Provides the latest RSS feeds for Atlanta News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Atlanta Leader.com http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/cat/ffe56b8f30c50146/ en-us Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:36:57 -0400 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:36:57 -0400 30 ATLANTA -- An Atlanta police officer was involved in a shooting Wednesday afternoon. It happened near the Westin Buckhead Atlanta in the 3300 block of Peachtree Road NE. No officers were injured, Officer Greg Lyon said. At this time, APD said the northbound lanes of Peachtree Road near Stratford Road are ... http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/215303581/scat/ffe56b8f30c50146 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:34:32 -0400 http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/215303581/scat/ffe56b8f30c50146 GRAYSON, Ga. -- A child accidentally put a truck in gear and rolled it into a house in Gwinnett County. The accident happened early Wednesday afternoon at a house on Brocklin Drive in Grayson. Gwinnett County Police Cpl. Jake Smith said no one was inside the house when the truck crashed through a wall. The child was not hurt. The Gwinnett County Fire Department was called to check the house ... http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/215302220/scat/ffe56b8f30c50146 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:26:27 -0400 http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/215302220/scat/ffe56b8f30c50146 DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. -- An overturned tractor trailer is causing some delays on Interstate 285 in DeKalb County Wednesday morning. The UPS trailer turned over on northbound I-285 at I-85. The Georgia Department of Transportation said the truck was carrying two tandem trailers and one of those trailers overturned, blocking two right lanes. For the latest traffic conditions in metro Atlanta, ... http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/215300299/scat/ffe56b8f30c50146 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:13:26 -0400 http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/215300299/scat/ffe56b8f30c50146 ALPHARETTA, Ga. -- Police said they seized 188 pounds of marijuana plants from an unoccupied home on Waters Run Drive in Alpharetta. Alpharetta police initially came to the home after a telephone report of an open garage door at a residence. When police arrived, they said they found the house ... http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/215300300/scat/ffe56b8f30c50146 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:13:25 -0400 http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/215300300/scat/ffe56b8f30c50146 STOCKBRIDGE, GA -- Police in Henry County are searching for a man they said robbed a Marathon station in Stockbridge early Monday morning. They said at about 1:30 a.m., the suspect, armed with a silver handgun, came into the Marathon station at 776 Highway 138 West in Stockbridge. Investigators said the suspect got away with the entire cash drawer and ran off toward the Garden Ridge parking ... http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/215298249/scat/ffe56b8f30c50146 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:02:55 -0400 http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/215298249/scat/ffe56b8f30c50146 ALBANY, Ga. -- A museum honoring famed cook Paula Deen is coming to southwest Georgia. The idea has been in the works for nearly two years. Consultants met Friday to begin developing the ... http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/215294888/scat/ffe56b8f30c50146 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:41:29 -0400 http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/215294888/scat/ffe56b8f30c50146 DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. -- DeKalb County CEO Burrell Ellis was indicted on 15 counts by a grand jury on Tuesday. By Tuesday night, Adrion Bell of the DeKalb Sheriff's Office said Ellis was booked into the DeKalb County Jail and released on bond, which was set for $25,000. Back in ... http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/215294887/scat/ffe56b8f30c50146 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:41:29 -0400 http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/215294887/scat/ffe56b8f30c50146 JACKSON, Miss. -- A Mississippi woman has pleaded not guilty to killing an Alabama woman by giving silicone injections as a buttocks enhancement. Tracey Lynn Garner entered the plea Tuesday in Hinds County Circuit ... http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/215293381/scat/ffe56b8f30c50146 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 07:37:06 -0400 http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/215293381/scat/ffe56b8f30c50146 CUMMING, Ga. -- At a time of year known for celebrating fathers, one metro Atlanta dad is hoping to give the most important of presents to his son. "This piece is so small compared to what he has to go through every day," says Seth Harding of Cumming. "I know it's nothing compared to what he's always known." Ephraim Harding is 4 years old and has had major kidney ... http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/215293380/scat/ffe56b8f30c50146 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 07:37:05 -0400 http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/215293380/scat/ffe56b8f30c50146 chef Maggie Sweeney sold out the first full batch of what she calls "doughssants." "They're time-consuming and kind of laborious, but the product's really awesome," Sweeney ... http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/215292128/scat/ffe56b8f30c50146 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 06:30:55 -0400 http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/215292128/scat/ffe56b8f30c50146 ATLANTA -- Today, patience pays off in a huge way. If you've followed our advice to wait for today to score the lowest summer prices on the top pairs of sandals, you're in for a cheap treat. You'll find absolutely everything you're looking for today including a major (and rare) deal drop at Nordstrom. For those of you concerned about my ability to hand-pick sandal deals for ... http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/215290231/scat/ffe56b8f30c50146 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:21:27 -0400 http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/215290231/scat/ffe56b8f30c50146 Two Atlanta officers caught on video punching a suspect have now lost their certification to work as police officers. Channel 2 Action News first exposed cellphone video of the incident in April, when one of those officers won his job back on appeal. Now, Georgia’s Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) Council has voted to revoke both