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Henry County: two people were found dead at a house on Limbaugh Valley Drive on Wednesday and officers at the scene confirmed the deaths; the Henry County Police Department separately reported a shooting late that morning in the South River Manor subdivision in unincorporated McDonough and said there is no active threat, and as of 2:30 p.m. nobody had been identified, no cause of death released and no arrest announced  ◆  Monroe County: a teacher was hit by a student driver in the junior parking lot at Mary Persons High School in Forsyth at 2:57 p.m. Tuesday during afternoon dismissal; deputies said the teacher was alert and conscious with leg pain and was taken to a hospital in the area, the school system called the injuries not life threatening, and no citation has been announced  ◆  Lowndes County: a 10-year-old boy was shot in the face at Brittany Woods Apartments on Old Statenville Road in Valdosta around 5 p.m. Monday; police said a 9-year-old shot him, the wounded boy was moved to a Florida hospital in stable but critical condition and no charges have been announced  ◆  DeKalb County: three people aboard a MARTA bus reported injuries after an accident near North Shallowford Road and Peachford Road in Dunwoody late Monday morning; the front of the bus was badly damaged and no agency has established a cause  ◆  DeKalb County: Anthony Angeles, 19, died after a Georgia State Patrol patrol car and a GMC pickup collided about 2:30 a.m. Monday at Mountain Industrial Boulevard and Hugh Howell Road; troopers were responding to illegal stunt driving, the pickup’s driver was hospitalized and the trooper is on administrative leave  ◆  Fulton County: a fire at the Providence Green recycling center on Mallory Road in South Fulton sent heavy black smoke and metal debris across the area Sunday; it was under control around midnight, hazmat crews found no toxic hazard, no one was hurt and the cause has not been determined  ◆  DeKalb County: Police asked the public Sunday for help finding Janiah, 14, and Iveon, 12, last seen around noon Saturday leaving the 2200 block of Chestnut Hill Circle in Decatur, each riding a bicycle; police released first names only and ask anyone with information to call 770-724-7710  ◆  Fulton County: The FAA ordered a ground stop at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport at 6 p.m. Saturday and extended it twice as severe thunderstorms crossed metro Atlanta; the National Weather Service confirmed wind damage in Fulton and Gordon counties.  ◆  Burke County: a sheriff’s deputy tried to stop a speeding vehicle on Bates Road on Saturday afternoon; the driver did not stop and the vehicle overturned in the 300 block near Clark’s Place Road. Deputies took the driver into custody on six items including felony fleeing and possession of marijuana with intent to distribute; no name has been released  ◆  Gwinnett County: A person was struck and killed by a Norfolk Southern train on Bankers Industrial Drive just off Buford Highway shortly before 8 p.m. Friday, Sept. 4; police say the victim died at the scene and has not been identified, the site is not near a designated crossing and the train operator was not hurt  ◆  Augusta: Donte Godwin, 35, was arrested and charged with aggravated assault on a law enforcement officer after deputies were fired on in the 100 block of Tybee Court on Sept. 3; the Richmond County Sheriff's Office announced the arrest the following evening and no deputies were hurt  ◆  Chatham County: Police asked the public Friday for help finding Mariah Jackson, 15, last seen about 3 p.m. Thursday getting off a school bus in the Wax Myrtle Court area, wearing khaki pants and a white shirt; investigators have categorized her as a missing runaway and asked anyone who sees her to call 911  ◆  Paulding County: A single-engine plane crashed in woods off Hulseytown Road near Paulding Northwest Atlanta Airport at 8:06 p.m. Thursday, critically injuring an 18-year-old student pilot and his 22-year-old flight instructor, who called 911 themselves from the wreckage; the FAA and NTSB were notified and no cause has been released  ◆  Barrow County: Erica Gibson, 21, of Atlanta has been found safe in the Atlanta area and is no longer considered missing, the City of Winder said Sept. 4, after a two-day search that closed Fort Yargo State Park in Winder and put dive teams on the lake  ◆  Liberty County: Hinesville issued a boil water advisory Sept. 3 covering all of Baconfield Subdivision, Liberty County High School, the Performing Arts Center and four nearby streets, tied to repair of a water main break on Highway 84; the city said it will announce when the advisory is lifted  ◆  Gwinnett County: one person was killed in a motorcycle accident on I-85 southbound at Indian Trail Lilburn Road; Gwinnett County police confirmed the death, and all southbound lanes reopened at about 4:15 p.m. ET  ◆  Meriwether County: Warm Springs Officer Chris Fisher, 36, shot and killed outside a Spring Street motel; Jimmie Steverson, 23, found dead in Anderson County, South Carolina  ◆  Atlanta: Atlanta police recruit Moses Russ, 24, was killed riding his motorcycle to academy training in an accident at Moreland Avenue and McDonough Boulevard in southeast Atlanta shortly after 7 a.m. Tuesday; the road reopened after several hours, the other driver was not hurt and no one has been charged  ◆  DeKalb County: police are asking for help identifying a boy believed to be about 8 and described as non-verbal, found alone in the 1400 block of Bouldercrest Road on Monday afternoon; anyone who recognizes him or knows his guardians is asked to call 911 or 770-724-7710  ◆  Upatoi: Beunkus Shanequa Collins, 33, was killed by a vehicle in the 13300 block of Macon Road in Columbus early Monday. The coroner ruled it accidental; Columbus police said no charges are pending.  ◆  Sandy Springs: GDOT closed GA 400 southbound Exit 5 on Aug. 29 and replaced it with two temporary ramps — Exit 5-B to the North Springs MARTA station and Exit 5-A to Abernathy Road and Hammond Drive. GDOT said they could stay up to two years.  ◆  DeKalb County: police issued a Mattie’s Call Sunday evening for Andrew Dansby, 61, last seen before 1 p.m. leaving the 1000 block of Village Road in Stone Mountain; he is 5 feet 7 inches and about 179 pounds, last seen in a light blue polo over a purple shirt, blue jeans and an Army hat with a white rose, and anyone who sees him is asked to call 770-724-7710  ◆  Chatham County: a flood advisory covered Tybee Island Sunday morning after an observer two miles north of the island logged 5.11 inches of rain in three hours; residents at Lighthouse Point and North Beach reported heavy flooding and stalled cars, and the advisory was cancelled at 11:12 a.m. with road closures noted as remaining  ◆  Liberty County: the GBI identified the man wounded by a Hinesville officer outside Frozen Paradise Bar & Grill as Cashane Cadeem Calder, 31, a Fort Stewart soldier; he is in stable but critical condition and has not been charged.  ◆  Coweta County: five people in custody and a gun found on the ground after a fight at the Newnan High vs. East Coweta High football game  ◆  Conyers: Rockdale County High vs. Heritage High football game canceled after the teams fought during pre-game warmups  ◆  Metro Atlanta: DPH confirms four more measles cases in a daycare outbreak, taking Georgia's 2026 total to 11  ◆  Savannah: Two men are dead after a shooting and SWAT standoff on East Anderson Street near East Broad Street; Chief Lenny Gunther said police are investigating a suspected murder-suicide  ◆  Macon: Willie H. Smith Jr., 78, was killed when a Chevrolet Equinox left Waverland Drive and struck a roof in the 1900 block of Woodland Drive shortly before 10 a.m. Thursday; no one else was hurt  ◆  Albany: Jamar Phillips, 17, was killed and a second man hospitalized in a shooting in the 200 block of East Oglethorpe Boulevard around 2:45 a.m. Thursday; Albany police say a vehicle officers pursued was not involved  ◆  Atlanta: A gas leak closed Memorial Drive near Wilbur Avenue in Reynoldstown Thursday morning; Atlanta Fire Rescue asked the public to avoid the area while crews worked to repair it  ◆  Crisp County: A driver was hospitalized after a northbound vehicle struck a Georgia DOT truck on I-75 at mile marker 104; the sheriff's office is investigating  ◆  Paulding County: Chloe Day, 9, reported missing Wednesday night near Old Cartersville Road, was found safe Thursday morning; the circumstances behind her recovery are unknown, Atlanta News First reported.  ◆  Atlanta: A pedestrian was struck and killed on I-75/85 northbound at the North Avenue exit just before 5 a.m. Thursday; all northbound lanes of the Downtown Connector reopened at 8:38 a.m.  ◆  Sylvania: a Screven County High School student was taken into custody Wednesday after an alleged social media threat; dispatchers alerted police about 3:18 p.m. and authorities said no active threat remained  ◆  Augusta: two students at Monte Sano Elementary School were heard talking about a weapon during a class transition Wednesday; Principal Jasmine Scott wrote to families the same day  ◆  Twiggs County: a 6-year-old spotted a house fire on Sgoda Road and alerted his mother, who uses a wheelchair; all three people inside got out uninjured.  ◆  Floyd County: Drake Ladon Keef, 32, is charged with hit and run in the accident that killed pedestrian Stevie Marie Thompson, 35, near Chulio Road; he is charged, not convicted.  ◆  DeKalb County: one person was hospitalized with serious injuries after a shooting at a home on Hidden Creek Drive; police were called at about 9:45 a.m. and have not announced an arrest.  ◆  Richmond County: Marcellus Ponder, 35, of Augusta was killed at 1:39 a.m. in a single-vehicle accident on the I-20 westbound Exit 196 ramp to I-520; he was pronounced dead at 2:46 a.m. and the westbound lanes reopened around 5:15 a.m.  ◆  Worth County: two people were killed where State Route 32 meets State Route 300, and GDOT says it will put a temporary R-CUT at the junction this year ahead of a roundabout  ◆  Fulton County: fire gutted the vacant Dairy Queen at North Avenue and Parkway Drive in Atlanta's Old Fourth Ward; no injuries, cause under investigation  ◆  Fulton County: a second man is charged in the July 2025 Sweet Auburn mass shooting on Edgewood Avenue in Atlanta — FBI Atlanta says its Violent Crime Task Force arrested Nasir Williams on a murder count and ten counts of aggravated assault; Santos J. Wyatt, 27, was killed and ten people wounded, and a third person is still being sought. Charged, not convicted.  ◆  Taylor County: two former Reynolds police officers are charged over an Aug. 22 domestic dispute on Armory Street — Landon E. Aldridge, 23, with hindering a 911 call and Christopher K. Boyt, 36, with violation of oath of office; both had already left the department and both investigations remain active  ◆  Richmond County Hephzibah Middle School was briefly evacuated Tuesday after a threatening call to the front office; students and staff were moved to Hephzibah Comprehensive High School, officers swept the building and an all-clear followed. No one was hurt, and no one has been identified, detained or charged.  ◆  Liberty County An accident closed Highway 144 both ways between I-95 and Sunbury Road near Fort Stewart from 1:10 p.m.; GDOT's record no longer listed the closure at 6:05 p.m. and no agency has announced a reopening  ◆  Dougherty County Terrance Davis, 28, is in custody in Texas awaiting extradition over the Feb. 2 East Broad Avenue accident in Albany that killed Dyllin Fallin, 31; the district attorney confirmed the arrest Tuesday  ◆  DeKalb County Chamblee Dunwoody Road has reopened both ways between Redfield Drive and Oakpointe Place in Dunwoody after crews repaired a gas leak; police said so around 2:40 p.m. Tuesday  ◆  Barrow County A dump truck hit a utility pole and went into the Super H gas station at 752 Christmas Avenue in Bethlehem on Tuesday morning; a store clerk was taken to a hospital with minor injuries, the driver had minor scratches, and investigators pointed to an apparent mechanical failure  ◆  Grady County Cairo High School says the lockdown notifications sent to families and the community on Tuesday were a false alarm and that there is no threat to the school; it has not said what caused them  ◆  South Fulton The South Fulton Police Department is asking for help finding Gibril Kanu, 37, who investigators say is autistic and has bipolar disorder, last seen Monday morning at River Oak Terrace; anyone with information is asked to call 470-809-7300  ◆  Effingham County The Effingham County Sheriff's Office is asking for help finding Gabriale Foskey, 17, last seen at her home on Sir Stephen Court in Guyton on July 25; the agency says she may be in the Savannah area and asks anyone with information to call 912-754-3449  ◆  Chatham County Savannah police shut down Waters Avenue between 56th Street and Delesseps Avenue Tuesday morning for a suspicious package investigation; no reopening time was given  ◆  Douglas County The Douglas County Sheriff's Office is asking for help finding Zariyah Miller, 15, last seen leaving her home on Saturday, Aug. 22, 2026; the agency has classified her as a runaway and asks anyone with information to contact Inv. J. Jenkins at 678-486-1215  ◆  Cherokee County The driver of a minivan died after hitting the back of a Woodstock Elementary school bus stopped at a red light at Highway 92 and Main Street in Woodstock on Tuesday morning; he was 79 and from Marietta, two students were treated for minor injuries and all 20 students and the bus driver are safe  ◆  Cherokee County The Frank C. Mills III Justice Center in Canton closed after an Aug. 21 hazmat incident; a judicial emergency tolled court deadlines through Aug. 28 and courts sat at 94 North Street and the Historic Courthouse  ◆  Bryan County: Richmond Hill issued a boil water advisory Aug. 24 for Plantation Apartments buildings A through G after a leak repair dropped water pressure; the city said it would lift once testing cleared the system  ◆  Troup County: a student was stabbed with scissors during a fight at Gardner Newman Middle School in LaGrange on Monday afternoon; a 13-year-old faces charges of aggravated assault, aggravated battery and disrupting a public school  ◆  Chatham County: storms cut power to about 1,800 Georgia Power customers in Savannah Monday afternoon; 1,500 were back on within four hours and about 300 remained out, with a snapped pole off Middleground Road  ◆  Bryan County: Georgia State Patrol says eight children reported injuries and four were taken to Memorial Children's Hospital of Savannah after a Silverado hit the rear of a school bus on Highway 144 at Cherry Street in Richmond Hill; the driver of a Mercedes SUV was charged with improper lane change  ◆  Gwinnett County: a tractor-trailer fire closed all I-85 northbound lanes at the SR 211 exit near mile marker 124 from 1:21 p.m. ET; Gwinnett County police said one lane reopened about 3:30 p.m., and the right lane was still blocked as of GDOT’s 5:57 p.m. update.  ◆  Coweta County: all clear given after the bomb threat at Georgia Power's Plant Yates on Dyer Road; Highway 16 was shut at Dyer Road, sheriff's investigation ongoing  ◆  Towns County Sheriff Kenneth Henderson resigned Monday and took a negotiated plea over a confrontation with a Hiawassee officer; 10 years probation under the First Offender Act, a $1,000 fine and no running for office while on probation.  ◆  Cherokee County Jackie Ingram has been arrested on a charge of arson in the first degree in the Bells Ferry Road house fire that killed a dog early Monday; investigators say the cause is still being worked.  ◆  Lithonia A house fire destroyed a home at 7327 Union Grove Road in DeKalb County early Monday; one adult displaced, no injuries, and the road closed to traffic as of 7:25 a.m.  ◆  Fulton County An accident blocked I-20 eastbound at Fulton Industrial Boulevard early Monday with stop-and-go traffic back to Thornton Road; all eastbound lanes have reopened  ◆  Chatham County The Bull Street ramp to River Street and portions of East Upper Factors Walk are closed in downtown Savannah for Thomas Gamble Building renovation work; the city put the reopening at Friday, Aug. 28  ◆  Fulton County Richard Gooddine, a former East Point police sergeant, is due back in a Fulton County courtroom at 9 a.m. Monday for a retrial on 10 counts a 2022 jury deadlocked on; that jury acquitted him on seven others and he has maintained his innocence, WSB-TV reported  ◆  Fulton County Katrice Simmons, 59, missing since May 19 after moving from Florida to an apartment off Lanier Street NW, has been found, her daughter told FOX 5 Atlanta on Monday; Atlanta police had not responded to the station by 1:15 p.m. and her condition has not been stated  ◆  Candler Road one person was shot on the 2500 block near the Motel 6 in unincorporated Decatur about 5 a.m. Sunday and taken to a hospital; DeKalb County police say the person who fired left before officers arrived and no description has been released  ◆  Atlanta BeltLine a person stabbed near the Kroger at 725 Ponce de Leon Avenue NE died at a hospital Sunday afternoon; one possible suspect was detained and no charge has been announced  ◆  Downtown Connector a man on foot was struck by several vehicles and killed on I-75/85 northbound near University Avenue NW early Sunday; all northbound lanes were closed about three and a half hours  ◆  I-75 Atlanta the woman killed in the hit-and-run near Cleveland Avenue SW has been identified as Jaquelin Telesforo Vazquez, 23; the Volkswagen's driver left the scene on foot and is not in custody  ◆  Clayton County schools hold a remote learning day Monday, Aug. 24 — all Pre-K–12 students learn from home, staff report as normal, classes resume Tuesday  ◆  Henry County Eagle’s Landing Country Club still partly dark Sunday night; Georgia Power says a truck hit a transformer, about 490 of roughly 900 customers were still out, and restoration for all is estimated at noon Monday  ◆  Marietta Paul Mackay, 76, who has dementia and went missing from a Roswell Road apartment, found safe about 1:30 p.m. Sunday, Cobb County police say  ◆  Augusta: Richmond County deputies are searching for James Atkinson, 47, wanted in connection with an aggravated assault and an aggravated battery reported Saturday on the 500 block of Boy Scout Road; deputies say he may be carrying a machete  ◆  Cordele: A 2-month-old boy died Friday evening after being brought to Crisp Regional Hospital; Cordele police and the GBI are investigating and the body was sent to the state crime lab in Macon for an autopsy, with no cause of death determined  ◆  Atlanta: A 35-year-old man was shot during an argument at Tokyo Valentino on Cheshire Bridge Road about 6:10 a.m. Saturday; a security guard shot the suspect, and James Jenkins, 23, has been charged with aggravated assault  ◆  Savannah: A man was fatally shot Friday night inside a home on Benton Boulevard; Victor Bernardo Salazar, 18, has been charged with involuntary manslaughter and aggravated assault  ◆  Crisp County: One man was killed about 5:30 a.m. Saturday in a two-vehicle accident on I-75 near mile marker 94 in Cordele; the sheriff's office is investigating  ◆  Macon: Clint Parrish, 30, was struck and killed on Forsyth Road in north Macon early Saturday; the Bibb County Sheriff's Office says the driver left without reporting it  ◆  Cobb County: Casey Price, 26, of Cartersville was killed about 3:23 a.m. Saturday when his car struck a parked tractor-trailer on I-75 northbound at the I-575 split  ◆  Atlanta: A 54-year-old man was killed about 2:35 a.m. Saturday on I-20 eastbound near Martin Luther King Jr. Drive; officers believe a tire may have blown out  ◆  Atlanta: Michaela Kemp, 26, was killed about 2:25 a.m. Saturday on I-85 southbound near GA 400 during a roadside fight; the medical examiner released her name that afternoon  ◆  Gordon County: USGS recorded a magnitude 2.4 earthquake about 4:54 a.m. Saturday near Resaca and Calhoun, at a depth of about 5.8 miles, with no felt reports  ◆  Richmond Hill: Richmond Hill police say Eli Longobardi, 15, the teenager last seen leaving a Richmond Heights bus stop Thursday afternoon, has been located safely  ◆  Port Wentworth: Police are asking for help finding Kellyeah Claxton, 15, last seen at her home on Cold Creek Pass in a gray dress; officials believe she may be in east Savannah  ◆  Thomaston: A 1977 Piper Lance came down on its belly at the Thomaston-Upson County Airport near Rocky Bottom Road about 2:30 p.m. Friday, ran off the end of the runway and struck an antenna; both people aboard were uninjured and the airport was shut down until further notice  ◆  Augusta: Ronald Wynn II, 21, was killed and a woman was hospitalized in a shooting on the 3800 block of Old Waynesboro Road; the coroner said Wynn was pronounced dead at Wellstar MCG at 4:33 p.m. and an autopsy has been scheduled, and no suspect has been identified  ◆  Savannah: The GBI has arrested and charged four former Savannah Police Department employees over use of the Flock Safety license plate reader system; all four were booked into the Chatham County Jail and the investigation is active and ongoing  ◆  Canton: A ruptured line in the main air conditioning system at the Cherokee County Justice Center on North Street coated all three floors with a hazardous film Friday afternoon; the building was evacuated, hazmat crews stopped the leak and officials said no injuries were reported  ◆  Twiggs County: A severe thunderstorm dropped trees across Highway 96 between Highway 80 and Watson Drive in Jeffersonville on Friday afternoon, trapping three school buses; no one was injured and Highway 96 was passable again about 4:23 p.m., the sheriff's office said  ◆  Marietta: Hazmat teams stabilized a chemical reaction at a business at 2242 Northwest Pkwy. in Cobb County on Friday morning; three people inside were evaluated by medical crews and released, the Marietta Fire Department said  ◆  Atlanta: Antavious Kimber, on APD's Top 10 Most Wanted list in connection with a Dec. 10, 2025 southwest Atlanta homicide, has been arrested, the FBI's Violent Crime Task Force and APD's Fugitive Unit announced Friday  ◆  Canton: the mother of a 2-year-old boy who died after being found unresponsive on Cartersville Street is charged with murder in the second degree, Canton police announced Friday  ◆  Northwest Atlanta: a cat, several chickens and several ducks were rescued from a house fire in the 600 block of North Avenue NW near Georgia Tech Friday morning; a second cat is unaccounted for and the cause is still under investigation  ◆  Atkinson County: the GBI says preliminary information indicates Kendall Alfonzo Stevens, 37, an inmate serving life without parole at Telfair State Prison, made the Aug. 21 bomb threat that closed every Atkinson County school; no charge has been announced and the Alapaha District Attorney’s Office will review the case file  ◆  Burke County: the sheriff's office confirmed Friday that a Thursday night accident on Highway 23 between Saxon Road and Spring Branch Church Road was deadly; the road reopened at 12:20 a.m. Friday, and the number of people killed and the cause have not been released  ◆  Ringgold flash flooding floods Caffeine Addicts on Nashville Street, damages Battlefield Parkway and Hwy 41 businesses; homes hit near Creekside Park  ◆  Atlanta: a car sped through the Morehouse College campus, hit a light pole and overturned about 12:25 a.m. Friday on the 800 block of Westview Drive SW, narrowly missing two Spelman College students; the driver has not been identified and no citation or charge has been announced  ◆  Atlanta: a man, 33, found shot dead behind the wheel of a gray SUV at the Villages at Castleberry Hill on McDaniel Street near Northside Drive around 1:30 a.m. Friday; police say he was killed in an attempted robbery, possibly two suspects, no arrests, not yet identified  ◆  DeKalb County: GSP charges 18-year-old Jakori Cope with violating the Move Over law and following too closely after an accident in an active work zone on I-20 eastbound near Panola Road in Lithonia; a Greene County deputy and a 42-year-old man were hospitalized, and all eastbound lanes reopened just after 6 a.m.  ◆  Clayton County: Delta Flight 1518 to Raleigh RETURNED to Hartsfield-Jackson on Thursday night after right engine trouble; the Boeing 737-900 took off at 7:42 p.m., landed back at 8:10 p.m. and nobody was reported hurt  ◆  Chatham County: Georgia Southern LIFTED the Armstrong campus shelter-in-place in Savannah at about 7:50 p.m. Thursday, saying no known imminent threat remains after an armed robbery reported near Mercy Boulevard and Abercorn Street  ◆  Laurens County: Dublin boil water advisory LIFTED as of 5:36 p.m. Thursday after testing cleared the water system; normal use may resume, with higher chlorine possible during flushing; West Laurens Middle School returns to its regular schedule Friday  ◆  Chatham County: police are searching for Ronald Sapp Jr., 52, last seen July 30 in the woods off Bradley Boulevard and Ogeechee Road; police said he has medical concerns and believe he does not have his prescribed medication, and appealed to the public for help on Thursday  ◆  Cobb County: I-20 westbound REOPENED in Austell just before 8 p.m. Thursday, about three hours after an accident between Riverside Parkway and Thornton Road that seriously injured at least one person  ◆  Cherokee County: a stabbing in the parking lot of the Chick-fil-A on Highway 92 near I-75 in Acworth sent a mother to Wellstar Kennestone Hospital on Thursday afternoon; her daughter was stopped in Whitfield County about an hour and 15 minutes later, two children in the car were not hurt, and the restaurant is temporarily closed  ◆  Dodge County: a tractor-combine, a box truck and a log truck collided on U.S. Highway 280 near State Route 87 around 12:45 p.m. Thursday, closing every lane for hours; no one was injured and all lanes reopened around 3:20 p.m., with the Georgia State Patrol investigating  ◆  Troup County: I-85 northbound FULLY REOPENED at SR 219 after a tractor-trailer fire; both lanes were shut from 2:57 p.m., the left lane reopened about 5:45 p.m. and GDOT’s 8:28 p.m. update shows no lanes blocked  ◆  Buford: a walk-behind floor cleaner accidentally started a small fire in a janitorial closet behind Victoria's Secret and GNC at the Mall of Georgia; sprinklers put it out before crews arrived and no injuries were reported  ◆  Gwinnett County: the man shot to death at the Woodland Grove Townhomes off Lawrenceville Highway has been identified as Ty'shawn Frank, 29, and Loren Tademy, 28, has been arrested in Savannah and charged with felony murder  ◆  Houston County: metal detection systems are coming to every middle and high school in the Houston County School District, plus stadiums and competition gyms, with a security guard added at each school and at the Houston College & Career Academy; delivery is expected in four to eight weeks and hiring starts in September  ◆  Cobb & Fulton: the two right lanes of I-285 between Hollowell Parkway (exit 12) and South Cobb Drive (exit 15) were closed from 9 p.m. Friday, Aug. 21 to 5 a.m. Monday, Aug. 24  ◆  Lee County: the farm tractor driver killed by a Norfolk Southern train at the Goodwin Road crossing near U.S. Highway 19 has been identified as Jose Aguilar, 38, of Montezuma; the Georgia State Patrol investigation is active and its findings are preliminary  ◆  Hephzibah: a parent with a weapon was detained in the Hephzibah High School parking lot Thursday; no students or staff were hurt and normal school operations were not disrupted, the principal told families  ◆  Worth County: Worth County High School in Sylvester released students at 1 p.m. Thursday after a message referencing a possible bomb threat was found written on a bathroom wall; a law enforcement search of the school reportedly turned up no explosive devices and all Worth County schools are on a normal schedule Friday, with Sylvester police handling the case  ◆  Athens-Clarke County: a car and a Clarke County Schools bus collided on the Athens Perimeter outer loop at about 7:15 a.m. Thursday; children were aboard and none were reported injured, and the car's driver was taken to the hospital  ◆  DeKalb County: Moreland Avenue and the exits from I-285 onto it reopened about 3:30 p.m. Thursday, roughly six hours after an overturned truck spilled about 300 gallons of hydrogen peroxide at Thurman Drive; fire crews contained the leak at 12:45 p.m. and no injuries were reported  ◆  Sumter County: one dead and one airlifted after a head-on accident on Highway 19 South near Highway 308 and Three Bridges Road; the northbound lanes were closed and traffic rerouted onto Highway 308 while deputies worked the scene  ◆  Troup County: all lanes of I-185 southbound were closed at South Thompson Road from 7:46 a.m.; GDOT dropped the event from 511's active list just after 9 a.m., about 46 minutes before its own anticipated end time  ◆  DeKalb County: Bouldercrest Road has reopened at Clifton Church Road after a Honda Accord hit a power pole just before 6 a.m.; the driver ran from the scene and more than 530 Georgia Power customers lost power  ◆  Augusta: David Mosley, 65, charged with murder in the shooting death of Otis Keith Pearce, 33, on the 3500 block of Rushing Road; Richmond County deputies arrested him at the scene; charged, not convicted  ◆  DeKalb County: the two young children who left with their father after a domestic dispute at Parkway Grand on Woodberry Place have been RETURNED SAFELY to their mother; Jakarii Eason is still wanted on warrants from an EARLIER incident, and police say those charges are not related to Wednesday night  ◆  Atlanta: gunfire hits apartments and cars at the Village of Castleberry Hills on McDaniel Street near Northside Drive in southwest Atlanta; police say no injuries reported; no suspect information released, no arrests  ◆  Camden County: all I-95 southbound lanes closed at Harrietts Bluff Road after a vehicle fire; GDOT pushes its estimated reopening from 8:09 p.m. to 11:30 p.m.; northbound open with a smoke hazard in the left lane  ◆  Troup County: LaGrange police say a 16-year-old student was taken into custody at LaGrange Academy on Vernon Road after a reported threat to shoot students; no weapon found, no charges announced  ◆  Laurens County: Dublin City Schools and West Laurens Middle School closed Thursday, Aug. 20, a second straight day, with the Joiner Street boil water advisory still in effect; city manager says it will likely hold at least until 2 p.m. Thursday; all other Laurens County schools open  ◆  Coweta County: Isaiah Phillips, 30, arrested in Fayetteville and charged with sexual battery, battery and false imprisonment over the Travis Street attack near downtown Senoia; charged, not convicted  ◆  Effingham County: Rincon police say Bryan Fox, 57, was tased and taken into custody after a baseball bat disturbance and a small apartment fire on Towne Park West Drive; not charged, felony charges pending  ◆  Barrow County: Brandon Scroggins, 39, of Abilene, Texas, charged over alleged threats to Judge Nicholas Primm and the Barrow County District Attorney's Office in Winder; charged, not convicted  ◆  Laurens County: Dublin stays under a boil water advisory after the 16-inch Joiner Street main break is repaired; Dublin City Schools, West Laurens Middle School and the OFTC Dublin campus closed Wednesday, City Hall reopens at noon  ◆  Richmond County: coroner identifies Deputy Phillip Wasson, 49, and Heather Michelle Lanier, 57, both of Augusta, as the two killed in the Washington Road accident; Sheriff Eugene Brantley issues a statement; all lanes reopened around 10:15 a.m.  ◆  Dougherty County: bicyclist, 40, killed in accident in the 600 block of North Westover Boulevard in Albany; APD traffic unit investigating  ◆  Bibb County: Charles Anthony Palmer, 29, of Ocala, Florida, killed by an 18-wheeler while crossing I-475 southbound near Zebulon Road in Macon, BSO says; blocked lanes have cleared  ◆  Clayton County: Eric André and Clayton English settle their jet bridge lawsuit against Clayton County police at Hartsfield-Jackson; the county admits no fault and says the program has ended  ◆  Cobb County: Stone Mountain man arrested in Smyrna is charged in the Greg Biffle home burglary, the Iredell County sheriff says  ◆  Union County: Charles Hosch memorial service set for Sept. 19 after the Blood Mountain search ended without him being found  ◆  Atlanta: Mayor Andre Dickens asks the City Council to begin condemnation on five blighted Westside properties  ◆  Lee County: Smit Patel charged with 22 counts of sexual exploitation of children after a July 28 cybertip, LCSO says  ◆  Sparta: GBI seeks Stephen Russell Ellis, 62, wanted on two warrants, last seen near Island Creek Church Road  ◆  Clayton County: I-675 lanes reopen after an SUV fire near Anvil Block Road; no injuries reported  ◆  Fulton County: temporary 2026 property tax bills mailed Aug. 15 under a court order; Alpharetta, Milton and Roswell excluded  ◆  Southwest Atlanta: renters at Gateway South Apartments say an 8-inch gap split their living room floor open  ◆  Metro Atlanta: DPH confirms measles in an unvaccinated resident, the seventh Georgia case of 2026  ◆  Bulloch County: grass fire burns about half a mile of the I-16 West median near State Route 67 at mile marker 125.8  ◆  Jones County: deputies searching for Carl Caruthers, 61, last seen in the Fox Road area, possibly on a black Honda Shadow  ◆  Fulton County: Kenneth Spruill, wanted out of Tennessee, arrested in Hapeville  ◆  DeKalb County: Tehutihotep Hartley, 26, of Decatur, found unresponsive at the DeKalb County Jail  ◆  Fulton County: Eric Gordon of Decatur indicted on a trafficking charge after Operation “Global Chain”  ◆  Chatham County: Human remains found at East President Street and Wahlstrom Road construction site, work halted  ◆  Chatham County: Largo Drive shooting in Savannah leaves one man seriously hurt; Georgia Southern shelter in place  ◆  I-285: GDOT called off the full weekend shutdown between Cascade Road and Langford Parkway in southwest Fulton over expected weather. The two left lanes each direction were scheduled to close 9 p.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Monday, Aug. 31; that window has passed. No new date for the full closure.  ◆  DeKalb County: seventh mosquito trap of 2026 tests positive for West Nile virus, in ZIP code 30329  ◆  Jones County: deputies searching for John Rouse, 65, last seen near Pinetree Drive and Joycliff Road  ◆  Chatham County: Jimmy DeLoach Parkway southbound closed at Morgan Lakes Industrial Boulevard after a steel spill  ◆  DeKalb County: student fight and pepper spray at Eagle Woods Academy, officer needed an EpiPen  ◆  Metro Atlanta: tree down on Abner Place, lines down on Browns Mill Road, Cagle Road closed  ◆  DeKalb County: woman killed on I-285 while directing traffic around an earlier accident  ◆  Monroe County: two I-75 southbound lanes out near exits 187-189, Aug. 21-31  ◆  Decatur: Beacon Hill Middle goes virtual after HVAC failure left classrooms in the 90s  ◆  Laurens County: Kemp suspends all seven Dublin city school board members  ◆  Hall County driver cited for DUI after a minivan struck a bus carrying 28 students  ◆  Monroe County water main break cuts service on Collier, Smith and Orchard Ridge  ◆  Gwinnett County mother charged in son's hot car death due in court for a bond hearing  ◆  Paulding County becomes the third county to charge Bobby Lee Hart Jr.  ◆  Henry County Atlanta police K9 Stano found safe in a Hampton swimming pool  ◆  Conyers arrest in the Dogwood Drive hit-and-run that killed Andrea Cantrell, 43  ◆  Atlanta Officer DeVante Matthews shot in Oakland City, Michael Gates in custody  ◆  Marietta Dairon Keith indicted on eight counts including malice murder in the death of Messiah Harris, 2  ◆  Houston County deputy suspended without pay over Flock plate-reader misuse  ◆  Macon Caleb Hendrix sentenced to 15 years in Riggins Mill Road accident that killed Michael Burnett  ◆  Cobb County Albany NY police employee denied bail on child molestation charges  ◆  Hart County body recovered from Lake Hartwell two months after David Seymour vanished  ◆  Sparta five shot at Hancock County party, one critical  ◆  Atlanta Amber Alert sisters found safe; babysitter Lakesha Brown charged with kidnapping  ◆  Gwinnett County seven plead guilty to racketeering over 492 vehicle break-ins  ◆  Atlanta Davion Curney charged in the death of Cameron Boone, 13  ◆  Alpharetta Drive Planning CEO Todd Burkhalter sentenced to 20 years in Ponzi scheme  ◆  Covington Destinee Riggins arrested after officer dragged on Highway 142  ◆  Barrow County Apalachee shooter Colt Gray sentenced to life without parole  ◆  Decatur son charged with murder after father found shot to death on Pepperdine Drive  ◆  Coweta County former school resource officer indicted on child molestation charges  ◆  Hall County Cherokee Bluff High cleared after bomb threat, no device found  ◆  Paulding County coroner orders inquest into Heather Turner's 2017 death  ◆  Jackson County all schools closed Friday after overnight bomb threats  ◆  DeKalb County missing 9-year-old Eli found safe  ◆  Douglasville driver charged in prom night accident that killed Patience Price, 18  ◆  Stone Mountain search continues for Sherry Wages, 72, missing since June  ◆  Trenton NY mother and 2 children found living in a shed; extradition pending  ◆  Athens Maxton Ball, 9, killed on Lexington Road at Whit Davis Road  ◆  Troup County Dakota Fuller charged with arson after Jim Turner Road fire  ◆  Waynesboro new judge assigned in ousted sheriff case  ◆  Valdosta 559.4 lbs of marijuana seized in i-75 traffic stop  ◆  Albany apd searching for 2 armed robbery suspects  ◆  Fulton County jail escapee Demetrius Burkes back in custody after downtown search  ◆  Floyd County William Roger Caver charged with felony murder in the death of Christopher D. Freeland  ◆  MARTA service shut at Medical Center station after a man walked onto the tracks  ◆  Milledgeville two sentenced in a federal methamphetamine trafficking case  ◆  Macon woman, 42, dies after being struck by a van on Houston Avenue  ◆  DeKalb County two separate shootings minutes apart, one person dead  ◆  Lawrenceville nine years in federal prison for Gabriel Ojeda Murguia in a fentanyl case  ◆  Smyrna bond denied for a former Ridgeview Institute employee charged in an assault on a patient  ◆  Washington County three arrested in a prison contraband-drop investigation  ◆  Savannah mayor and DA respond after a Daffin Park suspect's arrest history  ◆  Macon Torey Burnette sentenced to life with parole in the death of Zyshown Dunn  ◆  East Point human skull found in the woods; remains unidentified  ◆  McDuffie County Mateo Santos Pinkston held on a murder charge  ◆  Augusta testimony continues in the murder trial over the death of Arbrie Anthony, 8  ◆  Albany murder trial opens for Shaquille Mathis in the 2020 killing of Jawaski Kennedy  ◆  Sparta GBI seeking information on George Wayne Pailloz Jr., 55, missing since late July  ◆  Savannah Charles Teeple sentenced in the 2019 New Year's Eve death of Bruce Helmly  ◆  Dublin state board recommends suspending the city school board; nobody is suspended, Kemp decides  ◆  Cartersville three