1. High school baseball player jailed on murder charge. Terrance Elisha Thornton, 17, of Stone Mountain, was arrested Sunday, one day after 19-year-old Jacquorrius Madison was shot and killed during a fight in a subdivision near Loganville, police Cpl. Michele Pihera said Monday. Police believe the incident could be drug-related. [Read more]
2. Atlanta swingers party goes viral. A local woman, Cidney Green, raked in several thousand dollars when she billed her 27th birthday celebration as a private party for adult swingers. The event, which takes place this weekend, quickly earned the hashtag #ATLOrgy on social media. [Read more]
3. Woodstock KFC cook found tied up, beaten to death in DeKalb hotel. DeKalb County police and family are trying to understand why someone would want to hurt Donnell Jones so badly. The 56-year-old Woodstock resident and longtime cook, or as his sister put it "executive chef," at KFC was brutalized.When police searched the room, there was a bloody shoe print on a wall and a size-13 pair of athletic shoes. They were covered in blood, the police report said. [Read more]
4. Kordell Stewart wins $3 million defamation suit against man claiming they had slept together. A DeKalb County judge awarded Porsha Williams' former husband Kordell Stewart $3 million in a defamation case where a viral video star claimed to have a gay relationship with him. Stewart has fought off gay rumors for years, even from "Real Housewives of Atlanta" and "Dish Nation" star Williams herself. [Read more]
5. Delta cancels more than 900 flights ahead of East Coast storm. Atlanta-based Delta said snow and high winds are expected to disrupt operations. The airline has a hub at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport and a domestic hub at LaGuardia Airport. [Read more]
