Metro Atlanta News

Authorities investigating death of Ole Miss student from Atlanta

A 20-year-old Atlantan was one of two University of Mississippi students whose recent deaths are under investigation.

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Police find dismembered body at Smyrna apartments; teen charged

Police swarmed a Smyrna apartment complex hours after officials said they discovered a woman’s dismembered body and arrested an 18-year-old.

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2 arrested after contractor killed outside Norfolk Southern facility in Cobb

Two men were arrested Thursday after a contractor with Norfolk Southern was shot and killed last week at the company’s facility in Austell, officials say.

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