Officer Melvin Potter has been on leave since reportedly killing a man while off-duty at a South Fulton bar nearly a year ago ...

ICE and National Guard raid California pot farms, detain workers, sparking protests and concerns over deportation policy.

Former Chattanooga area resident Bill Pike has been named to the Marshall County, Ala., Sports Hall of Fame. A native of LaFayette, Ga., he is the son of Eugene and Bonnie Pike. The elder Pike served ...

New bill would require ICE and CBP agents to show ID, limit face coverings during public enforcement operations. Stay with ...

Atlanta's first Black fire chief, William H. Hamer, dies, leaving a legacy of civil rights progress in the fire department.

The City of Atlanta is remembering its first trailblazing Black fire chief. Chief William Hamer died Thursday at the age of ...

Eleven graduates of the Fire Department’s recruit class received their badges Wednesday evening during a ceremony in a packed ballroom at the Convention Center. sparks Phoenix Sparks, a graduate of ...

The City of Atlanta is mourning the loss of William H. Hamer, the city's first Black fire chief and one of its first Black ...

William Hamer, Atlanta’s first Black fire chief and a pioneer in the city’s civil service history, has died at the age of 86.

ATLANTA — Atlanta's first Black fire chief, William H. Hamer has died at 85. He passed away on July 10, according to his ...

The badge is decorated with a crossed trumpet and fire hose nozzle behind a fire helmet. The center of the badge, where a badge number would usually be located is empty, meaning this badge may never ...

A volunteer fire department had operated since 1823 when the town of Ithaca purchased a hand pumped fire engine. The paid municipal Ithaca Fire Department that would have used this badge was formed in ...