Commissioner Robert Patrick, District 1, motioned to delay a full vote for two weeks to account for discussion of the substitute, the rate increases and the bonding options, so commissioners could go over the details of the funding balance requirements and revenue needs to make the project successful.

Authorities said Shaquel Liburd left his car after wrecking it on Saturday, and that his mother told them he had a traumatic brain injury from a prior accident.

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - A semi-truck accident has shut down I-20 Eastbound in DeKalb County. The incident has shut down 1-20 east of Wesley Chapel Road. ANF’s First Alert Chopper captured the semi-truck on the side of the interstate, but it is not known what caused the accident.

Emergency crews have responded to hundreds of calls, including rescuing a pregnant woman on her way to the hospital.

Authorities have confirmed the recovery of the body of a man who went missing following a hit-and-run incident in Rockdale County.

DeKalb County police started these one-stop-shop hiring events last year. The department hosts them quarterly. They include psychological exams and other job screening protocols. Major Nicole Rutland said the department is always looking for good men and women to wear the badge.

Smith said prices have gone up upwards of 15 to 20 percent. Whole eggs, he said, would likely be the cheaper option compared to brown eggs and liquid eggs. Store shelves in metro Atlanta are looking a little emptier in the egg fridge, and customers are likely paying more for their eggs.

A boil water advisory has been issued in Dekalb County, Georgia, located in metro Atlanta, due to a water main break.

A Mexican mother of five who has been in the United States at least six years was among those arrested by ICE in Georgia over the weekend, her attorney said.

Under new federal immigration policies, ICE agents are allowed to go into schools and churches to arrest illegal immigrants.

Seven students at Cross Keys High School in Brookhaven were admitted early action to Georgia Tech, the largest group to be accepted from any DeKalb County school. All seven are the first in their families to attend college.

A Decatur man entered a guilty plea in a case where he’s charged with injuring a police officer during a traffic stop in Dunwoody. On Monday, DeKalb County District Attorney Sherry Boston announced that 40-year-old Derric Alexander Simpson entered a non-negotiated guilty plea to the following charges related to an incident involving a Dunwoody Police Department (DPD) officer on Aug.