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Cocaine, heroin suspected in Kris Kross rapper’s death
Former Kris Kross rapper Chris Kelly had taken a mixture of cocaine and heroin the night before his death and had a history of drug abuse, according to a police report released Thursday. Kelly, 34, was unresponsive on his couch and had no signs of life when paramedics arrived at ...
Murder trial begins in Starlight Drive-in shooting
Quentric Williams’ attorney said the gunshot that killed a man last May at the Starlight Drive-In Theater was only supposed to be a warning shot. “Was he attempting to protect himself and his girlfriend when he fired that gun?” attorney Russell Z. Hetzel asked the jury. “Quentric thinks the man ...
Powerball ticket worth $1 million sold in Atlanta
Better check your Georgia Lottery tickets, especially if you bought a ticket on Roswell Road in Atlanta. Someone is holding a winning ticket worth $1 million that was sold from last Saturday’s Powerball drawing. No one has come forward yet to claim the prize, according to Georgia lottery officials. Someone ...
Former Braves pitcher Rick Camp dead at age 60
Former Braves pitcher Rick Camp died Thursday at his home in Bartow County, authorities said.“Our sympathies go out to his family, friends and former teammates,” the Braves said in a statement Thursday afternoon.Bartow Deputy Coroner Brandon Duncan confirmed to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution that Camp, 60, died Thursday morning at his ...
Fire at SW Atlanta elementary school
An early morning fire at an Atlanta elementary school caused some anxious moments for firefighters, staff and students. It all began in a kindergarten bathroom of Continental Colony Elementary School. "A roll of toilet paper was set on fire in that bathroom," says Atlanta school spokesman Stephen Alford. "It tripped ...
Scenes from the past 48 hours in Boston
Here is a gallery of photos looking back at the past 48 hours in the search for the Boston Marathon bombers.
Authorities identify two shot to death in northwest Atlanta
Authorities have identified a man and woman shot to death Wednesday afternoon in northwest Atlanta, while the alleged gunman remained on the loose hours later, according to police. The shootings happened around 4:50 p.m. in the 500 block of Holly Street, off Donald Lee Hollowell Parkway, according to Officer John ...
Second of three DeKalb educators indicted on Wednesday turns herself in
Former DeKalb County Principal Angela Jennings turned herself in at the DeKalb County Jail Thursday morning to face charges that she allegedly removed students temporarily from enrollment records at Rock Chapel Elementary School so their 2010 Criterion-Referenced Competency Tests wouldn’t count against the school’s average scores.Her lawyer, Stephen Roberts, called ...
Possible suspect ID'd in Boston bombings
Police and investigators told CNN’s John King they believe that they have identified the suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings around 1p.m. Wednesday. Officials say the ID was made in part from surveillance video from a Lord and Taylor department store and TV cameras. No further details have been released, ...
Three former DeKalb County school administrators accused of cheating
Three former school administrators were indicted Tuesday by a DeKalb County grand jury on charges they manipulated tests or attendance records to improve measures of school performance. Just two weeks after a Fulton County grand jury indicted 35 former Atlanta Public Schools educators in an alleged cheating conspiracy, the DeKalb ...
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