Alpharetta GA

Despite life-saving efforts, she suffered extensive brain damage.

MARIETTA — It’s the dawn of a new era for historic Roswell Street Baptist Church as it prepares for its upcoming merger with a Woodstock megachurch after years of declining attendance. What was once one of the largest and most influential Southern Baptist congregations in the U.S., Roswell Street Baptist will soon...

Tragedy struck metro Atlanta as two young children were shot in separate incidents. In Sandy Springs, a 2-year-old was killed after accessing an unsecured firearm, leading to murder charges for his father. In Gwinnett County, a 4-year-old accidentally shot himself while his mother was distracted.

Georgia State Patrol said someone crossing Interstate 75 was hit and killed Thursday night.

Landlords in metro Atlanta have filed an estimated 144,003 eviction cases in just one year, according to Princeton University’s Eviction Lab, with 13,118 filings in the most recent month alone. The tally spans Cobb, Clayton, DeKalb, Fulton and Gwinnett counties and comes as renters in the area face average monthly...

A man is dead after a dirt bike crash that led to a collision with a work truck Thursday morning, according to DeKalb County police.

River Willis, 2, accidentally shot himself at their Sandy Springs home.

A stabbing call in Lawrenceville escalated into a fatal police shooting on Thursday afternoon. Officers responding to a domestic dispute were confronted by 31-year-old Norris Mama, who emerged from the home brandishing a knife overhead in an "offensive manner."

Detectives say they found other messages where the Gwinnett County minor talked about killing other women and "having a kill list."

A Winder woman has been arrested after police said her child shot himself in the hand in a restaurant parking lot in Gwinnett County. The Gwinnett County Police Department said officers were called on Wednesday, Feb. 18, to the Burger King restaurant on Braselton Highway in Mulberry to a report of a four-year-old...