autism say he and other students with disabilities were required to clean the school cafeteria. Jeremiah and Felicia Sams can’t believe what they say happened to their son, Will, at Lakew...
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School community rallies around one another after teacher dies in Six Flags accident
Jennifer Rogers-Givens says it was very hard to break the news. Her two children are in the 5th and 6th grades. A week ago, their friend and teacher Hassan Kariem died in a roller coaster accident at Six Flags Over Georgia. “I did tell them the day I found out. My son was very so...
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Neighbor describes tense moments as SWAT searched for murder suspect: ‘They weren’t playing’
Two of three teens charged with murder in a deadly Gwinnett County shooting are now in custody, including a 17-year-old who turned herself in after a SWAT team raided her Norcross-area apartment building, police say. Adrianna Rose Upcher, 17, turned herself in hours after SWAT of...
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Trial for Atlanta officer pushed back several months after change of venue request
The trial for Atlanta police officer Garrett Rolfe, who is accused of attacking a bar security guard, will not start as planned. Rolfe’s attorney filed a late motion asking to move the trial out of Fulton County. At the same time, the solicitor’s office asked to step aside becaus...
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Man gropes women across three stores in 10 minutes, police say
A 35-year-old man faces sexual battery charges after allegedly groping three women across multiple stores in Austell.
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Virginia man extradited from Newark in Troup County church scam case
Troup County Sheriff’s Office investigators arrested an Arlington, Virginia, man accused of stealing over $60,000 from a local church in a late 2025 email scam....
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Midnight shooting ends in Salem Road McDonald's drive-thru arrest
A Newton County woman suffered multiple gunshot wounds in a Covington drive-thru Oct. 17.
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Vidalia police investigation: Ex-sergeant charged with misusing Flock system
Former Vidalia police Sgt. Santonio Wilcher was arrested for allegedly misusing a license plate reader system.
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Georgia surpasses 1M early votes, experts weight in as metro Atlanta drives record turnout
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — Georgia voters are continuing to break records for in-person early voting and absentee mail-in voting. “Been voting since I was 18 years old, and I make every election,” said Darrell Wanton, a Fayette County voter. Two weeks into early voting, ...
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Thousands of Georgia voters push for first-of-its-kind election on data centers
Thousands of Coweta County voters are pushing to overturn a controversial data center project approved by county commissioners earlier this year, using a rarely invoked provision of the Georgia Constitution that could force a special election. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for ...
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Henry County detention officer arrested on 4 felony misconduct charges
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — The Henry County Sheriff’s Office has arrested a detention officer on four felony charges stemming from allegations of misconduct. Kwamir Jamal Duncan faces two counts of violation of oath of office and two counts of first-degree improper sexua...
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Henry County detention officer arrested on multiple felony charges
Detention Officer Kwamir Jamal Duncan faces four felony charges following an internal investigation.