Denis O'Hayer

The Atlanta Police Department is investigating a sexual assault at an area high school.

It was reported to school officials by the alleged victim.

The alleged incident reportedly took place on May 8th at North Atlanta High School.

According to APS, the next day, the victim told educators.

 In part two of our conversation, Fulton County Commission Chairman John Eaves said the County will have to cut some programs and outsource others to address a money crunch.  

The funding crisis is partly the result of efforts to meet the requirements of a consent decree, in which the county agreed to address chronic overcrowding at the Fulton County Jail.  

David Hubbard is a patient at the Atlanta Veterans Administration Medical Center near Decatur.  

For years, he has gone there for treatment for his knees.  He says the treatment is great, but he worries it takes too long for vets to get access to care.  

That was something the center's new director, Leslie Wiggins, has promised to fix.  She takes over following internal audits that linked three patient deaths to mismanagement in the center's mental health programs.  

Hubbard says he'd like to give some suggestions to the new director.  

  On May 7, in an interview with WABE's Denis O'Hayer, Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed sharply criticized Fulton County's government, for what he said was a complete failure to deal with the chronic overcrowding at the county jail.  

On May 16, in a conversation with Denis O'Hayer, Fulton County Commission Chairman John Eaves responded, saying there has been a great deal of progress, and he hopes to have a Federal consent decree lifted later this year.

This web-only news item is part of WABE’s continuing coverage of the fight against human trafficking in Georgia.

A Buckhead couple is facing Federal child sex trafficking accusations.

Today, the Atlanta U.S. Attorney’s Office announced that a Federal grand jury had indicted Steven E. Thompson and Tierra Michelle Waters on charges of conspiracy and of trafficking a juvenile for sex.

This interview is part of WABE's continuing coverage of the fight against human trafficking in Georgia.

Educators from around Georgia gathered at the Carter Center in Atlanta on May 13 and 14, for a conference on human trafficking, organized by the State Department of Education.  

The purpose was to help teachers, counselors and other educators keep children from becoming victims of human trafficking, especially in the child sex trade.  

This interview is part of WABE's continuing coverage of the fight against human trafficking in Georgia.

On May 13 and 14, teachers and other educators in Georgia gathered at the Carter Center in Atlanta for a conference on human trafficking, sponsored by the state Department of Education.  

The idea is to help teachers, counselors and others learn how to keep children from becoming human trafficking victims, especially in the child sex trade.  

  For years, newspapers have struggled to figure out how to make their websites pay.  They've tried different models; with varying rules, and varying degrees of success.  The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, instead of opting for a free site or a pay-to-view site, decided to push both.  It already had a free site.  So, on May 15th, the AJC will make its newest site available to paying subscribers only.  Publisher Amy Glennon talked with WABE's Denis O'Hayer about the new model, and about the future of newspapers in a digital world.

  In this web-only excerpt of Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed's interview with WABE's Denis O'Hayer, the Mayor talks about his re-election bid next year, taxes, infrastructure (from sidewalks to sewers), and the new Atlanta Falcons stadium project.