A second arrest has been made in the shooting death of 8-year-old Secoriea Turner last July. Jerrion McKinney, 23, was arrested by the GBI on charges of including murder and aggravated assault. Another suspect – Julian Conley, 19 – was arrested last summer and also charged in Secoriea’s death. Secoriea was a backseat passenger in […]
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Atlanta Police release 911 call, surveillance video in Piedmont Park murder
Atlanta Police have released audio of the 911 call made by Emma Clark after she found her partner Katherine Janness’ and their dog Bowie’s bodies in Piedmont Park. Clark pinged Janness’ phone when she did not return home from walking Bowie on July 28 and found thier bodies just inside the 10th Street gate of […]
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Atlanta Police investigating three shootings around Downtown area
The Atlanta Police Department is investigating three separate shooting incidents that occurred in and around Downtown. On Aug. 3 at around 6:03 p.m., officers were dispatched to the intersection of Hilliard Street and Edgewood Avenue where they found a male with a gunshot wound. The gunshot victim was uncooperative with investigators about a suspect and […]
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News Briefs: Police seek pool shooter; BeltLine Northwest Trail route; TOUR Championship returns
Atlanta Police have issued a warrant for the arrest of a suspect charged with the murder of 17-year-old Jakari Dillard at the Anderson Park pool on July 24. Chief Rodney Bryant said during an Aug. 3 press briefing on the city’s crime wave that the suspect remains at large. According to the police report, the […]
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Mayor Bottoms encourages vaccination as COVID variant could mean u-turn for city reopening plan
Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms said in a Tuesday morning press conference that the City of Atlanta was making great progress toward its full reopening plan, but the Delta variant of COVID-19 and the refusal of many to get vaccinated have forced a setback. Last year, the city set a five phase reopening plan for city […]
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Reward doubled to $20,000 for information on Piedmont Park murder
The reward for information into the brutal murder of Katherine Janness and her dog, Bowie, has been doubled to $20,000 thanks to an offering by the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA). The Atlanta Police Department conducted a “tactical canvass” of Piedmont Park on July 31 for clues in the case. Police continue […]
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City council urges yard trimmings to be allowed in plastic bags as trash collection woes continue
An ongoing staff shortage at the city’s Department of Public Works has meant scattershot trash collection and reduced the weekly pick-up of yard trimmings to twice a month. At Monday’s Atlanta City Council meeting, a resolution was unanimously adopted requesting the Department of Public Works allow residents to temporarily place yard trimmings in plastic bags […]
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Editor’s Letter: A room with a view
After 16 years of living in the same apartment in Old Fourth Ward, I’m now ensconced in my condo in Midtown. I still can’t believe I’m a homeowner, except when something needs fixing. Yes, folks, I’ve already broken stuff and I’ve only been here a month. Rather than calling the management office for the maintenance […]
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Intown’s parent company wins 17 Georgia Press Association awards
Springs Publishing, parent company of Reporter Newspapers, Atlanta Intown, and Atlanta Senior Life, collected 17 awards – including six first-place honors – in the Georgia Press Association’s 2020 Better Newspaper Contest. First place awards were for design, columnists, business writing, online project, investigations, and features. The awards were announced July 30 at the Jekyll Island […]
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COVID-19 Surge: Students put under quarantine as businesses require masks, vaccination proof
New data from Johns Hopkins University shows that COVID-19 cases are up 214 percent in Georgia. The data, reported by CNN, shows a sharp increase occurring from July 16 to July 29 as the Delta variant of COVID-19 continues to surge in Georgia and across the country. The Georgia Department of Public Health reported nearly […]