Atlanta news

Last summer there where a slew of teen shootings in metro Atlanta. These unfortunate events spawned the community to leap into action to stop any further any senseless violence and loss. (See Reec of Hot 107.9 on 11 Alive Talking about 2018 Teen Violence Prevention).  This year several organizations have banded together to be proactive […]

New Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms’ City Hall will soon be receiving a massive amount of job applications if she has her way.

ATLANTA (AP) — An employee for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention who was reported missing more than seven weeks ago was found drowned in a river not far from his house, with no sign of foul play, authorities said Thursday. Timothy Cunningham’s body was found Tuesday partially submerged in water and mud on […]

An Atlanta mother was finally sentenced earlier this week for the death of her young daughter that she left inside of a hot car in June of 2017. https://twitter.com/wsbtv/status/959060014882344960 In the summer of 2017, Dijanelle Fowler left her one-year-old daughter Skylar Fowler inside of a hot car while she went inside a local Atlanta hair […]

File this under the “Best news you needed to read NOW.” Remember the two-year-old boy born without kidneys whose father couldn’t donate his because of a parole violation? Well apparently, A.J. Burgess has found a new donor that is a perfect match! According WXIA, A.J. went in to surgery around 7:30 am on Wednesday and was […]

In addition, Tyler Perry gifted the toddler's mother with a brand new car!

A tragedy hit Shaniqua Stephens when she found her 13-year-old son dead in the bathroom on Monday. According to 11 Alive, Stephens had just seen her son, Malachi Hemphill, taking out the trash when she “heard a big boom.” “I just knew that it was something that was wrong,” she said. Stephens and her daughter rushed […]

Every lottery winner’s good luck doesn’t always last. Sadly, some winners turn into cautionary tales. That’s the sad case of Craigory Burch, Jr. a   Georgia forklift operator who won $434, 272 in the Fantasy 5 Georgia lottery last November. Burch, Jr. was killed in a home invasion this week. AJC.com reports:  A recent lottery […]