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'Party House' Parents Charged with Manslaughter, Accused of Letting Kids Drink and Drive After High School Student Killed in Suspected DUI Crash

The parents of a Georgia high schooler have been indicted by a grand jury after their daughter and her teenage friends got into a car accident, resulting in the death of one high schooler.

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Bomb Threats Suspend Voting At Georgia Polling Locations

Bomb threats at voting locations in DeKalb County, Georgia prompt safety measures and voting suspension. County officials ensure voting opportunities for a...

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Brickbat: Fighting Fire

Sherri Chance's son called 911 when he noticed flames shooting out of the clothes dryer at their home in DeKalb County, Georgia. He expected a quick response since there was a fire station just two miles away, but he was put on hold—for 41 minutes. Family members and neighbors tried…

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Elgin police officer charged with child pornography possession

Jordan Collins, 33, was placed on administrative leave after being charged with five counts of possession of child pornography in DeKalb County.

Chicago Sun-Times

House explodes, catches fire in DeKalb County

A home in Earlville, about 70 miles west of Chicago, was leveled by the time officials arrived Tuesday afternoon. The cause of the explosion wasn’t known.

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Shootings in Georgia leave 2 dead, police say

At least two people are dead after a series of three unrelated shootings overnight in DeKalb County, police told Channel 2 Action News.

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Mum arrested after 7-year-old girl's body found decaying in closet in abandoned flat

DeKalb County Police are investigating the discovery of a body found in decay in a closet. It was identified as Alivia Hobbs-Jordan, 7, and her mother Alondra Hobbs, has been arrested

Daily Mirror

5 injured in shooting outside DeKalb nightclub, cops say

An investigation is underway Sunday morning after five people were injured in a shooting outside a DeKalb County nightclub.

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Former executive pleads guilty to bribing Atlanta officials

A former executive for a longtime city of Atlanta vendor has pleaded guilty to paying bribes in exchange for millions of dollars in city contracts and to paying bribes to an official in a neighboring county

The Independent UK

Fallout from training center riling Atlanta-area residents

ATLANTA — Marc Bolden is frustrated with the out-of-town protesters who cut through his DeKalb County neighborhood, blasting their music and fireworks late into the night and clashing with police.

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Dozens protest at Atlanta City Hall as training center deforestation starts

ATLANTA — Dozens of people gathered outside of Atlanta City Hall on Friday to protest plans to build a police and firefighter training center across 85 acres of wooded property in DeKalb County.

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Park near Atlanta police training center site cleared but remains closed

ATLANTA — The park near the site of a planned police training center has been cleared but will remain closed until further notice per the executive order signed by DeKalb County CEO Michael Thurmond last week.

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Family ‘did not find answers’ in second autopsy of slain Georgia activist, attorney says

ATLANTA — The family of Manuel Esteban Paez Teran, the activist killed in January by Georgia State Patrol troopers during a clearing operation at the site of Atlanta’s planned public safety training center, on Monday released a private autopsy conducted after the DeKalb County coroner performed the initial examination for…

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Environmentalists, clergy, other activists rally against training center

ATLANTA — Opponents of a plan to build a police training center on an 85-acre wooded property in DeKalb County gathered Saturday to kick off a week of protests and festivities aimed at stopping the project from moving forward.

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Trooper shot, protester dead near Atlanta training center site

ATLANTA — Law enforcement officers helping conduct a “clearing operation” at the site of Atlanta’s planned public safety training center exchanged gunfire with a protester Wednesday morning, leaving the protester dead and a state trooper wounded, according to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation.

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DeKalb County board makes abortion investigations ‘lowest possible priority’

ATLANTA — DeKalb County is the latest metro Atlanta municipality to formally express support for access to abortion and other reproductive health care.

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Student power in Georgia: Young, engaged and determined to vote

ATLANTA — Sen. Raphael Warnock’s reelection sparked social media posts from around the country thanking Georgia for solidifying the Democratic majority in the U.S. Senate, thanking Stacey Abrams for her get-out-the-vote initiatives and DeKalb County for its 87% support of Warnock.

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Candlelight vigil for teen shooting victim turns deadly

ATLANTA — Gunfire scattered a crowd of mourners gathered outside a DeKalb County, Georgia, apartment complex Sunday night to remember an 18-year-old killed Friday in a shooting.

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3 students, driver injured after vehicle crashes into Georgia school

ATLANTA — A vehicle crashed into a DeKalb County charter school just before noon Monday, leaving the driver and three children injured, according to officials.

Chicago Sun-Times

Mountain lion struck, killed by vehicle in DeKalb County

State officials believe the mountain lion may have been caught on video this year.

Tribune News Service

Georgia's DeKalb County to keep controversial elections software, move poll worker data

ATLANTA — The DeKalb County elections board has chosen not to end its relationship with Konnech, a software company whose founder was recently arrested on accusations he stole the personal data of California poll workers.

The Independent UK

Mother arrested for killing son, six, in 1999 after police receive anonymous tip

‘I so wanted him to be alive. I wanted William to know that I never stopped looking for him. I loved William,’ tipster says

The Independent UK

Dekalb County shooting - latest: Shooter on the run after three killed and more injured in Georgia

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