East Point News

East Point police are looking for whomever who broke into a Kay Jewelers store and made off with at $1 million worth of jewelry.

Armed robberies were among the 75 indictments issued by a grand jury this week for the No-vember term of Troup County Superior Court.

Running for office in smaller cities surrounding Atlanta are, from top left, Brian Bates in Doraville; Kyle Williams in Decatur; Kathie deNobriga and Melanie Hammett in Pine Lake; Kenneth DeLeon and Eric Morrow in East Point; and Johnny Sinclair in Marietta.

East Point mayoral candidate Delana Morrissette was hit Sunday by a car while campaigning, police said.

The U.S. Census Bureau on Tuesday released the latest version of the American Community Survey demographic estimates for 2006-2008. For the first time, this ongoing statistical portrait of America included information from geographic areas with a population of less than 60,000. The 2010 census and the ACS will help determine the distribution of ...

On Tuesday, voters go to the polls to cast ballots in a variety of municipal races in Atlanta and surrounding cities, as well as a special election in State House District 58 that could end with Georgia having the nation's first African-American lesbian state legislator.

A new building stands tall among the plethora of architecture on the Tri-Cities High School campus in East Point, Ga.

In the world of burglary and thievery, stealing the Shriners' little cars just might be as heinous as someone stealing Bozo's big, red, rubber nose from his circus dressing room, or stealing Santa's sleigh just before his annual debut at the Mall parking lot.

Some Atlanta Shriners will have to walk in the holiday parades this year after thieves stole their mini-cars. Enlarge photo Thieves stole seven mini-cars, worth about $2,000 each, from the Extra Space Storage facility on Lakewood Avenue, Shriner officials said.

Increased economic development, decisive leadership on the council to improve East Pointa s image and the creation of a comprehensive economic development plan are among the important issues the three candidates vying for the citya s Ward I council post Nov.

Candidates running for mayor and the at-large City Council seats in East Point will answer community questions at a forum this weekend.

East Point City Manager Crandall Jones answered CBS Atlanta's questions regarding a raw sewage backup inside an East Point home on Monday.

East Point police said an accused carjacker crashed the stolen car during a chase Tuesday afternoon.

Atlanta police are looking for the person who shot and killed an elderly woman found on the front steps of a West End church Monday.

CBS Atlanta has been trying since Monday Oct. 12 to talk to someone at East Point City Hall about the sewage back-up at 2446 Jefferson Terrace.

Voters can meet candidates for mayor and city council in East Point at an event this Saturday.

There may soon be relief for some East Point homeowners living with raw sewage in their homes.

Georgia Equality is supporting two gay men as they attempt to topple incumbents and take spots on the East Point City Council.

Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2009 6:04 a.m. An East Point, Ga., man was seriously burned Monday while trying to torch his charter bus after it broke down on Interstate 20 in Morgan County, a state investigator says.

East Point homeowners owe the city $487,305 for electric service because of chronic underbilling for years.