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 ◆ Fulton County: I-285 fully closed Aug. 28-31 between Langford Parkway and Cascade Road ◆ 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 ◆ Bibb County: I-75 South left lane closed at mile marker 166 until Wednesday morning ◆ 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 furloughed for a private viewing ◆ 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 ◆ I-285 fully closed both directions this weekend, Cascade Rd to MLK Jr. Dr ◆ 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 crash, NTSB investigating ◆ 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 ◆ Fulton County: I-285 fully closed Aug. 28-31 between Langford Parkway and Cascade Road ◆ 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 ◆ Bibb County: I-75 South left lane closed at mile marker 166 until Wednesday morning ◆ 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 furloughed for a private viewing ◆ 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 ◆ I-285 fully closed both directions this weekend, Cascade Rd to MLK Jr. Dr ◆ 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 crash, NTSB investigating ◆
