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.
Authorities have confirmed the recovery of the body of a man who went missing following a hit-and-run incident in Rockdale County.
Emergency crews have responded to hundreds of calls, including rescuing a pregnant woman on her way to the hospital.
Mayors, city council members, and other officials throughout DeKalb County are responding to immigration-related arrests that began in cities such
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.
According to the DeKalb County Police Department, officers responded to the 2600 block of Wesley Chapel Road in reference to a person shot shortly before 6:40 p.m. When they arrived, they found a 25-year-old man with multiple gunshot wounds lying in the parking lot.
A boil water advisory has been issued in Dekalb County, Georgia, located in metro Atlanta, due to a water main break.
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.
DeKalb County’s sewer system overflows so frequently, polluting waterways with harmful bacteria, that the county is in violation of the federal Clean Water Act.
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.
DeKalb County Department of Watershed Management is working to repair a significant water main break on Clairmont Road near Dresden Drive, the county announced Tuesday night. The break was a result of the pipe's age; it was installed in 1941, according to a news release.