Why Atlanta just paused its $68M jail deal with Fulton County
Atlanta leaders delayed a vote on a $68 million jail deal with Fulton County to make legislative tweaks.
Atlanta leaders delayed a vote on a $68 million jail deal with Fulton County to make legislative tweaks.
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Two women were arrested in connection with a shooting that hurt a third woman overnight, Atlanta police said. Police said the shooting stemmed from a disagreement possibly fueled by alcohol. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks ] Police said they responded to...
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Emergency calls reveal a history of violence between the suspect and his father. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks ] Channel 2 Cobb County Bureau Chief Michele Newell said a judge ordered the suspect to stay away from the apartment he shared with his fathe...
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MARIETTA, Ohio ( WTAP /Gray News) - An Ohio couple is suing a hospital and surgical team after a procedure they say resulted in the amputation of the wrong leg. Sharon Jacks went to Selby General Hospital for an elective right-leg amputation below the knee. Surgeons instead amput...
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NEW ORLEANS ( WVUE /Gray News) - A Louisiana couple says their baby girl has been defying the odds since birth. Wren Michelle Roberts was born with a rare genetic mutation that has caused three heart defects, placed her stomach in her chest, and left her with spina bifida and no ...
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ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — Several metro Atlanta school districts announced increases in their four-year graduation rates earlier this week, helping push the state average to record highs. Atlanta Public Schools is one of them, celebrating APS’s four-year rate of 91.2% e...
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This story was originally published on Decaturish, a news partner of Atlanta News First. They pulled the story from the Evanston Roundtable, their news partner. ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — In a pretrial conference Wednesday, former DeKalb County Schools Superintendent Dev...
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WASHINGTON (Gray DC) - Election officials from some of the largest jurisdictions in the country met in Washington to address voter concerns ahead of the 2026 midterm elections. Los Angeles County, Calif. Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk Dean Logan said officials want voters to tru...
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ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — Georgia Tech football lost its ACC opener to Stanford after allowing nearly 400 passing yards to Cardinal quarterback Davis Warren. The Yellow Jackets led 20-10 in the second quarter, but Warren let the ball fly, including a 49-year passing tou...
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WASHINGTON (Gray DC) - President Donald Trump announced plans Wednesday for South Korea to invest $54 billion in a liquefied natural gas project in Alaska. The project is expected to be completed in three years and would construct an 800-mile pipeline carrying natural gas from Al...
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ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — An autopsy showed that the woman was found dismembered in Smyrna had also been shot in the head, according to police. Shanteria Mosley was found dead at a Smyrna apartment complex Sept. 21. RELATED: Suspect in woman’s dismemberment charged with...
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A DeKalb County mother is begging a hit-and-run driver to turn themselves in after her son was struck on his skates and left unconscious on the side of a road....
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The City of Demorest has a new interim police chief after the previous police chief and several other members of the department resigned. The department is now down to three members of the police force. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks ] “It’s a very smal...
