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A Newnan woman has been charged with having a sexual relationship with a 15-year-old boy she hired to watch her two children.

A MARTA board member and former Clayton County financial adviser was sentenced a year on probation after pleading no contest to charges he had sex in a Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport bathroom.

Cobb County's Board of Education has voted dozens of times in secret on a variety of subjects over the last three years, including buying real estate, approving leases and paying legal fees.

An apparent slight drop in traffic reported by the nation's premier congestion study, to be released Wednesday, is like a slap in the face to some commuters who say they haven't noticed anything of the kind.

A Powder Springs Police officer made a special delivery early Friday at a Waffle House.

A Clayton County judge denied bond Monday for a College Park man, charged with killing a family member during a drunken brawl.

Atlanta police chief Richard Pennington's chief of staff is under investigation for allegedly bringing contraband to her son in the DeKalb County Jail, the DeKalb County Sheriff's Office confirmed.

The Georgia Department of Transportation plans to remove the last section of reversible lanes on U.S. 78 in Gwinnett County by Monday morning.

Gwinnett County detectives continued looking Friday for a man suspected of raping a young woman during a party at the Buford home of Atlanta Falcons wide receiver Harry Douglas.

A Bartow County man drowned Saturday at Lake Allatoona, authorities said. The man was swimming off the U.S. Army Recreation Center beach when he disappeared just after 3 p.m., Bartow County fire Battalion Chief Bryan Keeling said.

Thirty years ago this week, with America in the grips of high inflation, rising unemployment and an oil crisis, President Jimmy Carter went before the American people and gave his "crisis of confidence" speech.

In this April 6, 1997, file photo, Atlanta Braves pitcher Greg Maddux throws to the plate during sixth inning against the Chicago Cubs in Atlanta The Braves plan to retire Maddux's No.

Noted crime victim attorney Melvin L. Hewitt, Jr., of Isenberg & Hewitt, represented the plaintiffs in the case of Akeisha Turner and Daneane Robinson vs.

Sat July 11, 2009 4:40am EDT - From Google Images. DENVER - As the past few months came and went, there was growing indication that the Braves may never find a team willing to provide even a marginal return in exchange for Jeff Francoeur.

In campaign disclosure reports released this week, a few familiar names popped up on donation lists for some of Atlanta's mayoral candidates, including a $250 contribution from Frank Sinatra.

A day after Atlanta police boasted that it's new anti-gang initiative had solved some recent snatch-and-grab robberies, four men smashed into a Little Five Points boutique and walked away with arm loads of clothing.

Matthew Wells walked into court Saturday -- facing additional charges -- after police said he and another man got into a shootout involving two Clark Atlanta University police officers.

The audience of 200 Atlanta power brokers let out a collective "oooh" when the question was posed to the city's top mayoral candidates.

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation is looking into allegations that a former Gainesville police officer abused one of the department's dogs by using electric shock on the animal.

Cobb County police have detained two suspects and were looking Saturday for at least two others believed to be involved in a crime spree that included two murders and a car chase which ended with the suicide of a gunman.