Alpharetta GA

The Cobb County Courier’s Cat of the Day, selected from the Cobb Animal Services Shelter website, is a male orange tabby domestic short hair. The following information on this potential family member is copied and pasted from the Animal Shelters website. To see the original text visit this link to the Animal Shelter...

Michael Warden Baker, 44, of North Augusta, South Carolina, and Laura Francis Wilson, 37, of Augusta, Georgia, are accused of trafficking 4.25 pounds of methamphetamine on Feb. 21 at 6:14 p.m. at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1075 Big Shanty Road, Kennesaw, according to arrest warrants from the...

ATLANTA — Kevin Martinez appeared in federal court Monday on charges related to his alleged distribution of significant quantities of fentanyl in the metro-Atlanta area. Martinez allegedly operated under the direction of the La Nueva Familia Michoacana drug cartel. “Martinez allegedly worked on behalf of a terrorist...

A major highway overhaul in North Fulton and Forsyth will bring long-term relief for commuters, but the project is expected to take five years to finish.

Jordan Jones was protecting a woman at a Cobb County bar when he was shot and killed.

A sprawling 10-acre farm in Cherokee County, Georgia. A prominent attorney known to his family as “Big Daddy.” Charred remains on a burn pile. The Farris family murder case captivated viewers when it aired on “48 Hours.” Now CBS News correspondent Peter Van Sant is revisiting the story with more time and detail in a...

CHEROKEE COUNTY, Ga. - Cherokee County deputies are searching for a man last seen near Hightower Road and Creighton Road on Sunday morning. Authorities said Francisco Serrano Varela was last seen in the area around 5:30 a.m. wearing a black T-shirt, blue jeans, black and red tennis shoes, and a black hat with a red...

Cumming, GA, March 9, 2026: Finance professional and longtime North Georgia resident Shuchita Patel has announced her candidacy for Forsyth County Commissioner, District 3, positioning her campaign around issues such as fiscal accountability, affordable housing, and policies aimed at supporting working families....

OZARK, Ark. (KNWA/KFTA) — A Georgia man pleaded guilty to reduced charges after he was found responsible for a man’s death at an Arkansas rest stop last year. Darrius Simmons, 31, of Duluth, Ga., pleaded guilty on March 6 to negligent homicide, theft of property and duty to give information and render aid charges.

A new, $20 million parking deck is set to open later this year at the corner of Highway 9 and Green Street.