Tag: Atlanta news

Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed Names Transsexual to City Board

Atlanta's Mayor Kasim Reed is appointing a female impersonator to the citizen's review board. Tracee McDaniel, who was born male, is the Executive Director of...

Rapper Drama Denied Bond After Threatening to Bomb Phaedra Parks’ Office

A washed up rap artist who threatened to bomb attorney Phaedra Parks' Atlanta law office was denied bond today. Terence Cook, who raps under the...

David Banner, Lyfe Jennings Nearly Come to Blows at Atlanta Town Hall Meeting

Hip hop scholar David Banner, 42, and singer-turned-reality star Lyfe Jennings, 38, nearly came to blows during a tense town hall meeting in Atlanta...

Atlanta Police & Mayor Kasim Reed Block Food, Water for Black Lives Matter Protesters Outside Governor’s Mansion

Black Lives Matter occupied the street in front of the governor's mansion for hours in Atlanta's wealthiest neighborhood on Monday night. The crowd of mostly...

Coroner: Man Hanging from Tree in Piedmont Park ‘Consistent with Suicide’

A man who was found hanging from a tree in Piedmont Park on Thursday may have committed suicide. Police responding to Piedmont Park in midtown...

Atlanta Police Officer Caught Sleeping On the Job (He had to be black)

The crime rate in Atlanta is spiraling out of control. Worrisome statistics shows a spike in violent crimes, from 59 shootings in all of...