men indicted on federal forced-labor charges  ◆  Tifton two women charged with aggravated battery in Crescent Ridge attack  ◆  DeKalb County arrests announced over I-285 street takeover near Glenwood Road  ◆  Cornelia family escapes Waterwheel Court house fire during overnight storms  ◆  Gilmer County fallen tree blocked crews reaching a house fire on Highway 382  ◆  SR 316 right-lane closures at Jimmy Daniell Road Thursday and Friday nights  ◆  Vidalia Savannah man charged with murder in the July 4 death of Rashad Lumpkin  ◆  Savannah bond denied for all five charged in Fellwood Homes shooting  ◆  Glynn County sheriff's office defends its release of a veteran with dementia  ◆  Clayton County person shot after encounter between drivers near Highway 138  ◆  Downtown Atlanta man shot near Hurt Plaza in early-morning dispute  ◆  Marietta Dairon Keith indicted on murder charges in the death of Messiah Harris, 2  ◆  McDuffie County Tangla Brown, 48, killed in Old Milledgeville Road accident  ◆  Gainesville Obed Reyes charged in apartment break-in and assault of a teenager  ◆  Albany man found dead at Country Place Apartments  ◆  Albany two killed when van left Wildfair Road and struck a tree  ◆  Barrow County school bus accident on Highway 211, six students taken to a hospital  ◆  Paulding County former Dallas 911 director charged over Flock camera misuse  ◆  Albany structure fire on West Gordon Avenue, no injuries reported  ◆  Savannah man shot in the leg in the 1900 block of Pendleton Street  ◆  Atlanta man killed on I-85 South near Metropolitan Parkway  ◆  Fulton County: I-285 was fully closed both directions between Cascade Road and MLK Jr. Drive over the weekend of Aug. 15-17; the road reopened as scheduled  ◆  Douglas County fourth arrest in Dog River Reservoir death of Jamal Parker  ◆  Warner Robins 14-year-old denied bond in high school shooting case  ◆  Macon woman's body found outside abandoned building on Second Street  ◆  Lithonia Ricardo Fallen, 20, killed in DeKalb County apartment shooting  ◆  Southwest Atlanta Cascade Avenue closed after tree downs power lines and traffic signal  ◆  Buford bystander shot outside Mall of Georgia venue; Jalyn Watkins, 22, charged  ◆  Columbus police search for Keith Teague, 57, missing since July 28  ◆  Warner Robins apartment fire damages eight units, displaces 15 at Village North  ◆  Conyers AutoZone employee shot in the leg; co-worker charged with reckless conduct  ◆  Lamar County Keith Odel, 26, arrested after driver shot at on Lamar County Line Road  ◆  Jonesboro Joshua Scott, 27, killed in Dixon Road shooting; one detained  ◆  Smyrna student arrested after weapon recovered at Campbell Middle School  ◆  Ellenwood Joanne Howell, 70, recovered from Misty Lake after Mattie's Call  ◆  DeKalb County 16-year-old arrested in Rockcliff Road sleepover shooting  ◆  Lawrenceville Camp Perrin Road house fire ruled arson, six adults displaced  ◆  Newnan girl, 14, escapes Highway 154 standoff; man charged  ◆  I-75 Atlanta Akil Lateef Mayer, 34, killed running across the interstate  ◆  Atlanta 85-year-old woman shot on her own porch on Browns Mill Road  ◆  Hazlehurst Terrance McCoy, 16, killed; 2 teens charged with murder  ◆  Vine City Demazio Skelton Jr., 35, killed; Naim Smith, 19, charged with murder  ◆  Marietta scooter rider critically hurt on Powder Springs Road  ◆  Whitfield County tractor-trailer overturns on I-75 near Dalton, SUV driver cited  ◆  Macon 4 hurt in I-75 accident at Eisenhower Parkway, driver fatigue cited  ◆  Atlanta man killed by Norfolk Southern train on Murphy Avenue  ◆  Troup County Ked Hall, 55, of LaGrange killed in Hines Road accident  ◆  Cartersville Connor Smith, 27, killed in Highway 20 motorcycle accident  ◆  Adairsville Ratanza Winters-Gardner, 34, killed; driver charged with vehicular homicide  ◆  Cartersville Brian McLaughlin, 57, killed crossing Highway 41 at Grassdale Road  ◆  Lake Allatoona all 5 aboard ejected in boat accident, no deaths reported  ◆  Macon 3 former Bibb County deputies charged over Flock camera searches  ◆  Bartow County 3 dead in 3 days on Highway 20 and Joe Frank Harris Parkway  ◆  Burke County 4 killed at two scenes, suspect shot dead by deputies  ◆  Albany school bus driver cited after Liberty Expressway accident  ◆  Columbia County 14-year-old killed on I-20 at mile marker 187  ◆  Cobb County Marietta man, 81, killed in Barrett Parkway accident  ◆  Rockdale County lockdowns lifted at two high schools, person in custody  ◆  Pulaski County Fred Hitchcock, 75, killed on Eastman Highway near Hawkinsville  ◆  Dooly County 1 killed on Highway 27 after a deer strike near Vienna  ◆  Cartersville Marcus Maurice Williams, 31, killed by Bartow County deputy  ◆  I-85 NB reopened at mile marker 136 after fatal 5-vehicle accident  ◆  Bulloch County Statesboro woman killed on Old River Road  ◆  North Georgia 2 critically injured in plane accident, NTSB investigating  ◆  Henry County: two people were found dead at a house on Limbaugh Valley Drive on Wednesday and officers at the scene confirmed the deaths; the Henry County Police Department separately reported a shooting late that morning in the South River Manor subdivision in unincorporated McDonough and said there is no active threat, and as of 2:30 p.m. nobody had been identified, no cause of death released and no arrest announced  ◆  Monroe County: a teacher was hit by a student driver in the junior parking lot at Mary Persons High School in Forsyth at 2:57 p.m. Tuesday during afternoon dismissal; deputies said the teacher was alert and conscious with leg pain and was taken to a hospital in the area, the school system called the injuries not life threatening, and no citation has been announced  ◆  Lowndes County: a 10-year-old boy was shot in the face at Brittany Woods Apartments on Old Statenville Road in Valdosta around 5 p.m. Monday; police said a 9-year-old shot him, the wounded boy was moved to a Florida hospital in stable but critical condition and no charges have been announced  ◆  DeKalb County: three people aboard a MARTA bus reported injuries after an accident near North Shallowford Road and Peachford Road in Dunwoody late Monday morning; the front of the bus was badly damaged and no agency has established a cause  ◆  DeKalb County: Anthony Angeles, 19, died after a Georgia State Patrol patrol car and a GMC pickup collided about 2:30 a.m. Monday at Mountain Industrial Boulevard and Hugh Howell Road; troopers were responding to illegal stunt driving, the pickup’s driver was hospitalized and the trooper is on administrative leave  ◆  Fulton County: a fire at the Providence Green recycling center on Mallory Road in South Fulton sent heavy black smoke and metal debris across the area Sunday; it was under control around midnight, hazmat crews found no toxic hazard, no one was hurt and the cause has not been determined  ◆  DeKalb County: Police asked the public Sunday for help finding Janiah, 14, and Iveon, 12, last seen around noon Saturday leaving the 2200 block of Chestnut Hill Circle in Decatur, each riding a bicycle; police released first names only and ask anyone with information to call 770-724-7710  ◆  Fulton County: The FAA ordered a ground stop at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport at 6 p.m. Saturday and extended it twice as severe thunderstorms crossed metro Atlanta; the National Weather Service confirmed wind damage in Fulton and Gordon counties.  ◆  Burke County: a sheriff’s deputy tried to stop a speeding vehicle on Bates Road on Saturday afternoon; the driver did not stop and the vehicle overturned in the 300 block near Clark’s Place Road. Deputies took the driver into custody on six items including felony fleeing and possession of marijuana with intent to distribute; no name has been released  ◆  Gwinnett County: A person was struck and killed by a Norfolk Southern train on Bankers Industrial Drive just off Buford Highway shortly before 8 p.m. Friday, Sept. 4; police say the victim died at the scene and has not been identified, the site is not near a designated crossing and the train operator was not hurt  ◆  Augusta: Donte Godwin, 35, was arrested and charged with aggravated assault on a law enforcement officer after deputies were fired on in the 100 block of Tybee Court on Sept. 3; the Richmond County Sheriff's Office announced the arrest the following evening and no deputies were hurt  ◆  Chatham County: Police asked the public Friday for help finding Mariah Jackson, 15, last seen about 3 p.m. Thursday getting off a school bus in the Wax Myrtle Court area, wearing khaki pants and a white shirt; investigators have categorized her as a missing runaway and asked anyone who sees her to call 911  ◆  Paulding County: A single-engine plane crashed in woods off Hulseytown Road near Paulding Northwest Atlanta Airport at 8:06 p.m. Thursday, critically injuring an 18-year-old student pilot and his 22-year-old flight instructor, who called 911 themselves from the wreckage; the FAA and NTSB were notified and no cause has been released  ◆  Barrow County: Erica Gibson, 21, of Atlanta has been found safe in the Atlanta area and is no longer considered missing, the City of Winder said Sept. 4, after a two-day search that closed Fort Yargo State Park in Winder and put dive teams on the lake  ◆  Liberty County: Hinesville issued a boil water advisory Sept. 3 covering all of Baconfield Subdivision, Liberty County High School, the Performing Arts Center and four nearby streets, tied to repair of a water main break on Highway 84; the city said it will announce when the advisory is lifted  ◆  Gwinnett County: one person was killed in a motorcycle accident on I-85 southbound at Indian Trail Lilburn Road; Gwinnett County police confirmed the death, and all southbound lanes reopened at about 4:15 p.m. ET  ◆  Meriwether County: Warm Springs Officer Chris Fisher, 36, shot and killed outside a Spring Street motel; Jimmie Steverson, 23, found dead in Anderson County, South Carolina  ◆  Atlanta: Atlanta police recruit Moses Russ, 24, was killed riding his motorcycle to academy training in an accident at Moreland Avenue and McDonough Boulevard in southeast Atlanta shortly after 7 a.m. Tuesday; the road reopened after several hours, the other driver was not hurt and no one has been charged  ◆  DeKalb County: police are asking for help identifying a boy believed to be about 8 and described as non-verbal, found alone in the 1400 block of Bouldercrest Road on Monday afternoon; anyone who recognizes him or knows his guardians is asked to call 911 or 770-724-7710  ◆  Upatoi: Beunkus Shanequa Collins, 33, was killed by a vehicle in the 13300 block of Macon Road in Columbus early Monday. The coroner ruled it accidental; Columbus police said no charges are pending.  ◆  Sandy Springs: GDOT closed GA 400 southbound Exit 5 on Aug. 29 and replaced it with two temporary ramps — Exit 5-B to the North Springs MARTA station and Exit 5-A to Abernathy Road and Hammond Drive. GDOT said they could stay up to two years.  ◆  DeKalb County: police issued a Mattie’s Call Sunday evening for Andrew Dansby, 61, last seen before 1 p.m. leaving the 1000 block of Village Road in Stone Mountain; he is 5 feet 7 inches and about 179 pounds, last seen in a light blue polo over a purple shirt, blue jeans and an Army hat with a white rose, and anyone who sees him is asked to call 770-724-7710  ◆  Chatham County: a flood advisory covered Tybee Island Sunday morning after an observer two miles north of the island logged 5.11 inches of rain in three hours; residents at Lighthouse Point and North Beach reported heavy flooding and stalled cars, and the advisory was cancelled at 11:12 a.m. with road closures noted as remaining  ◆  Liberty County: the GBI identified the man wounded by a Hinesville officer outside Frozen Paradise Bar & Grill as Cashane Cadeem Calder, 31, a Fort Stewart soldier; he is in stable but critical condition and has not been charged.  ◆  Coweta County: five people in custody and a gun found on the ground after a fight at the Newnan High vs. East Coweta High football game  ◆  Conyers: Rockdale County High vs. Heritage High football game canceled after the teams fought during pre-game warmups  ◆  Metro Atlanta: DPH confirms four more measles cases in a daycare outbreak, taking Georgia's 2026 total to 11  ◆  Savannah: Two men are dead after a shooting and SWAT standoff on East Anderson Street near East Broad Street; Chief Lenny Gunther said police are investigating a suspected murder-suicide  ◆  Macon: Willie H. Smith Jr., 78, was killed when a Chevrolet Equinox left Waverland Drive and struck a roof in the 1900 block of Woodland Drive shortly before 10 a.m. Thursday; no one else was hurt  ◆  Albany: Jamar Phillips, 17, was killed and a second man hospitalized in a shooting in the 200 block of East Oglethorpe Boulevard around 2:45 a.m. Thursday; Albany police say a vehicle officers pursued was not involved  ◆  Atlanta: A gas leak closed Memorial Drive near Wilbur Avenue in Reynoldstown Thursday morning; Atlanta Fire Rescue asked the public to avoid the area while crews worked to repair it  ◆  Crisp County: A driver was hospitalized after a northbound vehicle struck a Georgia DOT truck on I-75 at mile marker 104; the sheriff's office is investigating  ◆  Paulding County: Chloe Day, 9, reported missing Wednesday night near Old Cartersville Road, was found safe Thursday morning; the circumstances behind her recovery are unknown, Atlanta News First reported.  ◆  Atlanta: A pedestrian was struck and killed on I-75/85 northbound at the North Avenue exit just before 5 a.m. Thursday; all northbound lanes of the Downtown Connector reopened at 8:38 a.m.  ◆  Sylvania: a Screven County High School student was taken into custody Wednesday after an alleged social media threat; dispatchers alerted police about 3:18 p.m. and authorities said no active threat remained  ◆  Augusta: two students at Monte Sano Elementary School were heard talking about a weapon during a class transition Wednesday; Principal Jasmine Scott wrote to families the same day  ◆  Twiggs County: a 6-year-old spotted a house fire on Sgoda Road and alerted his mother, who uses a wheelchair; all three people inside got out uninjured.  ◆  Floyd County: Drake Ladon Keef, 32, is charged with hit and run in the accident that killed pedestrian Stevie Marie Thompson, 35, near Chulio Road; he is charged, not convicted.  ◆  DeKalb County: one person was hospitalized with serious injuries after a shooting at a home on Hidden Creek Drive; police were called at about 9:45 a.m. and have not announced an arrest.  ◆  Richmond County: Marcellus Ponder, 35, of Augusta was killed at 1:39 a.m. in a single-vehicle accident on the I-20 westbound Exit 196 ramp to I-520; he was pronounced dead at 2:46 a.m. and the westbound lanes reopened around 5:15 a.m.  ◆  Worth County: two people were killed where State Route 32 meets State Route 300, and GDOT says it will put a temporary R-CUT at the junction this year ahead of a roundabout  ◆  Fulton County: fire gutted the vacant Dairy Queen at North Avenue and Parkway Drive in Atlanta's Old Fourth Ward; no injuries, cause under investigation  ◆  Fulton County: a second man is charged in the July 2025 Sweet Auburn mass shooting on Edgewood Avenue in Atlanta — FBI Atlanta says its Violent Crime Task Force arrested Nasir Williams on a murder count and ten counts of aggravated assault; Santos J. Wyatt, 27, was killed and ten people wounded, and a third person is still being sought. Charged, not convicted.  ◆  Taylor County: two former Reynolds police officers are charged over an Aug. 22 domestic dispute on Armory Street — Landon E. Aldridge, 23, with hindering a 911 call and Christopher K. Boyt, 36, with violation of oath of office; both had already left the department and both investigations remain active  ◆  Richmond County Hephzibah Middle School was briefly evacuated Tuesday after a threatening call to the front office; students and staff were moved to Hephzibah Comprehensive High School, officers swept the building and an all-clear followed. No one was hurt, and no one has been identified, detained or charged.  ◆  Liberty County An accident closed Highway 144 both ways between I-95 and Sunbury Road near Fort Stewart from 1:10 p.m.; GDOT's record no longer listed the closure at 6:05 p.m. and no agency has announced a reopening  ◆  Dougherty County Terrance Davis, 28, is in custody in Texas awaiting extradition over the Feb. 2 East Broad Avenue accident in Albany that killed Dyllin Fallin, 31; the district attorney confirmed the arrest Tuesday  ◆  DeKalb County Chamblee Dunwoody Road has reopened both ways between Redfield Drive and Oakpointe Place in Dunwoody after crews repaired a gas leak; police said so around 2:40 p.m. Tuesday  ◆  Barrow County A dump truck hit a utility pole and went into the Super H gas station at 752 Christmas Avenue in Bethlehem on Tuesday morning; a store clerk was taken to a hospital with minor injuries, the driver had minor scratches, and investigators pointed to an apparent mechanical failure  ◆  Grady County Cairo High School says the lockdown notifications sent to families and the community on Tuesday were a false alarm and that there is no threat to the school; it has not said what caused them  ◆  South Fulton The South Fulton Police Department is asking for help finding Gibril Kanu, 37, who investigators say is autistic and has bipolar disorder, last seen Monday morning at River Oak Terrace; anyone with information is asked to call 470-809-7300  ◆  Effingham County The Effingham County Sheriff's Office is asking for help finding Gabriale Foskey, 17, last seen at her home on Sir Stephen Court in Guyton on July 25; the agency says she may be in the Savannah area and asks anyone with information to call 912-754-3449  ◆  Chatham County Savannah police shut down Waters Avenue between 56th Street and Delesseps Avenue Tuesday morning for a suspicious package investigation; no reopening time was given  ◆  Douglas County The Douglas County Sheriff's Office is asking for help finding Zariyah Miller, 15, last seen leaving her home on Saturday, Aug. 22, 2026; the agency has classified her as a runaway and asks anyone with information to contact Inv. J. Jenkins at 678-486-1215  ◆  Cherokee County The driver of a minivan died after hitting the back of a Woodstock Elementary school bus stopped at a red light at Highway 92 and Main Street in Woodstock on Tuesday morning; he was 79 and from Marietta, two students were treated for minor injuries and all 20 students and the bus driver are safe  ◆  Cherokee County The Frank C. Mills III Justice Center in Canton closed after an Aug. 21 hazmat incident; a judicial emergency tolled court deadlines through Aug. 28 and courts sat at 94 North Street and the Historic Courthouse  ◆  Bryan County: Richmond Hill issued a boil water advisory Aug. 24 for Plantation Apartments buildings A through G after a leak repair dropped water pressure; the city said it would lift once testing cleared the system  ◆  Troup County: a student was stabbed with scissors during a fight at Gardner Newman Middle School in LaGrange on Monday afternoon; a 13-year-old faces charges of aggravated assault, aggravated battery and disrupting a public school  ◆  Chatham County: storms cut power to about 1,800 Georgia Power customers in Savannah Monday afternoon; 1,500 were back on within four hours and about 300 remained out, with a snapped pole off Middleground Road  ◆  Bryan County: Georgia State Patrol says eight children reported injuries and four were taken to Memorial Children's Hospital of Savannah after a Silverado hit the rear of a school bus on Highway 144 at Cherry Street in Richmond Hill; the driver of a Mercedes SUV was charged with improper lane change  ◆  Gwinnett County: a tractor-trailer fire closed all I-85 northbound lanes at the SR 211 exit near mile marker 124 from 1:21 p.m. ET; Gwinnett County police said one lane reopened about 3:30 p.m., and the right lane was still blocked as of GDOT’s 5:57 p.m. update.  ◆  Coweta County: all clear given after the bomb threat at Georgia Power's Plant Yates on Dyer Road; Highway 16 was shut at Dyer Road, sheriff's investigation ongoing  ◆  Towns County Sheriff Kenneth Henderson resigned Monday and took a negotiated plea over a confrontation with a Hiawassee officer; 10 years probation under the First Offender Act, a $1,000 fine and no running for office while on probation.  ◆  Cherokee County Jackie Ingram has been arrested on a charge of arson in the first degree in the Bells Ferry Road house fire that killed a dog early Monday; investigators say the cause is still being worked.  ◆  Lithonia A house fire destroyed a home at 7327 Union Grove Road in DeKalb County early Monday; one adult displaced, no injuries, and the road closed to traffic as of 7:25 a.m.  ◆  Fulton County An accident blocked I-20 eastbound at Fulton Industrial Boulevard early Monday with stop-and-go traffic back to Thornton Road; all eastbound lanes have reopened  ◆  Chatham County The Bull Street ramp to River Street and portions of East Upper Factors Walk are closed in downtown Savannah for Thomas Gamble Building renovation work; the city put the reopening at Friday, Aug. 28  ◆  Fulton County Richard Gooddine, a former East Point police sergeant, is due back in a Fulton County courtroom at 9 a.m. Monday for a retrial on 10 counts a 2022 jury deadlocked on; that jury acquitted him on seven others and he has maintained his innocence, WSB-TV reported  ◆  Fulton County Katrice Simmons, 59, missing since May 19 after moving from Florida to an apartment off Lanier Street NW, has been found, her daughter told FOX 5 Atlanta on Monday; Atlanta police had not responded to the station by 1:15 p.m. and her condition has not been stated  ◆  Candler Road one person was shot on the 2500 block near the Motel 6 in unincorporated Decatur about 5 a.m. Sunday and taken to a hospital; DeKalb County police say the person who fired left before officers arrived and no description has been released  ◆  Atlanta BeltLine a person stabbed near the Kroger at 725 Ponce de Leon Avenue NE died at a hospital Sunday afternoon; one possible suspect was detained and no charge has been announced  ◆  Downtown Connector a man on foot was struck by several vehicles and killed on I-75/85 northbound near University Avenue NW early Sunday; all northbound lanes were closed about three and a half hours  ◆  I-75 Atlanta the woman killed in the hit-and-run near Cleveland Avenue SW has been identified as Jaquelin Telesforo Vazquez, 23; the Volkswagen's driver left the scene on foot and is not in custody  ◆  Clayton County schools hold a remote learning day Monday, Aug. 24 — all Pre-K–12 students learn from home, staff report as normal, classes resume Tuesday  ◆  Henry County Eagle’s Landing Country Club still partly dark Sunday night; Georgia Power says a truck hit a transformer, about 490 of roughly 900 customers were still out, and restoration for all is estimated at noon Monday  ◆  Marietta Paul Mackay, 76, who has dementia and went missing from a Roswell Road apartment, found safe about 1:30 p.m. Sunday, Cobb County police say  ◆  Augusta: Richmond County deputies are searching for James Atkinson, 47, wanted in connection with an aggravated assault and an aggravated battery reported Saturday on the 500 block of Boy Scout Road; deputies say he may be carrying a machete  ◆  Cordele: A 2-month-old boy died Friday evening after being brought to Crisp Regional Hospital; Cordele police and the GBI are investigating and the body was sent to the state crime lab in Macon for an autopsy, with no cause of death determined  ◆  Atlanta: A 35-year-old man was shot during an argument at Tokyo Valentino on Cheshire Bridge Road about 6:10 a.m. Saturday; a security guard shot the suspect, and James Jenkins, 23, has been charged with aggravated assault  ◆  Savannah: A man was fatally shot Friday night inside a home on Benton Boulevard; Victor Bernardo Salazar, 18, has been charged with involuntary manslaughter and aggravated assault  ◆  Crisp County: One man was killed about 5:30 a.m. Saturday in a two-vehicle accident on I-75 near mile marker 94 in Cordele; the sheriff's office is investigating  ◆  Macon: Clint Parrish, 30, was struck and killed on Forsyth Road in north Macon early Saturday; the Bibb County Sheriff's Office says the driver left without reporting it  ◆  Cobb County: Casey Price, 26, of Cartersville was killed about 3:23 a.m. Saturday when his car struck a parked tractor-trailer on I-75 northbound at the I-575 split  ◆  Atlanta: A 54-year-old man was killed about 2:35 a.m. Saturday on I-20 eastbound near Martin Luther King Jr. Drive; officers believe a tire may have blown out  ◆  Atlanta: Michaela Kemp, 26, was killed about 2:25 a.m. Saturday on I-85 southbound near GA 400 during a roadside fight; the medical examiner released her name that afternoon  ◆  Gordon County: USGS recorded a magnitude 2.4 earthquake about 4:54 a.m. Saturday near Resaca and Calhoun, at a depth of about 5.8 miles, with no felt reports  ◆  Richmond Hill: Richmond Hill police say Eli Longobardi, 15, the teenager last seen leaving a Richmond Heights bus stop Thursday afternoon, has been located safely  ◆  Port Wentworth: Police are asking for help finding Kellyeah Claxton, 15, last seen at her home on Cold Creek Pass in a gray dress; officials believe she may be in east Savannah  ◆  Thomaston: A 1977 Piper Lance came down on its belly at the Thomaston-Upson County Airport near Rocky Bottom Road about 2:30 p.m. Friday, ran off the end of the runway and struck an antenna; both people aboard were uninjured and the airport was shut down until further notice  ◆  Augusta: Ronald Wynn II, 21, was killed and a woman was hospitalized in a shooting on the 3800 block of Old Waynesboro Road; the coroner said Wynn was pronounced dead at Wellstar MCG at 4:33 p.m. and an autopsy has been scheduled, and no suspect has been identified  ◆  Savannah: The GBI has arrested and charged four former Savannah Police Department employees over use of the Flock Safety license plate reader system; all four were booked into the Chatham County Jail and the investigation is active and ongoing  ◆  Canton: A ruptured line in the main air conditioning system at the Cherokee County Justice Center on North Street coated all three floors with a hazardous film Friday afternoon; the building was evacuated, hazmat crews stopped the leak and officials said no injuries were reported  ◆  Twiggs County: A severe thunderstorm dropped trees across Highway 96 between Highway 80 and Watson Drive in Jeffersonville on Friday afternoon, trapping three school buses; no one was injured and Highway 96 was passable again about 4:23 p.m., the sheriff's office said  ◆  Marietta: Hazmat teams stabilized a chemical reaction at a business at 2242 Northwest Pkwy. in Cobb County on Friday morning; 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a Greene County deputy and a 42-year-old man were hospitalized, and all eastbound lanes reopened just after 6 a.m.  ◆  Clayton County: Delta Flight 1518 to Raleigh RETURNED to Hartsfield-Jackson on Thursday night after right engine trouble; the Boeing 737-900 took off at 7:42 p.m., landed back at 8:10 p.m. and nobody was reported hurt  ◆  Chatham County: Georgia Southern LIFTED the Armstrong campus shelter-in-place in Savannah at about 7:50 p.m. Thursday, saying no known imminent threat remains after an armed robbery reported near Mercy Boulevard and Abercorn Street  ◆  Laurens County: Dublin boil water advisory LIFTED as of 5:36 p.m. Thursday after testing cleared the water system; normal use may resume, with higher chlorine possible during flushing; West Laurens Middle School returns to its regular schedule Friday  ◆  Chatham County: police are searching for Ronald Sapp Jr., 52, last seen July 30 in the woods off Bradley Boulevard and Ogeechee Road; police said he has medical concerns and believe he does not have his prescribed medication, and appealed to the public for help on Thursday  ◆  Cobb County: I-20 westbound REOPENED in Austell just before 8 p.m. Thursday, about three hours after an accident between Riverside Parkway and Thornton Road that seriously injured at least one person  ◆  Cherokee County: a stabbing in the parking lot of the Chick-fil-A on Highway 92 near I-75 in Acworth sent a mother to Wellstar Kennestone Hospital on Thursday afternoon; her daughter was stopped in Whitfield County about an hour and 15 minutes later, two children in the car were not hurt, and the restaurant is temporarily closed  ◆  Dodge County: a tractor-combine, a box truck and a log truck collided on U.S. Highway 280 near State Route 87 around 12:45 p.m. Thursday, closing every lane for hours; no one was injured and all lanes reopened around 3:20 p.m., with the Georgia State Patrol investigating  ◆  Troup County: I-85 northbound FULLY REOPENED at SR 219 after a tractor-trailer fire; both lanes were shut from 2:57 p.m., the left lane reopened about 5:45 p.m. and GDOT’s 8:28 p.m. update shows no lanes blocked  ◆  Buford: a walk-behind floor cleaner accidentally started a small fire in a janitorial closet behind Victoria's Secret and GNC at the Mall of Georgia; sprinklers put it out before crews arrived and no injuries were reported  ◆  Gwinnett County: the man shot to death at the Woodland Grove Townhomes off Lawrenceville Highway has been identified as Ty'shawn Frank, 29, and Loren Tademy, 28, has been arrested in Savannah and charged with felony murder  ◆  Houston County: metal detection systems are coming to every middle and high school in the Houston County School District, plus stadiums and competition gyms, with a security guard added at each school and at the Houston College & Career Academy; delivery is expected in four to eight weeks and hiring starts in September  ◆  Cobb & Fulton: the two right lanes of I-285 between Hollowell Parkway (exit 12) and South Cobb Drive (exit 15) were closed from 9 p.m. Friday, Aug. 21 to 5 a.m. Monday, Aug. 24  ◆  Lee County: the farm tractor driver killed by a Norfolk Southern train at the Goodwin Road crossing near U.S. Highway 19 has been identified as Jose Aguilar, 38, of Montezuma; the Georgia State Patrol investigation is active and its findings are preliminary  ◆  Hephzibah: a parent with a weapon was detained in the Hephzibah High School parking lot Thursday; no students or staff were hurt and normal school operations were not disrupted, the principal told families  ◆  Worth County: Worth County High School in Sylvester released students at 1 p.m. Thursday after a message referencing a possible bomb threat was found written on a bathroom wall; a law enforcement search of the school reportedly turned up no explosive devices and all Worth County schools are on a normal schedule Friday, with Sylvester police handling the case  ◆  Athens-Clarke County: a car and a Clarke County Schools bus collided on the Athens Perimeter outer loop at about 7:15 a.m. Thursday; 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Richmond County deputies arrested him at the scene; charged, not convicted  ◆  DeKalb County: the two young children who left with their father after a domestic dispute at Parkway Grand on Woodberry Place have been RETURNED SAFELY to their mother; Jakarii Eason is still wanted on warrants from an EARLIER incident, and police say those charges are not related to Wednesday night  ◆  Atlanta: gunfire hits apartments and cars at the Village of Castleberry Hills on McDaniel Street near Northside Drive in southwest Atlanta; police say no injuries reported; no suspect information released, no arrests  ◆  Camden County: all I-95 southbound lanes closed at Harrietts Bluff Road after a vehicle fire; GDOT pushes its estimated reopening from 8:09 p.m. to 11:30 p.m.; northbound open with a smoke hazard in the left lane  ◆  Troup County: LaGrange police say a 16-year-old student was taken into custody at LaGrange Academy on Vernon Road after a reported threat to shoot students; no weapon found, no charges announced  ◆  Laurens County: Dublin City Schools and West Laurens Middle School closed Thursday, Aug. 20, a second straight day, with the Joiner Street boil water advisory still in effect; city manager says it will likely hold at least until 2 p.m. Thursday; all other Laurens County schools open  ◆  Coweta County: Isaiah Phillips, 30, arrested in Fayetteville and charged with sexual battery, battery and false imprisonment over the Travis Street attack near downtown Senoia; charged, not convicted  ◆  Effingham County: Rincon police say Bryan Fox, 57, was tased and taken into custody after a baseball bat disturbance and a small apartment fire on Towne Park West Drive; not charged, felony charges pending  ◆  Barrow County: Brandon Scroggins, 39, of Abilene, Texas, charged over alleged threats to Judge Nicholas Primm and the Barrow County District Attorney's Office in Winder; charged, not convicted  ◆  Laurens County: Dublin stays under a boil water advisory after the 16-inch Joiner Street main break is repaired; Dublin City Schools, West Laurens Middle School and the OFTC Dublin campus closed Wednesday, City Hall reopens at noon  ◆  Richmond County: coroner identifies Deputy Phillip Wasson, 49, and Heather Michelle Lanier, 57, both of Augusta, as the two killed in the Washington Road accident; Sheriff Eugene Brantley issues a statement; all lanes reopened around 10:15 a.m.  ◆  Dougherty County: bicyclist, 40, killed in accident in the 600 block of North Westover Boulevard in Albany; APD traffic unit investigating  ◆  Bibb County: Charles Anthony Palmer, 29, of Ocala, Florida, killed by an 18-wheeler while crossing I-475 southbound near Zebulon Road in Macon, BSO says; blocked lanes have cleared  ◆  Clayton County: Eric André and Clayton English settle their jet bridge lawsuit against Clayton County police at Hartsfield-Jackson; the county admits no fault and says the program has ended  ◆  Cobb County: Stone Mountain man arrested in Smyrna is charged in the Greg Biffle home burglary, the Iredell County sheriff says  ◆  Union County: Charles Hosch memorial service set for Sept. 19 after the Blood Mountain search ended without him being found  ◆  Atlanta: Mayor Andre Dickens asks the City Council to begin condemnation on five blighted Westside properties  ◆  Lee County: Smit Patel charged with 22 counts of sexual exploitation of children after a July 28 cybertip, LCSO says  ◆  Sparta: GBI seeks Stephen Russell Ellis, 62, wanted on two warrants, last seen near Island Creek Church Road  ◆  Clayton County: I-675 lanes reopen after an SUV fire near Anvil Block Road; no injuries reported  ◆  Fulton County: temporary 2026 property tax bills mailed Aug. 15 under a court order; Alpharetta, Milton and Roswell excluded  ◆  Southwest Atlanta: renters at Gateway South Apartments say an 8-inch gap split their living room floor open  ◆  Metro Atlanta: DPH confirms measles in an unvaccinated resident, the seventh Georgia case of 2026  ◆  Bulloch County: grass fire burns about half a mile of the I-16 West median near State Route 67 at mile marker 125.8  ◆  Jones County: deputies searching for Carl Caruthers, 61, last seen in the Fox Road area, possibly on a black Honda Shadow  ◆  Fulton County: Kenneth Spruill, wanted out of Tennessee, arrested in Hapeville  ◆  DeKalb County: Tehutihotep Hartley, 26, of Decatur, found unresponsive at the DeKalb County Jail  ◆  Fulton County: Eric Gordon of Decatur indicted on a trafficking charge after Operation “Global Chain”  ◆  Chatham County: Human remains found at East President Street and Wahlstrom Road construction site, work halted  ◆  Chatham County: Largo Drive shooting in Savannah leaves one man seriously hurt; 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No new date for the full closure.  ◆  DeKalb County: seventh mosquito trap of 2026 tests positive for West Nile virus, in ZIP code 30329  ◆  Jones County: deputies searching for John Rouse, 65, last seen near Pinetree Drive and Joycliff Road  ◆  Chatham County: Jimmy DeLoach Parkway southbound closed at Morgan Lakes Industrial Boulevard after a steel spill  ◆  DeKalb County: student fight and pepper spray at Eagle Woods Academy, officer needed an EpiPen  ◆  Metro Atlanta: tree down on Abner Place, lines down on Browns Mill Road, Cagle Road closed  ◆  DeKalb County: woman killed on I-285 while directing traffic around an earlier accident  ◆  Monroe County: two I-75 southbound lanes out near exits 187-189, Aug. 21-31  ◆  Decatur: Beacon Hill Middle goes virtual after HVAC failure left classrooms in the 90s  ◆  Laurens County: Kemp suspends all seven Dublin city school board members  ◆  Hall County driver cited for DUI after a minivan struck a bus carrying 28 students  ◆  Monroe County water main break cuts service on Collier, Smith and Orchard Ridge  ◆  Gwinnett County mother charged in son's hot car death due in court for a bond hearing  ◆  Paulding County becomes the third county to charge Bobby Lee Hart Jr.  ◆  Henry County Atlanta police K9 Stano found safe in a Hampton swimming pool  ◆  Conyers arrest in the Dogwood Drive hit-and-run that killed Andrea Cantrell, 43  ◆  Atlanta Officer DeVante Matthews shot in Oakland City, Michael Gates in custody  ◆  Marietta Dairon Keith indicted on eight counts including malice murder in the death of Messiah Harris, 2  ◆  Houston County deputy suspended without pay over Flock plate-reader misuse  ◆  Macon Caleb Hendrix sentenced to 15 years in Riggins Mill Road accident that killed Michael Burnett  ◆  Cobb County Albany NY police employee denied bail on child molestation charges  ◆  Hart County body recovered from Lake Hartwell two months after David Seymour vanished  ◆  Sparta five shot at Hancock County party, one critical  ◆  Atlanta Amber Alert sisters found safe; babysitter Lakesha Brown charged with kidnapping  ◆  Gwinnett County seven plead guilty to racketeering over 492 vehicle break-ins  ◆  Atlanta Davion Curney charged in the death of Cameron Boone, 13  ◆  Alpharetta Drive Planning CEO Todd Burkhalter sentenced to 20 years in Ponzi scheme  ◆  Covington Destinee Riggins arrested after officer dragged on Highway 142  ◆  Barrow County Apalachee shooter Colt Gray sentenced to life without parole  ◆  Decatur son charged with murder after father found shot to death on Pepperdine Drive  ◆  Coweta County former school resource officer indicted on child molestation charges  ◆  Hall County Cherokee Bluff High cleared after bomb threat, no device found  ◆  Paulding County coroner orders inquest into Heather Turner's 2017 death  ◆  Jackson County all schools closed Friday after overnight bomb threats  ◆  DeKalb County missing 9-year-old Eli found safe  ◆  Douglasville driver charged in prom night accident that killed Patience Price, 18  ◆  Stone Mountain search continues for Sherry Wages, 72, missing since June  ◆  Trenton NY mother and 2 children found living in a shed; extradition pending  ◆  Athens Maxton Ball, 9, killed on Lexington Road at Whit Davis Road  ◆  Troup County Dakota Fuller charged with arson after Jim Turner Road fire  ◆  Waynesboro new judge assigned in ousted sheriff case  ◆  Valdosta 559.4 lbs of marijuana seized in i-75 traffic stop  ◆  Albany apd searching for 2 armed robbery suspects  ◆  Fulton County jail escapee Demetrius Burkes back in custody after downtown search  ◆  Floyd County William Roger Caver charged with felony murder in the death of Christopher D. 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Georgia · Burke County · Crime & Courts

