Murder suspect armed, on the run after stepfather killed in Marietta
Police in Marietta are urgently seeking the public’s help to locate a murder suspect believed to be armed and dangerous.
Prosecution reads 12-year-old’s victim impact statement during court sentencing for convicted rapist: ‘I live...
CHEROKEE COUNTY, Ga. — In an impact statement read aloud by the prosecution, a young girl bravely shared how the sexual abuse she endured affected her in more ways than anyone could imagine. A jury convicted 50-year-old Antonio Eliberto Lopez on Oct. 3 of rape, trafficking persons of sexual...
Cherokee Co. officials ID man shot, killed by deputies after mother found dead in...
The Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office has released the names of the suspect who was shot and killed and the woman found inside the home during a welfare check.
Gwinnett grocery giveaway gets massive turnout as SNAP expiration looms
The event saw a large turnout as many residents, worried about the impending loss of their Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits, arrived early to secure food supplies.
Georgia seniors fear loss of SNAP food assistance as government shutdown persists
LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - As the Nov. 1 expiration deadline for the country’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, approaches, Georgia seniors in particular are starting to get a little worried. The government shutdown will cause the SNAP program to run out of funding on Nov. 1,...
When Your Name Is Your Only Crime: Cherokee Sheriff’s Office Faces Lawsuit
Nickie Sledge was standing in front of her grandson when officers arrived on December 21, 2024. The Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office had directed them to arrest her for elder abuse. They had the wrong person. The 49-year-old Black grandmother from DeKalb County was arrested and charged with exploiting a...
‘She didn’t deserve to die like this’: Aunt wants answers after woman found dead...
The body of 34-year-old Tanisha Rivers was discovered under a bridge on Woodruff Road by Bear Creek in Chattahoochee Hills on Oct. 4. Police are treating her death as suspicious and possibly a homicide as they await confirmation of the cause and manner of death from Fulton County. Rivers, a mother of two, was found...
Georgia mother reunited with family after hair follicle drug test controversy
ATLANTA (InvestigateTV) — A Georgia family was reunited this summer after being separated for years because of Daydrianna Hefner’s alleged drug use. Independent drug tests proved the mother was sober. Tests that came after a yearlong investigation uncovered that some of Georgia’s subcontracted labs have a history of...
UPS announces 48,000 positions terminated in 2025
Sandy Springs-based UPS announced Tuesday that it had laid off 14,000 more staff than it had initially announced earlier in 2025.
76-year-old charged after 911 hangup call turns into shooting at Forsyth home
FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — A woman was arrested after police said she shot a man at a Forsyth County home. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks]. The shooting happened on Oct. 19 at a home on Johns Court. According to the Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office,...

















