Lawrenceville GA

A Gwinnett County man has been sentenced to 12 years in prison in a 2024 child exploitation and grooming case. The Gwinnett County District Attorney's Office announced Friday afternoon, April 3, that Charles Archibald Moore, III, age 33 of Loganville, was sentenced after pleading guilty to charges including sexual...

GEORGIA — Multiple school districts across Georgia will be closed during the week of April 6 through April 10, 2026, as spring break is scheduled in several parts of the state, according to district calendars. Among those with confirmed full-week closures: Additional districts with closures during that same week...

MACON, Ga. (WGXA) — A major meth supplier who is linked to a Mexican cartel has been sentenced to prison in Macon. According to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Georgia, Noe Canela of Lilburn was second-in-command for the cartel pipeline and has distributed at least 47 kilos of meth and 6,000...

Diaja Benson's body was discovered weeks after she was reported missing. Now authorities say a suspect in her murder has been caught in New Jersey.

A former Georgia prison inmate is suing state corrections officials, alleging that he lost his left hand and suffered lasting damage to his right hand after being forced to handle frozen meat without proper protection and then denied prompt medical care. Ronald Allen, of Tucker, Ga., filed the federal lawsuit...

For the first time, we’re taking you inside the chaos police encountered during last weekend’s teen takeover at a Gwinnett County mall. Channel 2’s Brittany Kleinpeter went through body camera footage released by the Gwinnett County Police Department from the planned gathering on March 28. In it,...

Southern Airways Flight 242 crashed near Atlanta, Georgia, during a tornado outbreak on April 4, 1977. Georgia’s worst-ever plane crash occurred in the middle of a tornado outbreak on April 4, 1977. A line of severe thunderstorms heavily damaged the commercial jet as it approached Atlanta, forcing the crew...

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — In the two weeks since a Brookhaven apartment parking garage partially collapsed, residents said “it’s been a complete nightmare.”. “I’ve only been here a few months and ever since I moved in, it’s one thing after another,” said I. Elsey, a resident of The Hendrix complex.

Lawrenceville-_Imagine being handed a death sentence… and a character sheet. That’s essentially the deal at the heart of INITIATIVE, a new work by Jacob York making its world premiere at Aurora Theatre from March 26–April 19. This story follows five friends, and like any good adventuring party,...

Federal agents say a Lilburn man who helped funnel cartel meth into central Georgia is finally headed to prison. Noe Canela, 37, identified by prosecutors as a key supplier to a Milledgeville-centered drug ring, was sentenced Thursday to 260 months in federal prison. The punishment takes effect immediately and will...