There was only one suspect, according to the Atlanta homicide detective who investigated the 1989 murder of public relations executive Connie Vance Krause, found strangled to death in the trunk of her car at the Lindbergh MARTA station. For 18 months, police zeroed in on the woman’s husband, Hans-Juergen Krause, a former state employee who spent a considerable portion of the couple’s savings at local strip clubs.

Georgia’s mild winter and spring gave state Department of Transportation crews and contractors a head start on the summer road construction season, but that doesn’t mean there won’t be plenty of projects underway between now and the fall. David Spear, spokesman for the DOT, said there will be no fewer than 20 major projects underway this summer on Georgia’s interstate highways, many of them in metro Atlanta.

Georgia Perimeter College will lay off about 185 people to close what could be a $25 million deficit next year. Tenured and tenure-track faculty will be exempt from layoffs, but they will teach more courses. More students will be crammed into classrooms.

The man accused of shooting his wife eight times outside the couple's Sandy Springs apartment may have been leading a double life, including being engaged to another woman, according to court documents. Michael Darnell Parson, 42, also claimed he was undergoing treatments for cancer on the night of April 20 when 40-year-old Adina Parson was critically injured, including being shot three times in the head, according to arrest warrants.

Maybe they’re confused or just taking advantage, but some motorists recently given the privilege of driving on the Ga. 400 shoulder during the morning rush are doing so when they’re not supposed to – and inviting a police crackdown. In an attempt to improve traffic for commuters, the Georgia Department of Transportation on May 14 opened to drivers the southbound right shoulder of Ga.

With the number of black Fulton County judges declining, civil rights and legal groups Thursday called on the governor to put more people of color on the bench. "This is about ensuring that Fulton County minority judges don't one day become an endangered species," Chris Stewart, president of the Gate City Bar Association, said.

Reports of a pipe bomb being found at a house in Roswell turned out to be a false alarm, police said Thursday. Roswell police spokesman Lt. James McGee said the GBI responded to the scene at 96 Bulloch Hall Ave. after someone  reported finding the suspected pipe bomb.

With north Fulton lawmakers expecting to gain a firm upper hand next year through redistricting, some are speaking of a plan to gut the county government. Resurrecting Milton County remains their mission, the legislators have told constituents at recent public meetings, and as early as next year they'll start reducing the powers of the Fulton County Commission.

North Central Georgia Habitat for Humanity dedicated three new houses this week at the Villages of Park Creek neighborhood in Woodstock near the Fulton-Cherokee County line. The new owners include a family from Ethiopia, a single mom who works in the health care industry and a single father employed by Pilgrim's Pride in Canton.

The northbound lanes of Ga. 400 in Sandy Springs reopened just before 5:30 a.m. Wednesday, more than hours after a fiery crash involving a wrong-way driver shut down the highway. The wreck happened just after 2 a.m. on Ga. 400 northbound at the Northridge Road exit, according to Sandy Springs police Capt.

Thunderstorms headed east out of the metro Atlanta area Tuesday night, giving way to cloudy skies and temperatures dipping to the low- to mid-60s by daybreak Wednesday. "Drier air rolls in tomorrow and the rest of the week," Channel 2 Action News meteorologist David Chandley said.

The man accused of shooting his attorney wife eight times outside of the couple's Sandy Springs apartment was denied bond a hearing Tuesday. Michael Parson was arrested in Texas two weeks after the April 20 shooting that critically injured his wife, Adina Parson, according to police.

The Popeyes restaurant chain said Monday it has apologized to the college student asked to leave a Cobb County location because he had his service dog with him. Taylor Gipson, 20, has Type 1 diabetes and relies on a British Lab named Bear to alert him to rises or drops in his blood sugar levels, he told the AJC.

For nearly two years, a four-legged friend has followed 20-year-old Taylor Gipson of north Fulton County everywhere he goes. Whether he's in classes at Kennesaw State University or at a restaurant with his family, Gipson's British lab, Bear, is also there.

The brother of Rusty Sneiderman on Friday filed a wrongful death lawsuit against his sister-in-law, alleging that she conspired to kill her husband in front of a Dunwoody day care facility in November 2010. Hemy Neuman, convicted of Sneiderman's murder two months ago, is also named in the civil action, filed Friday in Fulton County Superior Court on behalf of Steve Sneiderman.

The interim president of Georgia Perimeter College vowed to have an outline of a plan by next Friday on how the college will cut millions to eliminate a budget shortfall. The two-year college will not close any campuses, Rob Watts said during a speech to faculty and staff Friday morning.

Sandy Springs police said two suspects in a robbery outside a Bank of America were captured Friday, but the search continued for others. The robbery victim told Channel 2 Action News that he was headed into the bank in the 8700 block of Roswell Road to make a deposit when a money pouch was grabbed from his hands.

Parts of metro Atlanta could see a repeat Friday of strong storms similar to those that left scattered damage across the area Thursday evening. Channel 2 Action News meteorologist Karen Minton said  the storms -- like those Thursday -- will be widely scattered Friday afternoon and evening.

A man who was arrested after leading Roswell police on a chase early Friday slipped from his handcuffs and stole a police cruiser, then led officers on a second chase before wrecking the patrol car in Gwinnett County, police said. The first chase began during a traffic stop in an office park on Ga.

Fulton Superintendent Robert Avossa on Thursday shared a strategic plan that will set new long-term goals for the district and make it more competitive nationally as it becomes the state's largest charter system. Avossa said the district will use its new-found freedom from state education laws to boost student achievement.

After an experiment to provide commuter relief on Ga 400 resulted in slower traffic on its first two days, the state transportation department said the third day saw marked improvement. The Department of Transportation isn’t claiming success yet but officials said opening the southbound shoulder as an extra commuting lane from Holcomb Bridge to the North Springs MARTA station during rush hour is starting to ease congestion.

Genesis 10, a New York-based IT consulting firm, is hosting a three-day job fair to hire some 100 people in technology positions for its new outsourcing center in Sandy Springs. The company will hold an open house at 10 a.m. Monday at its facility at 6600 Peachtree Dunwoody Road.

For all the tens of millions of dollars that taxpayers pour into the Fulton County jail every year, the lockup can't perform the basic function of keeping inmates locked up in cells. The 23-year-old jail has such shoddy door locks that inmates can jam them with soap, toilet paper, shards of cloth or other trash and leave their cells at will.

Stanlee Stahl, executive vice president of The Jewish Foundation for the Righteous, will be keynote speaker at the closing ceremony of Am Yisrael Chai’s "Rescuers of the Holocaust" from 7:30 to 9 p.m. Thursday at Congregation Beth Tefillah, 5065 High Point Road, Sandy Springs.

Cherokee County's River Ridge High School is one of 240 schools in the nation to receive the Yearbook of Excellence Award from Jostens Yearbooks. The award recognizes yearbook staffs for creating an inclusive yearbook, generating school engagement and successfully managing the yearbook creation process.