Alpharetta GA

Fulton County prosecutors plan to seek life without parole if King is convicted of murder.

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — The family of a Kennesaw man says he was wrongfully detained by ICE agents during a traffic stop in January. Jimmy Paz is in custody at the ICE Processing Center in Folkston, Georgia, according to ICE records. His family says Paz, a father...

Students gathered on the field at Parkview High School Monday morning to remember a 17-year-old junior killed by a stray bullet that came through a motel wall just after he fell asleep.

DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. - A collision involving a CSX train and a vehicle early Tuesday resulted in at least one death, according to officials. The crash happened shortly before 2 a.m. at the North Clarendon Avenue and Ponce de Leon railroad crossing in DeKalb County, near Avondale Estates. According to...

ATLANTA, Ga. — A plane crashed into multiple vehicles on a busy Gainesville road Monday, according to police. The single-engine plane made an emergency landing on Browns Bridge Road and Pearl Nix Parkway. Police said the plane took off in Gainesville and headed toward Cherokee County, but encountered engine...

The Cobb County Veterans Accountability and Treatment Court graduated three veteran participants during a 9:30 a.m. ceremony on Feb. 6 at the Cobb County Superior Court Building, 70 Haynes Street in Marietta. The graduation brings the total number of local participants who have completed the 18- to 24-month intensive...

Starbucks is offering free coffee today at participating locations if you purchase a qualifying beverage. They are also introducing a new blend named the Starbucks 1971 Roast, which is named after the year Starbucks opened its first location in Seattle.

A former daycare worker will spend years in prison after pleading guilty to abusing children at a Stone Mountain childcare facility.

A 39-year-old Cherokee County man will spend 15 years in prison after pleading guilty to abusing his infant son. Anthony Eugene Manzi pleaded guilty on Feb. 5 to three counts of first-degree cruelty to children. What’s happening: Manzi admitted he caused a traumatic brain injury to his 5-month-old son, slapped...

Authorities have captured 20-year-old Christian Joel Marcos Cortez after he escaped from the Troup County Jail early Sunday morning. Cortez, who has been in custody since June 2025 on child molestation charges, reportedly walked through an exterior door and climbed a fence to flee the property around 4:42 a.m....