Cumming GA

The Cherokee County school board has appointed an acting principal and two new assistant principals. The appointments were made Thursday as part of the board’s monthly human resources employment recommendations, the Cherokee County School District announced. Kelly Flatt was appointed to serve as acting principal at...

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — Suwanee police are looking for the public’s help identifying three people who allegedly stole $2,500 from a Suwanee taco shop. Police said officers responded to Beto’s Tacos on 3463 Lawrenceville Suwanee Road on Nov. 16. Employees had discovered the back door was open and the safe...

Meals on Wheels is working alongside Action Church to deliver hundreds of Thanksgiving meals to Cherokee County residents. Brittany Kiser, coordinator for Cherokee County Senior Services Home Delivered Meals, the local Meals on Wheels provider, said volunteers will prepare the meals in bags, which will be distributed...

ATLANTA – Two Georgia public schools were recently recognized as the 2025 National ESEA Distinguished Schools. Two Georgia public schools – Carmel Elementary School in Cherokee County and Paul Duke STEM High School in Gwinnett County – have been named Georgia’s 2025 National ESEA Distinguished Schools honorees.

WALTON COUNTY, Ga. — A Walton County grand jury has indicted a former UPS driver and a Snellville woman accused of conspiring to steal more than $130,000 in T-Mobile phones, watches and accessories in a months-long scheme that state prosecutors say was carried out through organized retail theft and racketeering.

A Snellville man has been sentenced to five years in prison and two years of probation for inappropriately touching two girls and two women at a Lawrenceville swimming pool. The Gwinnett County District Attorney's office said William Michael Hegwood, 70, was found guilty of felony sexual battery against a child under...

Braden McKade O’Shields, 19, of Cumming, is accused of striking another person multiple times, resulting in damage to the victim's ear on Nov. 14 at 1:55 a.m. at the Avonlea Creekside apartment complex, 2905 Chastain Meadows Parkway, Marietta, according to an arrest warrant from the Cobb County Police Department. ...

A Cherokee County woman says Ahimsa House changed her life by taking care of her dog while she escaped an abusive partner. Now, Ahimsa House, a Georgia nonprofit offering assistance to victims of domestic violence with pets, is asking for help as it faces revenue shortfalls due to cuts to federal grants. The...

HENDERSON, Ky. (WEHT) — A Georga man has been arrested in Ohio County on multiple charges. According to the Ohio County Sheriff’s Office, deputies conducted a traffic stop on I-165 at 5 p.m. on November 22. The sheriff’s office says a search of the vehicle revealed a quantity of suspected marijuana, as well as a […]

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — A Snellville man has been sentenced to 25 years in prison after carrying out a shooting rampage that targeted multiple former high-school classmates, officials said Monday. Jet Horne, 20, was found guilty of criminal attempt to commit a felony, six counts of aggravated...