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Ex-Roswell High employee’s texts show sexual contact with student, warrant says

A former Fulton County Schools employee is accused of sexual contact with a student in Roswell, Georgia, with texts and trips detailed in a warrant.

Spalding County Courthouse

He says he killed a man and got away with it. Then, he found Jesus.

Joseph Quiros-Soto followed the advice of a pastor to turn himself in to the Locust Grove Police Department for a crime that happened across the river from New York City.

The downtown drag in Thomasville on March 15, 2024. (Mark Wallheiser/The New York Times)

South Georgia county sheriff’s office rocked by chief deputy arrest

A former chief deputy arrested, charged with stealing guns. Allegations of misuse of funds. Excessive force accusations at the jail....

Georgia News
Okefenokee fight

Okefenokee bid for World Heritage status gets key endorsement

A 43-year effort to bring global recognition to Georgia’s Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge has reached another milestone.

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RISKY MEDICINE

Desperate patients seek cures, leave with debt and regret

An AJC investigation found some Georgia alternative medicine clinics marketing unproven treatments and costly supplements to desperate patients.

Buc-ee's

Turtle light fight still burns bright at Buc-ee’s exit along I-95

Tall light towers near Georgia's coast serve as a beacon for motorists heading to Buc-ee's, but environmentalists say they pose a hazard to sea turtles and their hatchlings.

Crime & Public Safety
Midtown MARTA

MARTA shooting suspect arrested after weekend search

The suspect was taken into custody after fleeing into the woods Sunday morning in Douglas County, according to MARTA.

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Drug deal turns deadly at College Park apartment complex, police say

A suspected drug deal at a College Park apartment complex escalated into violence Saturday night, leaving one man dead and another injured, police said.

MARTA Midtown

Amid federal safety probe, police search for shooter in latest MARTA violence

Police are searching for a shooter after a man was wounded on a MARTA train at the Midtown station, the latest in a series of violent incidents on transit agency property.

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