Alpharetta GA

According to a 2024 study by the Food Industry Association Foundation, over 80% of Americans ate the same number of family meals or even more than they did in 2023. The trend proves that people still value sitting down together to share a good meal. In areas like Tucker, Georgia, restaurants have become an important […]

Parents and pet owners said a black bear has moved into their neighborhood, and they want help.

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — Cherokee County issued a burn ban on Thursday morning, prohibiting residents from setting anything outside on fire. The announcement comes as Georgia is in a drought, contributing to wildfires raging in the southern portion of the state. The Georgia Forestry Commission issued a burn ban for all of south Georgia and most of middle Georgia on Wednesday.

COBB COUNTY, Ga. - A woman was hospitalized after a stabbing early Thursday morning in Cobb County that investigators say stemmed from a dispute between friends. Cobb County Police responded to 880 S. Cobb Drive around 12:10 a.m. on April 23 after receiving reports of a person stabbed. When officers arrived, they found a 32-year-old woman suffering from multiple stab wounds.

ALPHARETTA, Ga. — Officials gathered Wednesday in Alpharetta for a ceremonial groundbreaking of a new express lanes project serving GA-400, a "multi-billion-dollar investment set to transform mobility" in Fulton and Forsyth counties. The Georgia Department of Transportation is partnering with True North 400, a north Fulton business consortium, and...

ATLANTA — On Earth Day, a metro Atlanta nonprofit is highlighting how medical equipment that might otherwise end up in landfills is being repaired, repurposed and put back into the community. At Friends of Disabled Adults and Children (FODAC), donated wheelchairs, walkers, hospital beds and other home medical equipment...

Cobb County Police are investigating a serious injury pedestrian collision at Brumby Elementary School Wednesday morning. According to police, at approximately 7:59 a.m. a 2017 gray Chrysler Pacifica, operated by a 13-year-old girl and occupied by a 4-year-old boy and a 6-month-old infant, was stopped in the drop off lane at the school. A 35-year-old...

The Cobb County Courier’s Cat of the Day, selected from the Cobb Animal Services Shelter website, is a male lynx point domestic short hair. The following information on this potential family member is copied and pasted from the Animal Shelters website. To see the original text visit this link to the Animal Shelter Catalog.

Raid on innocent woman's home violated her constitutional rights due to law enforcement's failure to verify information. Innocent person should not pay price for federal error, and those responsible must be held accountable. Lawsuit highlights broader issues of oversight and verification in high-risk law enforcement operations. Yet ANOTHER case where...

Cobb County police said the investigation into the crash is ongoing.