Lawrenceville GA

Federal authorities say the alleged organizer of a massive cryptocurrency Ponzi scheme has been captured after investigators tracked him around the world for more than two years. The indictment alleges the scheme operated from June 2022 through August 2023 and recruited investors through websites and a commission-based

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — DeKalb police are investigating after they found a body with a gunshot wound on Monday. Police found a man’s body outside an apartment building in the 2700 block of Evans Mill Road in Lithonia. That man, who has yet to be identified, had a gunshot wound.

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — A homicide investigation is underway at a Gwinnett County townhome community. Around 4:30 p.m. Monday, Gwinnett police officers responded to Woodland Grove Townhomes, located off Lawrenceville Highway in the Tucker area, where a man was found shot to death in a home. Police...

Crews will dig out and deepen a stretch of the Chattahoochee River.

FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. - A 71-year-old Buford man drowned in Lake Lanier Saturday afternoon after slipping from his boat while trying to retrieve a hat. Emergency crews responded to Lake Lanier near Three Sisters Island at about 3:28 p.m. Saturday following reports of a drowning. Forsyth and Hall County sheriff's offices,

Darrell Leisure Blake, 34, of Alpharetta, is accused of going around the front desk of The Country Inn and Suite, 4500 Circle 75 Parkway, Atlanta, and taking an undisclosed amount of currency from the cash register on Aug. 7 at 4:23 a.m., according to an arrest warrant from the Cobb County Police Department. Blake was

Repair crew across Metro Atlanta are racing from house to house as the heat takes town one air conditioning system after another.

Potbelly Sandwich Shop is preparing to make its first move into Georgia, and Cumming is part of the initial expansion. The Chicago-born chain plans to open at 3145 Ronald Reagan Boulevard in the new Forsyth Town Center development, where Whole Foods Market will anchor the shopping center. The Cumming restaurant is curr

A 78-year-old DeKalb County woman says she is afraid to be in her own home after someone opened fire on the house in broad daylight, sending seven bullets through her bedroom.

A new source of federal aid could make career training more affordable for North Atlanta workers—once Georgia finishes deciding where the money can be used. Workforce Pell took effect July 1, expanding the familiar federal grant beyond traditional college programs. For the first time, qualifying students may receive Pe