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5 things to know tonight: Brother kills teen girl as she sleeps, cops say

Ashley Chantell Oglesby
Ashley Chantell Oglesby
July 9, 2015

1. A lawyer from a prominent Atlanta law firm was arrested following an incident in which another woman accused her of hitting her car with coffee mug at a Buckhead intersection. According to a police report, the incident appeared to be a road rage situation that escalated. [Read more]

2.  A collision between a small plane and an F-16 fighter jet that killed a father and son was the second fatal tragedy to strike their family in just four days, a relative told The Associated Press. On Saturday, the father's brother and sister-in-law were found dead at their home in Missouri, and the couple's 16-year-old grandson has been charged in the slayings. [Read more]

3. On Friday, Krispy Kreme will be celebrating the company's 78th anniversary with a deal: an additional dozen for only 78 cents. But you should know what you're getting yourself into, and be sure to have some friends at the office who are ready to help share the 4,560 calories that 24 doughnuts contain. [Health facts you may not want to read]
4. A 16-year-old girl killed Thursday in East Lake was shot multiple times as she slept in her bed, and her 27-year-old brother pulled the trigger, police said. As their mother watched, Marquavis Oglesby shot Ashley Chantell Oglesby with a semiautomatic pistol about 7 a.m. [Read more]
5. Here is the story of the Lion of the Confederacy, the stone memorial to some 3,000 dead soldiers in Oakland Cemetery and which is actually a locally made copy of the much larger Lion of Lucerne. [See the photos]

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