Burke County Shooting: 4 Killed at Two Scenes, Suspect Adolphus Morris Shot Dead by Deputies in Sardis

Deputies found a man and a woman dead on Twin Lakes Road and two women dead on Tom Bargeron Road on the same Sunday night. The man they named as a suspect died hours later, shot by deputies after a red Ford Escape ran stop sticks and hit a tree in Sardis.

Published Aug. 11, 2026, 6:20 p.m. ET 9 min read 5 dead

Key facts

Where
Burke County, Georgia — two death scenes on Twin Lakes Road and Tom Bargeron Road; the pursuit ended in Sardis
When
Bodies found the night of Sunday, Aug. 9, 2026. The pursuit and shooting followed, and were complete by Monday afternoon, Aug. 10
Killed
Four people, all between the ages of 25 and 45 — one man and three women. None publicly identified
Suspect
Adolphus Christopher Morris, named as a suspect by the Burke County Sheriff's Office. Shot by deputies, pronounced dead at the scene
Fifth victim (shot first)
A man wounded in the 500 block of Screven Street at 1:38 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 8. He is expected to recover
Deputies hurt
None
Also in the vehicle
Morris's grandmother, who was not hurt
Lead agency
Burke County Sheriff's Office on the deaths; Columbia County use-of-force team on the deputy-involved shooting

What happened in Burke County, Georgia?

Four people were found dead at two separate Burke County addresses on the night of Sunday, Aug. 9, 2026. All four were between the ages of 25 and 45. None has been publicly identified.

Investigators named Adolphus Christopher Morris as a suspect. Before the next day was out, Morris was dead too — shot by Burke County deputies after a red Ford Escape he was driving fled a traffic stop, ran over stop sticks and crashed into a tree in the city of Sardis, according to WSB-TV and WRDW.

The sheriff's office said Morris got out of the wrecked Escape and fired at deputies. Deputies returned fire and struck him. He was pronounced dead at the scene. No deputies were hurt. Morris's grandmother, a passenger in the Escape, was not hurt.

Because Morris died, he was never charged in the four deaths and the allegations against him were never tested in court. Every accusation described here is attributed to the agency that made it.

Chief Deputy Lee Webster, briefing reporters, put it plainly: “It's been a crazy 24 hours,” he said. Elsewhere in the same story he said investigators were “trying to preserve our investigation at this time,” per WRDW.

Who was killed, and where?

Deputies were called to a home on Twin Lakes Road for an unresponsive person. They found a white man and a white woman, both dead. Webster said both were pronounced dead at 8:41 p.m.

Later the same night, a welfare-check request sent deputies to Tom Bargeron Road. They found a door standing open, searched the house and found two women dead inside. Both were pronounced dead at 10:17 p.m.

That is one man and three women across the two addresses. The sheriff's office released their ages only as a range — 25 to 45 — and had not released names as of Aug. 11.

No named source has stated anything further about the four victims, their households or their relationships.

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How did the two days unfold?

A man was shot on a Saturday. Four people were found dead on a Sunday night, at two addresses, more than 90 minutes apart. Morris was killed after that.

Sequence of the Burke County, Georgia shootings, Aug. 8 to Aug. 10, 2026 Seven-step chronology: a man shot on Screven Street at 1:38 a.m. Saturday who survived; two people found dead on Twin Lakes Road and pronounced dead at 8:41 p.m. Sunday; two women found dead on Tom Bargeron Road and pronounced dead at 10:17 p.m. Sunday; investigators naming Adolphus Christopher Morris as a suspect; deputies spotting a red Ford Escape on Veterans Parkway and attempting a traffic stop; stop sticks deployed at Charles Perry Avenue and the Escape crashing into a tree at Charles Perry and Girard; and the exchange of gunfire in which deputies shot Morris, who was pronounced dead at the scene. HOW IT UNFOLDED — AUG. 8 TO AUG. 10, 2026 1 Sat. Aug. 8, 1:38 a.m. — Screven Street A man is shot in the 500 block. He survives and names Morris to deputies. (WRDW) 2 Sun. Aug. 9, 8:41 p.m. — Twin Lakes Road Call for an unresponsive person. A man and a woman are pronounced dead. 3 Sun. Aug. 9, 10:17 p.m. — Tom Bargeron Road Welfare check. Door found open. Two women are pronounced dead inside. 4 Investigators name a suspect The sheriff's office identifies Adolphus Christopher Morris and looks for his vehicle. 5 Red Ford Escape spotted on Veterans Parkway Approaching Highway 54. Deputies try a traffic stop; the Escape flees south toward Sardis. 6 Stop sticks at Charles Perry Avenue, then a tree Tires deflate. The Escape keeps going into Sardis, then hits a tree at Charles Perry and Girard. 7 Gunfire, and Morris is pronounced dead at the scene Deputies say he got out firing and they returned fire. No deputies hurt. His grandmother unhurt. Sources: Burke County Sheriff's Office via WRDW, WSB-TV and The Augusta Press

Chronology assembled from named outlet reporting of Burke County Sheriff's Office statements. Times shown for the two death scenes are the times victims were pronounced dead, which is not the same as the time of death. No source has given a clock time for the pursuit itself.

What did deputies find at each scene?

The three shooting scenes, side by side
SceneWhenHow deputies got thereOutcomeNamed source
500 block of Screven StreetSat., Aug. 8, 1:38 a.m.Call for a man with a gunshot woundOne man wounded — chest and two arm wounds. Hospitalized, expected to recoverWRDW
Twin Lakes RoadSun., Aug. 9 — pronounced dead 8:41 p.m.Call for an unresponsive personA white man and a white woman found deadChief Deputy Lee Webster, via WRDW
Tom Bargeron RoadSun., Aug. 9 — pronounced dead 10:17 p.m.Welfare check; door found openTwo women found dead insideChief Deputy Lee Webster, via WRDW
Charles Perry Ave. at Girard Ave., SardisAfter the two scenes; complete by Monday afternoon, Aug. 10Pursuit from Veterans Parkway down Highway 54Escape hit a tree. Deputies shot Morris, who was pronounced dead at the scene. No deputies hurtWRDW, WSB-TV

The Tom Bargeron Road door was open, which is why a welfare check became a search of the house. The Screven Street man lived and gave deputies an account.

What happened in the Screven Street shooting?

At 1:38 a.m. on Saturday, Aug. 8, deputies were sent to the 500 block of Screven Street for a man with a gunshot wound. WRDW reported he had a wound to the chest and two more to an arm, and that he told deputies a man named Adolphus Christopher Morris shot him. He was hospitalized and is expected to recover.

That is an accusation from a named source repeated by a named outlet. It is not a conviction, and Morris did not live to answer it.

WRDW's Aug. 11 follow-up described the Screven Street shooting as happening “less than 24 hours earlier” than the four deaths. Its own Aug. 10 story put that call at 1:38 a.m. Saturday, which is roughly 43 hours before the 8:41 p.m. Sunday pronouncements on Twin Lakes Road. Those two framings do not reconcile unless the four deaths occurred well before the bodies were found. No source has stated a time of death for any of the four.

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How did the pursuit end in Sardis?

Deputies spotted the red Ford Escape on Veterans Parkway, approaching Highway 54. They attempted a traffic stop. The Escape fled southbound on Highway 54 toward Sardis.

Deputies deployed stop sticks at Charles Perry Avenue. The tires deflated. The Escape kept going into Sardis anyway, then crashed into a tree at Charles Perry Avenue and Girard Avenue.

What the sheriff's office says happened next: Morris got out of the vehicle and fired at deputies. Deputies returned fire and struck him. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

No deputies were injured. Morris's grandmother was in the Escape and was not hurt.

What is a stop stick, and why did the vehicle keep going?

