Dekalb County News

A woman wanted for scamming businesses in Cartersville and Winder by claiming to be collecting for Toys For Tots was arrested Saturday.

A sweeping investigation of a DeKalb County school official may have an impact on another big legal battle involving the DeKalb County School System.

Police in Decatur said they have arrested a man outside a home after summoning a SWAT team after getting reports of an armed man inside.

The DeKalb County Sheriff's Office Fugitive Squad is searching for a murder suspect.

The Secret Service says counterfeit cash is circulating in metro Atlanta; a mother is accused of selling her five-year-old daughter into prostitution; Kia's new Georgia plant officially opens today.

Early Tuesday morning, Riley Clements, 4, will have a kidney transplant at Children's Health Care of Atlanta at Egleston.

The U.S. Secret Service says businesses and consumers across Georgia should pay extra attention to the money they handle to make sure it's real, a problem that often surfaces as the holiday season approaches.

Six more Georgia educators, including two from Fulton County, will find out Thursday what sanctions they may face in the wake of a statewide test cheating scandal.

Officials from Fulton and DeKalb counties don't want the state taking over MARTA without some financial guarantees.

DeKalb County's top police brass will visit a neighborhood south of Eastlake Thursday to hear from residents.

State lawmakers from DeKalb County will host a town hall-style meeting on the county's north side on Thursday to discuss any topic.

The Narvie J. Harris Elementary Theme School Chorus will perform at her homegoing service on Nov.

Murder suspect Robert Alexander Cooper is being held in the DeKalb County Jail without bond.

A man being held in the Richmond County jail has been charged with murder in the shooting of an Atlanta college student.

A two-time winner of McDonald's Gospel Soloist award will perform at a benefit concert Saturday in Decatur.

An Atlanta man charged with shooting a DeKalb County police officer during a traffic stop now faces more charges.

Dunwoody police think they may have the help they need to find out who kidnapped and beat a 60-year old man and held him captive for more than 15-hours. The victim was abducted on last month at his apartment complex in Dunwoody.

DeKalb CEO Burrell Ellis announced the appointment of realtor Bobbie Kennedy Sanford and retired businessman Isaac Blythers to serve as members of the DeKalb County Board of Ethics.

Qiu Xiufang's neighbors in the Memorial Drive Plaza shopping center knew she was resilient.

DeKalb County police say four teenagers were detained for questioning in the shooting of a delivery woman, and a 15-year-old boy is charged with robbing and shooting her.