Alpharetta GA

MARIETTA — Dozens of attendees turned out in their most colorful finery Saturday afternoon for Cobb County Superior Court Judge Rob Leonard’s annual Kentucky Derby party. Himself a Kentuckian, Leonard has hosted the party since 2014. This year’s derby party took place among the vibrant flowers and dappled shade of the Marietta Educational Garden Center. While the party is ostensibly for the Kentucky Derby, the...

MARIETTA — Murals, sculptures and more are on the way as Marietta gears up for the annual M2R TrailFest. Two new murals off Marietta Square are in the works as the festival, hosted by the Marietta Arts Council, nears. The first, located at 34 Powder Springs Street, is painted by Raqui Washington. The second, painted by Leigh Ann Culver, is in McNeely Alley, behind the...

Cobb County SWAT and police investigate shots fired incident.

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — A car crashed into a business early Sunday in Roswell, the city’s police department said. The incident occurred at an unoccupied business near Highway 9 and Liberty Lane, police said. The impact injured the driver, who was taken to a hospital for...

This past week over 200 government and business leaders along with a number of non-profit groups gathered in Duluth to brainstorm on ways to lower the rising cost of housing. The Atlanta Regional Commission says that roughly one in three residents in the area are now spending over 30 percent of their income on the places that they live. “While the incomes are...

ATLANTA — Advocates and family members in Atlanta announced the release of a beloved Gwinnett County barber and double amputee from immigration detention, ending what they described as a year-long fight over his health and confinement after he was detained last year. Rodney Taylor, a Georgia resident and double...

ATLANTA – Contractor work crews on behalf of the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) will implement a full closure of all northbound and southbound lanes of Interstate 285 (I-285) between State Route (SR) 139/Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive (exit 9) and Cascade Road (exit 7) in Fulton County. While necessary for timely completion of the ongoing construction required to rebuild this segment of...

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — DeKalb County police are asking for the public’s help in finding a 12-year-old boy. Landon, 12, was last seen at 7 p.m. on Saturday around the 1200 block of Farrington Village Drive in Stonecrest. He is 4 feet, 8 inches tall and...

The rain stopped early Saturday morning and the sun came out for the 20th Taste of East Cobb. The weather couldn’t have been more ideal, as attendees enjoyed tasty bites provided by local restaurants, listened to music from local school jazz bands and took in a picture-perfect spring weekend day at Johnson Ferry Baptist Church.

The diamond-shaped property was designed by architect Tom Mozen, who became renowned for his dramatic spiral staircases.