Alpharetta GA

Happy National Teacher Appreciation Month! Our 2026 Legacy Makers: CCSD Teachers of the Year Celebration honored the Teacher of the Year for every CCSD school, including four finalists for the top honor. This video features our finalists: Bobby Mayo Wiggins II, Cherokee High School’s Career Pathway carpentry and construction teacher, who was named our 2026 CCSD Teacher of the Year; and Sarah Edwards, English...

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — A $60 million bridge decades in the making is finally open. Cars can now easily cross a bridge over I-75 in Kennesaw and avoid driving on Barrett Parkway, a historically congested corridor filled with shops, restaurants and apartments. The South Barrett Reliever project...

A man police say had body armor-piercing bullets is off the streets.

Early Friday morning, heavy police activity brought Interstate 85 southbound to a crawl near North Druid Hills Road in Brookhaven, shutting down multiple lanes and turning the pre-dawn commute into a headache. A police bomb squad was visible at the scene, and the ramp to North Druid Hills was closed, forcing drivers onto nearby exits while crews worked along the shoulder. Authorities had...

One thing that is a constant and delightful surprise to me is the number of “public spaces” (another way of saying “parks”) to be found hereabouts. I’ve lived in this neck of the woods pretty much non-stop since I made my grand debut back in – well, let’s just say back in the previous millennium. In the years since then, I’ve spent an inordinate...

A suspect that was wanted in Gwinnett County for allegedly stealing a Dodge Charger Hellcat was apprehended in Forsyth County on April 24. The Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office said in a social media post Friday that a deputy had attempted to perform a traffic stop on the Hellcat on the evening of April 24. The vehicle allegedly matched the description of one reported stolen...

Jerry Wayne Ross, 72, reportedly told investigators he was frustrated with the cyclists for taking up the whole lane

Family members reached out to Channel 2 Action News hoping that someone recognizes 65-year-old Lavonne Cain from the picture and take him to a police station.

SANDY SPRINGS, Ga. — Sandy Springs Police say a child predator sting operation resulted in three arrests. In an April 24 social media post, the department said it had been conducting “a proactive child predator operation aimed at protecting our community’s most vulnerable.”. “During the operation, three...

According to the Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office, investigators were notified of a potential incident involving a teacher at Cherokee County High School and responded to investigate. Following the inquiry, deputies arrested 25-year-old Billy Stephen Turner and charged him with one count of transmitting obscene material to a child by computer.