Lawrenceville GA

A Conyers man who fired at multiple Georgia State Patrol troopers and shot a patrol K9 during a high-speed chase on Interstate 85 has been sentenced to years behind bars.

ATLANTA - A wanted suspect facing dozens of previous charges across metro Atlanta was arrested after officers found him hiding inside the basement of his southeast Atlanta home, police announced. What we know:. The Atlanta Police Department (APD) said its officers were searching for wanted person Jerontae Dupree on Oct....

Protestors are expected to gather in Suwanee and Snellville on Saturday to call for voter protections ahead on next month’s general election. The “No Kings” movement is calling for a nationwide “Day of Action” centered on elections and voting rights with protests planned for across the nation. The events are also designed to encourage voters to go to the polls during early voting and cast ballots. “Our Elections are under attack. On Oct.17, we defend our rights,” “No Kings” organizers wrote in a

The 18-story glass tower at 1800 Century Blvd. in Chamblee was supposed to get a second life as apartments. Instead, crews are prepping it for a controlled implosion scheduled for 7:45 a.m. on October 24, after the building sat vacant since the Georgia Department of Revenue moved out in 2024.

DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — A water main break closed a road and cut water service to homes early Friday in the Belvedere Park neighborhood of DeKalb County. Water burst up through the pavement on Midway Road near Memorial Drive, causing the road to crack and buckle. Watershed crews shut off the water main around 2:30 a.m. The road remains closed as crews repair the 6-inch pipe.

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — All lanes of I-85 northbound are shut down in Gwinnett County on Friday morning due to a crash with a diesel spill, according to transportation officials. The two-car crash happened on the interstate near Exit 99 to Jimmy Carter Boulevard, the Georgia Department...

GWINNETT COUNTY, Ga. - A 19-year-old man faces murder charges after Gwinnett County police tracked him across the state following a deadly Sunday shooting in Tucker. Gwinnett County police arrested 19-year-old Yostin Valentin Lopez Gomez on Monday in connection with a fatal shooting at 1500 Preston Lake Drive. Lopez Gomez faces charges of malice murder, felony murder and aggravated assault.

A pedestrian was seriously injured early Thursday after being struck by a vehicle at the intersection of Glenwood and Candler roads in DeKalb County, police said. The cause of the crash remains unclear, and no arrests have been announced. According to Atlanta News First, the collision happened in the early...

DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. - DeKalb County police rushed to the 1500 block of Eastern Sunrise Lane around 4:38 a.m. Thursday after gunfire damaged two homes and a vehicle. Officers arrived to find tons of bullet holes marking the residential area following the early morning shooting call. The gunfire struck two separate homes and punctured a nearby vehicle.

The Atlanta film company behind Cocaine Bear and Marvel’s Loki wants to tear up its soundstage blueprints and build a massive data center instead, but DeKalb County isn’t letting it happen without a fight. Shadowbox Studios and an affiliate have filed a $30 million lawsuit against the county, arguing officials reversed course after years of telling the studio its plans were permitted by right.