officers’ certification. ... http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/215287512/scat/ffe56b8f30c50146 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 01:04:19 -0400 http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/215287512/scat/ffe56b8f30c50146 CLERMONT, Ga -- A Hall County convenience store clerk wasn't afraid to fight back against an armed robber even though the only weapon he had was a flashlight. Patel Manoj said it's the first time the Country Grocery and Deli in Clermont has been robbed. Manoj, who spoke broken English, described the robbery that happened on May 31, 2013. "He came in and tried to knife," he ... http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/215285804/scat/ffe56b8f30c50146 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:58:19 -0400 http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/215285804/scat/ffe56b8f30c50146 ATLANTA -- The judge in the Atlanta Public Schools cheating case strongly indicated he would issue a pre-trial ruling that could gut the prosecution's criminal case against 35 educators. At the end of a day-long hearing into motions challenging the indictment against Superintendent Beverly Hall, principals, teachers and other school officials, Fulton Superior Court Judge Jerry Baxter said ... http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/215285016/scat/ffe56b8f30c50146 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:52:14 -0400 http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/215285016/scat/ffe56b8f30c50146 JOHNS CREEK, Ga. -- The Johns Creek City Council voted unanimously Monday to hire an attorney to investigate Mayor Mike Bodker. This comes after concerns of Bodker violating the City's charter and ethics ordinance. "This action follows several reprimands of Mayor Bodker about certain questionable actions he's taken over the last several years," said City Council Member ... http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/215283989/scat/ffe56b8f30c50146 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:45:45 -0400 http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/215283989/scat/ffe56b8f30c50146 THE FLATS -- Wes Durham, the award-winning long time play by play voice of Georgia Tech's football and men's basketball teams, will no longer call Yellow Jacket games beginning this fall in order to pursue an opportunity in sports television play-by-play. Durham has been the popular play-by-play voice of the Yellow Jackets for 18 years on the Georgia Tech / IMG Sports Audio Network. He ... http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/215282849/scat/ffe56b8f30c50146 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:40:09 -0400 http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/215282849/scat/ffe56b8f30c50146 TUCKER -- As the severe weather continues, trees are not the only things crashing to the ground. Utility poles holding the weight of electric power cables, telephone and cable television wires and internet services are also giving way. On one Tucker Street, its kept homeowners trapped in their driveways and has already been responsible for at least one accident. It's been 5 days since the ... http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/215282848/scat/ffe56b8f30c50146 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:40:08 -0400 http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/215282848/scat/ffe56b8f30c50146 Experts on the panel include: Joseph Burgess and Susan Granbery with the Georgia Forestry Commission; Rusty Lee, Downey Trees; Brian Hartman, 404-Cut-Tree; and George Gaston with the Georgia Office of Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner. Here's what you need to know about tree falling dangers from our special ... http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/215281639/scat/ffe56b8f30c50146 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:36:46 -0400 http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/215281639/scat/ffe56b8f30c50146 (CBS) Following a poor-taste radio segment that poked fun at former Saints defender Steve Gleason’s battle with ALS, three Atlanta sports radio personalities have been fired. Tuesday afternoon, ... http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/215281640/scat/ffe56b8f30c50146 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:19:01 -0400 http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/215281640/scat/ffe56b8f30c50146 ATLANTA -- A former Atlanta Police Department officer has been sentenced to two years in prison for conspiring to accept bribes and lying to FBI agents. Elton Augustin, 32, of Stockbrigde, was sentenced for working at an illegal nightclub in Atlanta from June 2007 to August 2007, while being employed as an Atlanta police officer. Augustin, along with two other APD officers, received more than ... http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/215280509/scat/ffe56b8f30c50146 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:31:42 -0400 http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/215280509/scat/ffe56b8f30c50146 DULUTH, Ga. -- The Chief Medical Officer at Gwinnett Medical Center says the hospital has sent 133 certified letters to patients at risk of contracting tuberculosis, after coming into contact with an infected employee. The employee, now on medical leave and in isolation, is expected to recover. The hospital won't say what type of work the employee performed, but it is believed the person ... http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/215280512/scat/ffe56b8f30c50146 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:31:41 -0400 http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/215280512/scat/ffe56b8f30c50146 WOODSTOCK, Ga. -- A Woodstock Police dog is dead after being left in an officer's patrol car Monday night. According to a department press release, the dog was found dead in his handler's patrol car on Monday evening around 9:00 p.m. at his home in Pickens County. Chief of Police Calvin Moss said the cause of death was heat stroke. The former handler of Spartacus is a 9-year veteran ... http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/215280511/scat/ffe56b8f30c50146 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:31:41 -0400 http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/215280511/scat/ffe56b8f30c50146 ATLANTA -- It's The Voice finale tonight on NBC. You can watch on 11Alive from 9-11 p.m. And Join in our Facebook Chat with former The Voice contestants. Then on 11Alive News at 11 p.m., hear from one of the show's stars. Vedo was on team Usher and made it to the top 12. Jaye Watson sits down with him to talk about how this homeless boy made it big, and what obstacles he overcame to ... http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/215279281/scat/ffe56b8f30c50146 