East Point News

Q: Did police ever find the woman who was kidnapped from a MARTA bus last year? - Leah Young, East Point A: The incident happened in May 2008 near Snapfinger Woods Drive and Wesley Chapel Road in DeKalb County.

State officials are urging churches to beef up security after two southside houses of worship were set on fire.

Early voting in Fulton and DeKalb counties begins Wednesday for the Dec. 1 runoff elections.

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

On tonight's Most Wanted, a woman passing fake checks around Albany. This is 22 year old Brittany Denise Padilla .

The Public Service Commission says it relies on information from the public to create its illegal bus carrier list.

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.