A record number of costume aficionados, enthusiasts and fanatics are expected to attend the 28th annual Dragon Con, the world-renowned pop culture, sci-fi, fantasy and…
While federal investigators close in on DeKalb County Commissioner Elaine Boyer for spending more than $90,000 of taxpayers’ money on personal trips and other purchases, she…
Governor Deal Breaks Ground on Training Center for Veterans By Terry Shropshire For decades, state and federal governments have been roundly criticized for not adequately assisting military…
A suburban Atlanta doctor was arrested by federal agents for allegedly running a million-dollar-a-month pain clinic that wrote illegal prescription drugs for patients across the…
Belgian textile company Beaulieu International Group is establishing its U.S. headquarters and manufacturing facility in Cartersville in Bartow County, creating 350 jobs over the next…
After years of steady decline and hemorrhaging jobs, Clayton County is showing significant signs of rebirth. First there was last week’s announcement that mother-son business…
Philip Burns (pictured), a former elementary school teacher of the year who was arrested last November, was recently indicted for child molestation, according...
The mother and aunt of suspected baby killer De’Marquise Elkins (pictured) were arrested Tuesday on charges that they lied to police, The Atlanta Journal-Constitutional reports[1]. De’Marquise, 17, is charged with killing 13-month-old Antonio Santiago in a shooting in Brunswick, Ga., last Thursday. Another teen, Dominique Lang, 15, was also charged in connection with the shooting. Katrina Elkins, 36, (pictured), the teen’s aunt, and Karimah Elkins, 33, his mother, gave police information that helped lead investigators to a small pond where they found a handgun, Glynn County police Chief Matt Doering told the Associated Press. De’Marquise’s aunt said publicly that her nephew was at home eating breakfast during the time of the shooting and could not have killed the baby, according to the Journal-Constitution. Police would not elaborate on what exactly either Katrina or Karimah allegedly lied about. ...
