Lawrenceville GA

ATLANTA - A former Douglas County probate judge has filed a lawsuit against the City of Atlanta and a police officer, alleging excessive force during her 2024 arrest outside a Buckhead nightclub, according to Atlanta Journal-Constitution. What we know:. According to the complaint, Christina Peterson was taken into...

SNELLVILLE, Ga. — One person was killed and two others were seriously injured early Sunday after a police chase ended in a crash in Snellville, authorities said. According to the Georgia State Patrol, a trooper was called around 2:35 a.m. to assist Snellville Police with a single-vehicle crash at Scenic Highway and...

A judge granted the former DeKalb County Schools superintendent bond Monday would not let him return home after he was accused of strangling his wife.

When the driver didn’t return home, his family reported him missing to police.

ATLANTA (AP) - Georgia's governor said last Wednesday that he wants to spend $1.8 billion to unclog one of traffic-choked Atlanta's notorious chokepoints on the

DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. — Former DeKalb County Schools Superintendent Devon Horton is in more legal trouble after being arrested on Saturday. Records show Horton was arrested at 1:38 p.m. on charges of child cruelty in the third degree and aggravated assault - strangulation. He was booked into the DeKalb...

A Hopkinsville man and a Lawrenceville, Georgia, woman have been taken into custody after a pursuit in a stolen vehicle in Christian County on Monday morning. Hopkinsville Police say they attempted to stop a vehicle on West 9th Street that had been reported stolen, and the driver, 21-year-old Corey Johnson, fled,...

The “Atlanta Race Riots”—more accurately termed the Atlanta Race Massacre—occurred from September 22 to 26, 1906, and stand as a brutal manifestation of the lingering wounds of a divided America. Relatively few people realize that America’s freedoms are not birthright privileges, but rather hard-fought pacts forged...

At the MLK Jr. Beloved Community Awards, at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Atlanta on Saturday night, EGOT-winning actress and activist Viola Davis was honored along others like Billie Eilish and used her remarks to reflect on how far she’s come from her humble beginnings growing up in a Black family in Rhode Island.

There is a reason locals whisper about Georgia Diner in Duluth and hope travelers miss the turn. Open 24 hours, this classic spot delivers the kind of dependable comfort you crave at 6 am or midnight. Portions are generous, prices are fair, and the menu reads like a love letter...