On Monday, immigrants in cities across the country and in the metro Atlanta area participated in ‘A Day Without Immigrants’ protest. Immigrants and those who support them were instructed not to work, spend money or go to school.

To increase water rates or not – that is what DeKalb County leaders will be voting on Tuesday morning. County officials said the rate increase is needed to help fund water and sewer infrastructure improvements.

Former Dekalb County Police Chief Mirtha Ramos is clearing up confusion after suddenly announcing plans to step down on Thursday. Mirtha Ramos had been the police chief of the DeKalb County Police Department since 2019 before she said she was stepping down.

Over 130 wildfires consumed around 2,390 acres in Georgia, with firefighting efforts containing them by Sunday.

Marketta Humphrey, a mother of three, told 11Alive she lost everything when the fire spread to the nearby Extra Space Storage facility. She had moved her belongings in just a day before the flames broke out. "I don't even know when the next time I'll be able to afford the things I had in there," Humphrey said.

According to police, the dirt bike collided with an SUV, ejecting the 3-year-old, the child's mother and the mother's friend from the bike.

Chief Mirtha Ramos, the first female and longest-serving DeKalb County police chief in more than 20 years, has claimed she stepped down, but the county says she is on administrative leave.

City of Clarkston became the first DeKalb County municipality to begin developing a City Agriculture Plan with Food Well Alliance,

A new report produced by the pedestrian advocacy group Propel ATL provides a sobering glimpse into the dangers of walking along DeKalb County's roads.

Last year, voters approved a referendum on House Bill 581, establishing a new statewide floating homestead tax exemption. The bill also changed other tax procedures, which could put DeKalb’s sales and use taxes at risk.