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  • Girl With A Pearl Earring makes first southeast appearance

    ATLANTA -- She has the whole room to herself. The Girl With A Pearl Earring really is all we know about her. Despite the fictional movie, we don't know her name, why's she's dressed the way she is or what her story may be. The mystery still questions why millions pay to visit her every year and take her photo three and a half centuries later. "It's all mystery, and we ...

  • Atlanta firefighter commits suicide at station 35 www.privateofficer.com

    We regret to advise you of the suicidal death of an on duty Atlanta (GA) Fire-Rescue Firefighter. AFR Chief of Department Kelvin Cochran issued a statement regarding the tragic death yesterday of Katrina Sims, a Firefighter at Atlanta Fire-Rescue Station 35. FF Katrina Sims was a graduate of the AFR Cadet Program whose dream was to be a Firefighter. Police are treating her death as a suicide. ...

  • Construction underway on massive ferris wheel downtown

    ATLANTA -- Construction workers are pouring the foundation for a 200 foot high ferris wheel in downtown Atlanta. Skyview Atlanta will have more than 30 fully enclosed, temperature controlled gondolas. Each gondola can hold as many as 6 people and will offer stunning, unobstructed views. Once the 15,000 lbs of concrete cures, pieces of the wheel will be brought in for assembly. The goal is to ...

  • Family Teen killed in car crash was not car surfing

    "We had two witnesses come forth and say, 'We saw something different,'" mother Nancy said. "They said they saw the car go by and there was no one on the car. The investigation is not complete; it's ...

  • Ellis indictment just latest DeKalb County scandal

    DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. -- The man who became DeKalb County's top politician four years ago as a reformer has been under a cloud of suspicion since his home and office were raided last ...


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  • Veterans Attorneys Claim Proof of Purple Heart

    ATLANTA, Ga. -- "I will tell you Shane has been wounded in combat twice. He's only received one purple heart." That's a different story than ...

  • Atlanta Watershed answers audit adds response teams

    ATLANTA -- Skyrocketing water bills, faulty electronic meters, and years of customer service complaints, all still plague Atlanta Watershed Management. But now after the seventh audit of the Department, Jo Ann Macrina, Atlanta Watershed Commissioner, is making big changes. We've been telling you ...

  • DeKalb Fire rescues newborn pup from storm-stricken tree

    DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. -- Crews from the DeKalb Fire Department rescued a newborn puppy on Monday morning, following recent severe weather. Firefighters received a call about the puppy early that morning. The caller told a dispatcher that the animal was lodged in the root ball of a tree that had been struck by storms and had fallen over. "People know the fire department is there to rescue ...

  • Former Grady Hospital employee indicted for embezzlement

    ATLANTA -- The former Assistant controller for Grady Memorial Hospital Corporation has been indicted by a federal grand jury for embezzling more than $450,000 in public funds. According to the indictment, Donald Thomas, 53, of Atlanta, began accessing Grady's payroll system to fabricate additional compensation, such as vacation pay and severance pay, to be issued to terminated Grady ...

  • Help Desk Suwanee Phone Scam Alert

    11Alive Help Desk wants you to be cautious and on alert for the scammer. Suwanee police are asking residents to be cautions of a man who's been making phone calls, claiming to be a police officer collecting fines. The caller is telling residents they will be arrested if they do not immediately pay the fine, and offers to take a credit card number over the phone. Authorities tell us ...

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