Aspen Easterling, known as rapper Aspen Kartier, pled guilty to misdemeanor animal cruelty for striking her puppy during a livestream in Brookhaven, Georgia. The court sentenced her to jail, probation ...

DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. — A dead raccoon tested positive for rabies on Friday, Oct. 16, near Meadow Rock Drive in unincorporated Stone Mountain, according to county officials. Georgia is a rabies-endemic ...

DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. — More than half of DeKalb County’s attorneys were laid off Friday, Oct. 9, as part of a “restructuring” of the law department that will rely more heavily on private law firms.

DECATUR, Ga. — After serving as Decatur School’s legal counsel for nearly 30 years, Wilson, Morton & Downs, LLC notified the district that it will not be seeking to renew its contract with the board.

This story has been updated. DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. — DeKalb County’s Chief Executive Officer Lorraine Cochran-Johnson has declared a local state of emergency ahead of the category 3 Hurricane Isaias ...

Editor’s note: This article was updated Oct. 9 with additional reporting. DECATUR, Ga. — The Decatur Book Festival has broken ties with a local bookstore after a festival attendee made allegations of ...

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — Isaias is now a major Category 3 hurricane with 120 mph winds in the central Gulf. Hurricane Isaias has strengthened with 110 mph winds, about 200 miles south of ...

DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. — Five DeKalb County Jail inmates have been charged in the death of a of a 24-year-old man who died from a “sharp force injury” to his chest. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation has ...

TUCKER, Ga. —The Tucker City Council voted unanimously on Oct. 7 to shake up the city’s administration, much of which has been staffed by contract workers from big firms since the city was created in ...

DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. — After nearly a year of serving as acting and interim superintendent of DeKalb County Schools, Norman C. Sauce III is officially the district’s permanent superintendent. Sauce was ...

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