A stop stick is a tire deflation device — a housing full of hollow spikes that officers lay across a roadway and pull clear with a long cord from the shoulder. The manufacturer, Stop Stick Ltd., describes “hollow coated quills” that “act as valves, releasing air at a safe, controlled rate.” A spike embeds in the tire and bleeds it down.

The device is designed to flatten a tire rather than burst it. A blowout at speed is a hazard for the driver, for deputies standing nearby and for anyone in the oncoming lane.

A driver who does not stop can keep rolling on flat tires for some distance. WRDW reported the Escape continued into Sardis on deflated tires before it hit the tree.

Who was Adolphus Christopher Morris?

Adolphus Christopher Morris was identified by the Burke County Sheriff's Office as the suspect in the four deaths, and separately as the man the Screven Street victim named. He was shot by deputies in Sardis and pronounced dead at the scene.

He was never arrested, never charged and never tried in connection with the four deaths. There is no plea, no verdict and no court record. What exists is what an agency alleged in the hours after five people were shot. He was not convicted of anything.

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What was his history with the Burke County Sheriff's Office?

WRDW reviewed the sheriff's office files and reported that “The Burke County Sheriff's Office alone has around 20 incident reports on file involving Adolphus Christopher Morris.” WSB-TV separately reported that the sheriff's office said Morris had been a suspect in previous investigations.

Some of those reports are cases in which Morris was the person who called for help or the person reporting a crime against himself. Among the incidents WRDW listed:

Selected prior incident reports, as described by WRDW
DateWhat the report saysOutcome as reported
Nov. 14, 2014Morris called 911 after a 46-year-old man was shot on Highway 23 North in Millen. The man had multiple surgeries and lost part of a lung. Morris was charged with aggravated assault, possession of a firearm during a crime and cruelty to childrenDisposition not reported
Dec. 16, 2019An altercation with a teenage niece at a Beaver Dam Road home involving pushing and hair-pullingConflicting accounts. No arrest
2020 (multiple)Morris reported that his white Nissan Altima was shot five times while he slept, and later reported shell casings found near his homeMorris was the complainant
Aug. 23, 2021An incident at a Jet Food Store after a fight at home with an adult niece; Morris was reported to have pulled a handgun and threatened to shoot during the argumentConflicting accounts. No arrest
May 16, 2024A neighbor reported that three pit bulls from Morris's residence killed two cats and chased other animalsNot reported
July 7, 2026Morris reported that a woman in a vehicle hit him in the mouth during an argumentNo visible injuries. No charges filed

WRDW did not report how the 2014 case ended.

Who investigates when a deputy shoots someone in Georgia?

There is no single agency that automatically takes every officer-involved shooting in Georgia. Who reviews it depends on who asks whom.

In this case, the Burke County Sheriff's Office requested that the Columbia County use-of-force team look at the case, WRDW reported. WSB-TV described the same arrangement in general terms: “Because this was considered an officer-involved shooting, an independent response team was notified with that investigation still ongoing.”

The more familiar route in Georgia is the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, and it works the same way — by invitation. Every GBI officer-involved shooting release opens with the same construction. Its July 25, 2026 Brooks County release begins: “At the request of the Brooks County Sheriff's Office (BCSO) and the Georgia State Patrol (GSP), GBI agents are investigating an officer involved shooting.” The same release closes: “The GBI will conduct an independent investigation. Once the investigation is complete, it will be given to the … District Attorney's Office for review.”

That volume is not small. The GBI's 2026 officer-involved shootings page listed 50 such investigations statewide as of July 28, 2026.

Attention: no source says the GBI is investigating the Burke County shooting. The Columbia County use-of-force team has it.

Who is handling which piece
AgencyRole hereStatus
Burke County Sheriff's OfficeLead on the four deaths and the Screven Street shootingOpen
Columbia County use-of-force teamIndependent review of the deputy-involved shooting, at Burke County's requestOpen
Georgia Bureau of InvestigationNo announced role in this caseNot stated by any source
District attorneyTypically reviews the completed use-of-force fileNot announced

The sheriff's office did not say.

A Burke County Sheriff's Office public information officer, R.S. Brown, told The Augusta Press that authorities did not actually know at that point that the shootings were connected. WSB-TV likewise reported the two crime scenes may be connected, with the connection not yet confirmed.

Chief Deputy Webster said investigators were limited in what they could say because they were “trying to preserve our investigation at this time.”

There is no stated motive, no stated relationship between the four victims, and no stated relationship between the victims and Morris.

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Where is Sardis, and where is Burke County?

Burke County sits in east Georgia, on the South Carolina side of the state, and is part of the Augusta-Richmond County metropolitan statistical area. It covers about 835 square miles, 827 of them land, with a 2020 census population of 24,596. The county seat is Waynesboro.

Sardis, where the pursuit ended, is a city of 995 people as of the 2020 census, about 17 miles southeast of Waynesboro.

Schematic locator map of Burke County, Georgia and the city of Sardis A simplified, not-to-scale schematic showing Burke County in east Georgia with Augusta to the north, Waynesboro as the county seat, and Sardis about 17 miles southeast of Waynesboro. Sardis is marked as the location where the pursuit ended at Charles Perry Avenue and Girard Avenue. WHERE THIS HAPPENED — SCHEMATIC, NOT TO SCALE BURKE COUNTY 827 sq. mi. · pop. 24,596 (2020 census) Augusta (metro area) Waynesboro county seat about 17 miles southeast Sardis pop. 995 — pursuit ended here Charles Perry Ave. at Girard Ave. Death scenes Twin Lakes Road · Tom Bargeron Rd. Exact addresses not released Geography: Burke County and Sardis census and locality data. Scene locations per Burke County Sheriff's Office via WRDW.

Schematic only. The two death-scene addresses have not been released, so no scene is plotted to a point. Sardis coordinates: 32.9744° N, 81.7586° W.

Was the Sardis Public Library damaged?

WRDW reported that bullet holes were found on a glass window of the Sardis Public Library following the pursuit and shooting. No injuries at the library have been reported.

The library's manager, Jacqueline Jordan, told WRDW: “Anytime things like this happen, it's always sad. It saddens me.”

No source has stated whose rounds struck the building.

What we don't know yet

  • The names of the four people killed. No outlet has published them.
  • Their exact ages. Only the range 25 to 45 has been released.
  • Times of death. The 8:41 p.m. and 10:17 p.m. figures are times victims were pronounced dead, not times of death.
  • A motive. None has been stated by any agency.
  • Whether the victims were related to each other or to Morris. The sheriff's office has not said.
  • Whether the two death scenes are connected. A sheriff's office spokesman said investigators did not know that yet.
  • The clock time of the pursuit and the deputy-involved shooting. No source has given one.
  • How many deputies fired, and how many rounds were fired by anyone.
  • Whose rounds hit the Sardis Public Library window.
  • The 2014 case's outcome. WRDW reported the charges but not the disposition.
  • The correct street name for the first scene. WRDW and The Augusta Press call it Twin Lakes Road. WSB-TV calls it Twin Lakes Drive. The Local Alert uses Road, the version two outlets used.
  • The gap in the Screven Street timing. WRDW's Aug. 11 story says “less than 24 hours earlier”; its Aug. 10 story timestamps that call at 1:38 a.m. Saturday, roughly 43 hours before the Sunday pronouncements.

Which offices hold the records in this case?

The Burke County Sheriff's Office holds the investigative file on the four deaths and the Screven Street shooting. The Columbia County use-of-force team has the review of the deputy-involved shooting. Autopsy findings sit with the medical examiner.

Records tied to an open investigation are commonly withheld until a case closes.

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Frequently asked questions

Who was killed in Burke County, Georgia?
Four people, all between the ages of 25 and 45. A man and a woman were found on Twin Lakes Road and pronounced dead at 8:41 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 9, 2026. Two women were found on Tom Bargeron Road and pronounced dead at 10:17 p.m. the same night. That is one man and three women. The Burke County Sheriff's Office had not released their names as of Aug. 11.

What happened in Sardis, Georgia?
Sardis is where the pursuit ended. Deputies spotted a red Ford Escape on Veterans Parkway approaching Highway 54 and tried to stop it. The Escape fled southbound on Highway 54 toward Sardis, ran over stop sticks deployed at Charles Perry Avenue, and crashed into a tree at Charles Perry Avenue and Girard Avenue. The Burke County Sheriff's Office said the driver, Adolphus Christopher Morris, got out and fired at deputies, who returned fire and struck him. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

Was the suspect caught?
There was no arrest. Adolphus Christopher Morris was shot by Burke County deputies after the accident in Sardis and was pronounced dead at the scene. Because he died, he was never charged in the four deaths and the allegations against him were never tested in court.

Were any deputies hurt?
No. WRDW reported that no deputies were injured.

Was anyone else in the suspect's vehicle?
Yes. Morris's grandmother was a passenger in the red Ford Escape, and WRDW reported that she was not hurt.

Was there a fifth victim?
Yes, and he survived. Deputies were called to the 500 block of Screven Street at 1:38 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 8, 2026, for a man with a gunshot wound to the chest and two gunshot wounds to an arm. WRDW reported that the man told deputies a man named Adolphus Christopher Morris shot him. He was hospitalized and is expected to recover.

Who investigates when a deputy shoots someone in Georgia?
There is no single agency that automatically takes every case. In this one, the Burke County Sheriff's Office requested that the Columbia County use-of-force team look at the shooting, WRDW reported. In many Georgia cases the Georgia Bureau of Investigation handles it instead, and its press releases open with the words At the request of the local department, followed by a line saying the GBI will conduct an independent investigation before the file goes to the circuit district attorney for review. The GBI listed 50 officer-involved shootings it had been asked to investigate statewide in 2026 as of July 28. No source says the GBI is investigating the Burke County shooting.

Were the victims related?
No source has said. A Burke County Sheriff's Office public information officer told The Augusta Press that authorities did not actually know at that point that the shootings were connected.

What is a stop stick?
A tire deflation device that officers lay across a road to end a vehicle pursuit. The manufacturer, Stop Stick Ltd., describes hollow coated quills that act as valves, releasing air at a safe, controlled rate, so the tire goes flat instead of blowing out. It is not an instant stop, and a driver who refuses to stop can keep rolling on deflated tires.

Why did the vehicle keep going after the stop sticks?
Because controlled deflation is what the device is designed to do. It flattens a tire rather than bursting it, which is safer for everyone nearby but does not bring a vehicle to an immediate halt. WRDW reported the Escape continued into Sardis with deflated tires before hitting a tree at Charles Perry Avenue and Girard Avenue.

Have the four victims been identified?
Not publicly. As of Aug. 11, 2026, no outlet had published the names of the four people killed. Their ages were given only as a range of 25 to 45.

Where is Sardis, Georgia?
Sardis is a small city in Burke County in east Georgia, about 17 miles southeast of the county seat of Waynesboro, and it is part of the Augusta metropolitan area. Its population was 995 at the 2020 census.

Was the Sardis Public Library damaged?
WRDW reported that bullet holes were found on a glass window of the Sardis Public Library following the pursuit and shooting. No injuries at the library have been reported.

Is the Burke County case closed?
No. The Burke County Sheriff's Office is still investigating the four deaths and the Screven Street shooting, and the Columbia County use-of-force team review of the deputy-involved shooting was still open when WRDW published. Chief Deputy Lee Webster said investigators were limited in what they could say because they were trying to preserve the investigation.

Update log
  • Aug. 11, 6:20 p.m. — Story published. Four dead at two Burke County scenes; Adolphus Christopher Morris named as a suspect by the sheriff's office and shot by deputies in Sardis; Columbia County use-of-force team reviewing; fifth shooting victim on Screven Street expected to recover.
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Compiled by The Local Alert Georgia Staff from named news outlets and Burke County Sheriff's Office statements reported by those outlets, each linked above. The Local Alert is not a law enforcement agency and not a law firm. Adolphus Christopher Morris died before he was charged with anything in these deaths, and the allegations described here were never tested in court. Corrections and removal requests: see our corrections policy.

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