Lawrenceville GA

Acclaimed sports journalist Taylor Rooks revealed a powerful achievement by her Taylor Rooks Foundation (TRF): in partnership with the national nonprofit Undue Medical Debt, the organization has forgiven more than $2.1 million in medical debt affecting 1,805 families and individuals in her hometown of Gwinnett County, Georgia. Rooks explained the...

A Black-owned business hub in DeKalb County, the New Black Wall Street, is closing its doors this month.

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — A pedestrian was injured in an accident on a busy Gwinnett County road Wednesday afternoon, according to police. Gwinnett County police said a pedestrian was hit by a car on Jimmy Carter Boulevard at Peachtree Industrial Boulevard in Peachtree Corners. The pedestrian was...

A murder suspect wants a Gwinnett County judge to end his house arrest so he can go to work.

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WTVM) - A Goodwill training program in west central Georgia is helping people launch construction careers in 20 days with no experience required, and graduates can start earning up to $19 an hour. The Construction Ready program offers free intensive training for anyone looking to break into the...

GEORGIA — A pedestrian was injured after being struck by a vehicle Wednesday afternoon on a busy roadway in Gwinnett County, according to police. Gwinnett County police said the crash happened on Jimmy Carter Boulevard at Peachtree Industrial Boulevard in Peachtree Corners. Authorities said the pedestrian was hit by a car and taken to a […] The post One person injured after being struck by vehicle...

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — Two men have been arrested and accused of a series of car break-ins Tuesday, DeKalb County police said. Police said Corey Biggs and Malachi Campbell, both 20, allegedly broke into multiple cars on Church Street and Sheridan Road Tuesday night. Victims told police...

A man wanted on several aggravated assault charges out of DeKalb County was arrested on Wednesday, April 22, in Dawson County. The Dawson County Sheriff’s Office said its SWAT team and the U.S. Marshals Service worked to arrest Terrell Dennis at a home in the county. Dennis exited the...

ALPHARETTA, Ga. — Officials gathered Wednesday in Alpharetta for a ceremonial groundbreaking of a new express lanes project serving GA-400, a "multi-billion-dollar investment set to transform mobility" in Fulton and Forsyth counties. The Georgia Department of Transportation is partnering with True North 400, a north Fulton business consortium, and...

ATLANTA — On Earth Day, a metro Atlanta nonprofit is highlighting how medical equipment that might otherwise end up in landfills is being repaired, repurposed and put back into the community. At Friends of Disabled Adults and Children (FODAC), donated wheelchairs, walkers, hospital beds and other home medical equipment...