3 Bloods indicted for murdering teen

Submitted by Beth Sawicki, Where U Live Producer

Wednesday, February 19th, 2014, 10:43am

DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. -- Three members of the Bloods street gang have been indicted in DeKalb County for shooting a teenager to death.

Marcus Estes, Antarious Johnson and Malcolm Wilson, who are all teens, are accused of murdering 19-year-old Derrick Linkhorn in a storage area at the Southern Pines Apartments on Mar. 8, 2012. Linkhorn was shot twice.

The victim knew Johnson from when they were classmates at Elizabeth Andrews High School in Stone Mountain, according to information presented in court.

"This was a senseless and cowardly act that claimed the life of this young man," DeKalb County District Attorney Robert James said in a statement. "My office will continue to dedicate our resources to combating gangs in DeKalb County."

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Submitted by Beth Sawicki, Where U Live Producer

Wednesday, February 19th, 2014, 7:26am

DECATUR, Ga. -- Two people were arrested after a carjacking in downtown Decatur Wednesday morning.

Two victims were inside the car when it was taken at around 1:30 a.m. on Sycamore Street. Decatur Police Sgt. Jennifer Ross said four suspects approached the vehicle. One of them put a gun to the driver's temple and demanded money and the car, while another suspect punched the passenger in the face and took her phone.

Ross said the four suspects jumped in the car and drove away down Church Street. The car was later found abandoned in a yard at South Candler Street and Driftwood Terrace.

Witnesses told police that all four suspects ran from the car after crashing it in the yard. Ross said two of them were later arrested. Both were juveniles.

No names have been released. Ross said the two victims were not hurt.

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Submitted by Beth Sawicki, Where U Live Producer

Tuesday, February 18th, 2014, 2:00pm

(WXIA) -- Auburn, Ga., in Barrow and Gwinnett counties, has been named Georgia's safest city.

Security company SafeWise used FBI crime data and its own private research to compile its list of the 50 Safest Cities in Georgia. A number of this year's selections are in metro Atlanta.

See the top 10 safest cities here. Numbers 31 through 40 include:

31. Loganville
32. Smyrna
33. Sandy Springs
34. Waynesboro
35. Powder Springs
36. McDonough
37. Austell
38. Decatur
39. Doraville
40. Jackson

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Submitted by Don Buckindail, Director of Digital Operations

Monday, February 17th, 2014, 5:36pm

(USA TODAY) -- The search for America's best high school girls basketball coach is underway.

Round one voting on the girls basketball coach contest will end Feb. 24. The state winners and two wild cards advance to a regional round Feb. 25-March 4. Regional winners and again two wild cards move onto the national round March 5-12.

USA TODAY High School Sports selected five active high school girls basketball coaches in each state and Washington, D.C. after more than a month of conversations with local media and other state/school officials with expertise. From there, the fans are deciding which girls basketball coach will emerge from a list of 255.

Here's a look at the Atlanta area coaches in round one:
Click here to vote for your favorite

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Submitted by Beth Sawicki, Where U Live Producer

Monday, February 17th, 2014, 1:23pm

Seamless Summer program feeds children when school is out

(WXIA) -- The Georgia Department of Education will once again offer its Seamless Summer nutrition program when school lets out for the year.

Seamless Summer provides free meals to children under the age of 18. No registration or income verification is required to receive the food.

According to the GDOE, more than 77 percent of the 500,000 breakfasts and 1.1 million lunches it serves during the school year are provided for free or at a reduced price. Georgia ranks in the top five nationwide for states with children who participate in the School Breakfast Program and/or National School Lunch Program.

In the past, more than 2,200 locations across Georgia have served meals through the Seamless Summer program.

Learn more at fns.usda.gov.

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Submitted by 11Alive News Staff

Sunday, February 16th, 2014, 8:34am

Mercer law grad murder trial to start in April

MACON, Ga. -- Bibb Superior Court Judge Howard Simms says he's scheduled Stephen McDaniel's murder trial for April 28.

McDaniel is accused of killing his Mercer Law classmate and neighbor Lauren Giddings in June 2011.

His lawyers filed a change of venue request last month, and prosecutors agreed to it. However, Simms says he has not made a decision on moving the trial to a courthouse outside of Bibb. Another option would be to bring in jurors from another county in Georgia.

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Submitted by Michael H. King, Digital Executive Producer

Friday, February 14th, 2014, 7:30pm

ATLANTA - One of Atlanta's most decorated Olympic medalists is asking for the public's help in recovering two of his five Olympic medals, which were stolen from his car overnight Thursday night.

The athlete says he only wants someone to step up and do the right thing.

Taylor says soon after he woke up Friday, he noticed his SUV had been broken into. He then realized his laptop, some clothes and two of his Olympic medals were gone.

Taylor is from Decatur, lives there now, and trained so many years in the same neighborhood. He says he cannot believe someone would do this and all he wants is for them to do the right thing and return his medals.

"You see something that you worked so hard for - you know, blood, sweat and tears," he said. "These are earned. They only make so many. There's nothing you can do with them; just return them."

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