Alpharetta GA

MARIETTA — Nearly three years after suing the contractors behind what was the largest water system project in county history, the Cobb County Board of Commissioners unanimously voted Tuesday to settle the lawsuit for $30 million. The county filed suit in 2023 in Cobb Superior Court, alleging negligence by contractors...

The Cobb County Water System reported an estimated 1,740-gallon wastewater sewer overflow that occurred on Feb. 9. The overflow, resulting from a wash out, occurred at 3601 Frey Lake Road NW in Kennesaw, and discharged into a tributary to Noonday Creek, Tributary No. 7. The Water System was notified of the overflow...

CUMMING, Ga. — The Forsyth Conference Center will host bestselling author Liz Moore on Tuesday, March 10 as part of the county library’s community reading program, Forsyth Reads Together. Moore will speak and sign books at the event. A selection of her work will be available for sale.

The city of Cumming was recently ranked the 8th most likely place to find love at first sight by Vegas Insider.

Nikeya Savala, a Cobb County government veteran of more than 20 years, has joined the office of District 3 Cobb Commissioner JoAnn Birrell as her staff assistant. The four district commissioners each have a full-time assistant to handle constituent matters, coordinate schedules and conduct other tasks of the office....

MARIETTA, Ga. - Power has been restored to a Marietta senior living complex after a Tuesday afternoon outage left hundreds of elderly residents in the dark and sparked fears over life-saving medical equipment. Crews returned electricity to the Peachstone Independent Senior Living complex late Tuesday following a...

ROSWELL, GA — Coastal 38, a seafood-focused restaurant from owner Jerelyn Marsh, is preparing to open at 1570 Holcomb Bridge Rd. Ste. 365, Roswell, GA 30076. Marsh told Business Debut the team has completed remodeling and is finalizing the design phase, with remaining steps including a certificate of occupancy, the...

A man wanted on aggravated assault and burglary charges was arrested on Monday, Feb 2 by the Gwinnett County Sheriff’s Office Fugitive Unit. A press release from the Gwinnett County Sheriff's Office said Emmanuel Dawodu, 18, was arrested after he was located at the Georgia State University Alpharetta Campus.

Damonta Sears, 17, was killed and another teen was shot several times.

GWINNETT COUNTY, Ga. - Gwinnett County teachers met with Sheriff Keybo Taylor Tuesday evening to discuss their concerns that the federal immigration crackdown is leaving classroom seats empty. "We're seeing a lot of students just cutting class, at a level we just haven't seen before," Alison Cundiff, Gwinnett County...