The sheriff confirmed that five detainees and four sheriff’s office employees were taken to Grady Memorial Hospital with injuries related to smoke inhalation.

All of those people are stable, but a sheriff’s office lieutenant and a detainee have been intubated.

Labat said that a detainee out for free time gathered plastic trash bags and a plastic bag with Styrofoam food trays in the shower on the seventh floor of the jail’s north tower and set them on fire. He says that the detainee will be charged.

He was one of the detainees taken to the hospital.

All 118 detainees on that floor of the jail were moved to the south tower.

Read more at WSBTV.com.

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Atlanta Public Schools confirmed that a fight broke out in the school’s cafeteria.

Channel 2’s Tyisha Fernandes obtained video of the fight, showing two teen boys getting physical with each other.

In the video, you see one of the teens holding a pair of scissors in their hand. Moments later, you see the other teen with a bloodied face.

“One student sustained an injury involving a pair of scissors. School staff responded to secure the area, ensure the safety of all students, and provide care to the injured student, who is currently being treated at a local hospital,” APS said in a statement. “This was an isolated incident involving only the two students. No other students were involved, and there is no ongoing threat to students or staff.”

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Darius Terrell Robinson, 34, was arrested and charged with two counts of aggravated assault and one count of simple battery.

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation says Robinson hit and choked several minors who played football for him at Greene County High School over the last several months.

The GBI says Greensboro police requested their assistance on Tuesday afternoon.

Read more at WSBTV.com.

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A man has taken a plea deal in the murder of a beloved 77-year-old grandmother inside her gated Buckhead townhome community.

As part of a blind plea, Antonio Brown, 26, has agreed to plead guilty to the 2022 murder of 77-year-old Eleanor Bowles.

Fulton County Superior Court Judge Kevin Farmer sentenced Brown to two consecutive life sentences with the possibility of parole. This means he won’t be eligible for parole until he is 86.

Today was the beginning of the trial, and attorneys were about to start jury selection when Brown agreed to plead guilty.

Bowles’ two sons delivered emotional impact statements before he learned his fate. Brown also apologized to the Bowles’ family.

Find out more at WSB-TV.com.

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An Atlanta staple and iconic restaurant will close its doors at the end of the month.

If you’re a fan of the Food Network or barbecue, chances are you’ve heard of Daddy D’z BBQ Joynt. It’s been part of the Atlanta culture for 35 years now.

But the owner of the building along Memorial Drive near Oakland Cemetery has decided to sell, and the restaurant will have to shut down.

“Daddy D’z was the first barbecue place I visited when I moved to Atlanta … and i loved it,” Christianah Coker-Jackson told Channel 2’s Lori Wilson.

Coker-Jackson went from customer to the owner of Daddy D’z BBQ Joynt eight years ago. But a health challenge forced her to change direction.

“I had cancer and I had to take time off,” she said. “So, I wanted something that could sustain my children if I wasn’t here.”

She got better and made Daddy D’z a family business. It’s the food that made it a favorite, not just in Atlanta but for Food Network shows and movies, too.

“Tyler Perry filmed a movie here a couple of days ago,” Coker-Jackson said.

Coker-Jackson is working hard to find a new location. But in the meantime, she is letting her kids, customers, and employees know that the restaurant as they know it is going away on Dec. 31.

Read more of this story at WSBTV.com.

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