Dekalb County News

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.

A Chinese food delivery woman was shot and critically wounded Monday night while delivering dinner, DeKalb County police said.

Burglars hit a business and then set it on fire moments later, Gwinnett County fire officials believe.

A shooting in Dekalb County has left one person dead and another is in custody. The gunfire erupted just after 1 a.m. Tuesday at a home on Springside Ridge.

Two other districts have joined a lawsuit filed by Gwinnett County Schools last month alleging that the Georgia Charter Schools Commission is illegal.

DeKalb County police said Friday that two young children who went missing in the afternoon were found a short time later.

A fire destroyed the building that used to house the Tucker's Womens Club. Witnesses reported seeing the building engulfed in flames before the fire engines arrived.

Police say a Lithonia man shot his acquaintance in the head the day after he was released from jail.

The three people killed in a rush-hour wreck on Stone Mountain Freeway on Tuesday worked for Southern Co., company officials confirmed Wednesday morning.

Police in Chamblee say 14 people are facing gambling charges after a series of raids at Dekalb County businesses.

Early voting for the November 3 election starts on Monday in most Metro Atlanta counties, including Fulton County, where the race for Atlanta mayor is generating a lot of interest.

A suspect in the shooting of a Kirkwood resident attended his preliminary hearing Thursday, where a DeKalb County magistrate judge bound the case over to a grand jury.