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:25:46 -0400 http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/215279281/scat/ffe56b8f30c50146 GAINESVILLE, Ga. -- Sheriff's investigators in Hall County are looking for help in identifying an armed robbery suspect from a May 31 convenience store robbery. That Friday evening, just after 8 pm, Deputies were called to the Country Grocery and Deli at 6531 Dahlonega Highway in Clermont. They said a man armed with a knife and a gun came in and demanded money. The suspect left with an ... http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/215279282/scat/ffe56b8f30c50146 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:25:45 -0400 http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/215279282/scat/ffe56b8f30c50146 ATLANTA (WXIA) - Tuesday afternoon, the Atlanta Falcons officially announced the completion of a conceptual design for the new Atlanta stadium, and said they plan to move immediately into the schematic design phase of the project. The Georgia World Congress Center Board of governors has granted approval to the conceptual design, which was required by the memorandum of understanding. The ... http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/215279283/scat/ffe56b8f30c50146 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:25:45 -0400 http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/215279283/scat/ffe56b8f30c50146 CARTERSVILLE, Ga. -- The Cartersville Police Department took William Dexter Weems, Jr. into custody on Monday, who allegedly shot a female in Cartersville last week. When the incident happened on Wednesday, June 12, Captain Mark Camp said police were called to the scene at a Stokley Street apartment around 3:00 p.m. As police were told, a female was shot in the leg by her sister's ... http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/215279284/scat/ffe56b8f30c50146 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:25:45 -0400 http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/215279284/scat/ffe56b8f30c50146 ATLANTA -- Police caught a suspect on the loose following a chase that came to an end in the parking lot of the 11Alive News Station Tuesday. The suspect drove a stolen gray Infiniti sedan into the parking lot and stopped between two other vehicles. He jumped out of the car and tried to run from officers. Atlanta police officers already had two squad cars on scene and were chasing after him on ... http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/215276697/scat/ffe56b8f30c50146 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:10:19 -0400 http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/215276697/scat/ffe56b8f30c50146 A police chase ended in the parking lot of the 11Alive news station on Tuesday afternoon. The suspect parked a gray car in the lot, and attempted to run from officers, but was caught shortly after. (Photos: Holly Pennebaker, Michael ... http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/215276696/scat/ffe56b8f30c50146 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:10:19 -0400 http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/215276696/scat/ffe56b8f30c50146 ATLANTA (WXIA) -- Traffic lanes on the southbound Downtown Connector south of 10th Street have been reopened after a wreck early Tuesday afternoon. Traffic back-ups extend from the accident scene to beyond the Brookwood Interchange on southbound I-75 and I-85. No injuries were ... http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/215276698/scat/ffe56b8f30c50146 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:10:18 -0400 http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/215276698/scat/ffe56b8f30c50146 A US woman had to call for help by typing on the laptop with her toes after a burglar tied up her hands with the bed. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that police were alerted about the incident after they received a call from the boyfriend of the 39-year-old victim, Amy Windom. They said that the armed robbery took place at about midnight in the US city of Atlanta, Georgia. Police got ... http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/215275316/scat/ffe56b8f30c50146 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:02:31 -0400 http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/215275316/scat/ffe56b8f30c50146 Lena Driskell, age 79 of Atlanta, looks over at prospective jurors Tuesday, June 20, 2006 during jury selection for her murder trial in Fulton Superior Court. Driskell is accused of shooting her 85-year-old boyfriend Herman Winslow (cq) to death at the Hightower Manor Senior citizens apartments in June 2005 when she found out he was seeing another woman. (Kimberly Smith / AJC ... http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/215273846/scat/ffe56b8f30c50146 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:13:43 -0400 http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/215273846/scat/ffe56b8f30c50146 OCILLA, Ga. - Authorities say a man working in a silo has been taken to a hospital after he became trapped in the structure.WALB-TV reports (http://bit.ly/1bRsbEx) that the accident happened Tuesday morning near the south Georgia town of Ocilla.The station reports that the worker was taken by helicopter to a hospital after the accident on Irwin Avenue.Few other details were immediately ... http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/215272546/scat/ffe56b8f30c50146 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:57:27 -0400 http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/215272546/scat/ffe56b8f30c50146 DULUTH, Ga. -- The 11Alive News Today morning show will return to Gwinnett County for another live show Friday morning. The crew will be at the Town Green in downtown Duluth from 4:30 a.m. to 7 a.m. Everyone in the community is invited to come out, mingle with their neighborhoods and say good morning to Ted Hall, Chesley McNeil and Elle Duncan. This will be 11Alive's second live morning ... http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/215270924/scat/ffe56b8f30c50146 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:43:14 -0400 http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/215270924/scat/ffe56b8f30c50146 DUNWOODY, Ga. -- A new Walmart Neighborhood Market will open in Dunwoody this summer, bringing nearly 100 jobs to the area. The market, which will be located at 5025 Winters Chapel Road, is currently hiring full- and part-time associates. A temporary hiring center is now open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Walmart Supercenter on Ashford Dunwoody Road. "We are excited ... http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/215270923/scat/ffe56b8f30c50146 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:43:13 -0400 http://www.atlantaleader.com/index.php/sid/215270923/scat/ffe56b8f30c50146