Crime and public safety
By Dean Hesse, contributor Decatur, GA — “A Monumental Change: The George Floyd Hologram Memorial Project,” came to the Decatur Square July 31, 2020, projecting a holographic image of George Floyd near where a Confederate monument ...
Avondale Estates, GA — The Avondale Alliance for Racial Justice wants to hear from people who have received traffic tickets in Avondale Estates. “Drivers who have been pulled over by the Avondale Estates Police Department ...
Atlanta, GA — A federal grand jury handed up an indictment of Atlanta City Councilman Antonio Brown, charging him Wednesday with multiple counts of bank fraud. The charges come as Brown’s profile had been ...
Atlanta, GA — A sitting Atlanta city councilmember has been indicted for crimes that allegedly occurred before he was elected. District 3 Councilmember Antonio Brown was elected in 2019 to finish the term of the ...
This story has been updated. Avondale Estates, GA — The city of Avondale Estates recently announced that it would remove the lock on the fence gate separating Willis Park from the Museum School on Forrest ...
This story has been updated. Decatur, GA — The Decatur Fire Department responded to an early-morning house fire on July 19. The Fire Department received the call at 6:32 a.m. The home at 404 Sycamore ...
This story has been updated. By Zoe Seiler, contributor Avondale Estates, GA — Demonstrators on July 18 took to the streets in Avondale Estates to demand City Commission reform the city’s police department while ...
Decatur, GA — Decatur Police on Sunday, July 19, responded to a call about shots fired near Glennwood Elementary School. Officers found shell casings at the scene. Police responded to the area of East Ponce ...
Generals are rare. About as many people serve in the Army as play baseball in high school. The odds of one of them signing a major league contract are better than the odds of ...
DeKalb County, GA — A former supervisor in the DeKalb County Tax Commissioner’s Office has pleaded guilty to federal bribery and blackmail charges. Sentencing will occur at a later date. On July 14 the U.S. ...
