Police investigating shooting on DeKalb County highway

DeKalb County police are investigating an early morning shooting that shut down multiple lanes on Highway 78.

Georgia's Afro-Caribbean culture celebrates Black History Month

They are part of the rich diversity in metro Atlanta and in the Black community. Afro-Caribbean culture is alive and thriving in Georgia.

Missing Decatur teen found safe

Lily Sherwood was last seen on Tuesday around 6:30 p.m. walking near the intersection of West Hill Street and South McDonough Street, police say.

Man shot, car stolen from DeKalb County gas station, police say

The DeKalb County Police Department said a man is hospitalized after being shot during a possible robbery at a gas station.

Ex-DeKalb County deputy charged with child molestation, rape

A DeKalb County deputy has been arrested and fired after he was charged with rape, child molestation, sex trafficking, and more.

DeKalb County ME investigates inmate death

Jaquay Smith, 21, of Stone Mountain, was found unresponsive inside a cell on Saturday during a security check.

Carjacking victim says she had just moved to Atlanta

A woman carjacked at gunpoint in DeKalb County is warning other women to be careful, especially at gas stations.  

2 hospitalized in DeKalb County double shooting, police say

DeKalb County Police Department investigators are working to identify suspects in a double shooting that left two hospitalized. 

Mother drops children to safety from 2nd story to escape DeKalb fire

A DeKalb County mother had to drop her three kids from a window of their second-story apartment and jump out herself to escape a fire early Monday morning.

Woman discovered dead by road in Lithonia identified

Kenya Smith, 22, was walking along Marbut Road near Lithonia Industrial Blvd. when she was struck by a car, police said.

Deadly shooting on I-285 in DeKalb County, shooter on the loose

DeKalb County Police Department confirmed a person was shot near the southbound on-ramp from Lawrenceville Highway to I-285. They died at a nearby hospital.

Metro Atlanta running shop puts the 'fit' in fitness

Off to a slow start on your 2022 fitness goals? The experts at Big Peach Running Co. say maybe it's time to find a "PAL."

DeKalb County apartment fire displaces more than a dozen people

Over a dozen people have been displaced after residents say a boiler exploded and caused a fire at a DeKalb County apartment complex.

DeKalb County firefighters rescue man stuck in tree

DeKalb County Fire said it's unclear what the man was doing in the tree, but he was about 10 feet in the air with his leg pinned by a large limb.