Good Samaritan reunites metro Atlanta special needs child with family
A Gwinnett County child was reunited with his family after a good Samaritan saw him walking in the middle of a busy road and got him to safety.
Downtown Roswell parking gets 2 free hours starting Saturday
ROSWELL — Drivers heading to downtown Roswell will get their first two hours of on-street parking free starting August 1, a shift from the $2-per-hour rate that took effect less than three months ago. What’s Happening: The free window runs from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. daily. Two new...
Driver flees scene after striking bicyclist in DeKalb County
DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. - A hit-and-run crash in DeKalb County left a bicyclist seriously injured in the middle of the road early Monday morning. DeKalb County Police Department officers responded to an emergency call around 4:07 a.m. Monday near Klondike Road and Covington Highway. The initial report indicated that a vehic
DeKalb County Paid $19 Million for a No-Bid Decade of Car Surveillance. Prosecutors Just...
Every driver who passes through DeKalb County, Georgia gets photographed, logged, and run against a rapidly growing vehicle database, courtesy of a camera network the county just committed to for the next ten years. A sheriff's sergeant with seventeen years on the job allegedly used that same database to look up things
“You’re Gonna Get Bit!”: Man With 10-Plus Active Warrants Jumps Out of Car, Tries...
A man in Gwinnett County, Georgia, thought it was a smart idea to try to outrun a police dog, and immediately met the magnitude of his mistake. He now faces charges for allegedly breaking into ... Read more
2 men found shot to death near Doll’s Head Trail identified
DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. - Officials have publicly identified two men who were found shot to death inside a DeKalb County park late last week. The DeKalb County Medical Examiner’s Office identified the victims as Andres Pedro Baltazar and Tomas Pascual Cano. Both men died from multiple gunshots. DeKalb County...
Repeat drug offender gets 40 years in prison without parole
Gainesville man Irvin Lamar Simpson was sentenced to 40 years in prison without parole for trafficking fentanyl and methamphetamine in Gwinnett County. Authorities caught Simpson in January 2023 with $4,000 worth of drugs, a handgun, and scales after a K-9 unit tracked him down. Simpson pled guilty to multiple felony..
90-foot tree crushes garage at Stone Mountain home on Allgood Way
STONE MOUNTAIN, Ga. - An elderly Stone Mountain couple escaped injury Monday morning when a massive 90-foot Red Oak tree crashed into their home and flattened their garage. Dorothy Jackson, 80, was relaxing on her bed around 11 a.m. Monday when a loud noise shook her home on Allgood Way. She thought the house had explo
Ohio man sentenced to 15 years for drug charge arising from 120 mph chase
LEXINGTON, Ky. — The case against two out-of-state men whose high-speed attempt to flee police ended with them facing federal drug charges is closed, after the final defendant was sentenced Friday. Ahmad Marques Moore, 27, of Akron, Ohio, and Dean Michael Blair, 25, of Snellville, Ga., led police on...
Hen Mother Cookhouse Turned a Johns Creek Gamble Into a Breakfast Destination
When Soraya Khoury opened Hen Mother Cookhouse in Johns Creek in 2018, the location did not come with the reassuring advantages of an established restaurant district. The small Jones Bridge Road space sat in a suburban shopping center where previous dining concepts had struggled. Khoury was a first-time restaurant owne
