Lawrenceville GA

Morning coffee from Oakhurst Market. A cinnamon bun from Butter & Cream if it’s Friday. The crosswalk is busy outside of Oakhurst Elementary, kids with over sized backpacks, parents with lattes from Taproom, waving as they pass. That’s the thing about Oakhurst. You walk places. To school, to Harmony Park. To Sun in...

What had been an eyesore for neighbors for nearly five years is now a pile of rubble.

An Alpharetta police patrol car was struck from behind by a drunk driver while officers were conducting a DUI stop. What Happened: The crash caused extensive damage to the patrol vehicle. Officers couldn’t get back inside the car after impact. The Alpharetta Fire Department was called to retrieve equipment from the...

Chattahoochee Hills police say one driver’s decision to travel at an extreme speed put everyone on the roadway at risk and led to an arrest.

DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. — DeKalb County CEO Lorraine Cochran-Johnson and Sheriff Melody Maddox had a testy email exchange after three inmates escaped from the DeKalb County Jail. In a Dec. 22 email to Maddox, Cochran-Johnson said she and other county officials, including the county police chief, were out of the loop about...

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — DeKalb County officials will host a drive-thru food distribution event at several locations on Saturday. DeKalb County CEO Lorraine Cochran-Johnson and the county board of commissioners are sponsoring the giveaway, which looks to hand out 4,000 boxes of fresh produce and...

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — Roswell police are asking the public for help as they try to identify a woman who died at a local hospital in 2024. On Nov. 21, 2024, the unidentified woman died at Wellstar North Fulton Hospital. Investigators later discovered the information she gave to hospital staff wasn’t...

The city of Norcross is beginning to map out what life could look like over the next 20 years, and residents are weighing in on how they want their community to grow.

Memorial Drive for more than 90 years has been a major artery of the Atlanta area. It winds through such historic neighborhoods as Kirkwood, Belvedere, and East Lake, and touches such landmarks as East Lake Golf Club. Time has seen many changes in the shops, restaurants, offices, and residences along...

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — A Carrollton woman has pleaded guilty to participating in a “massive” meth-trafficking ring and harboring undocumented immigrants to carry out the illegal scheme, federal prosecutors said Wednesday. Prosecutors said in March 2024, Jackelyne Marroquin, 33, rented a home in Stone...