Duluth named Georgia’s most Hallmark movie-like city
If Gwinnett County residents are looking for a Hallmark movie-style Christmas, they don't need to leave the county to find it, according to a digital sports media website. Three Gwinnett cities have been named among the five most-Hallmark movie-like cities in Georgia by The Action Network, but Duluth in particular...
Meet the Atlanta man who turned being Santa into a life calling
A trip to Home Depot while he was mourning the deaths of his parents changed the life of the man who calls himself Santa Rick.
GGC grad from North Gwinnett High turns hands-on learning into an academic career
The beauty of a collegiate journey lies in the opportunity to discover one’s passions and turn them into a purposeful career. For McKenzie Preston, ’16, that journey began after graduating from North Gwinnett High School and spending his first year of college elsewhere before transferring to Georgia Gwinnett College,...
Gwinnett County SWAT Standoff Ends Peacefully After Neighbor Dispute
A tense situation in Gwinnett County ended safely Saturday evening after police resolved a standoff sparked by a neighbor dispute. What’s Happening: Police say a dispute between neighbors near Belvaird Drive and Sugarloaf Parkway escalated into gunfire. Officers with the Eastside Precinct said the suspect fired...
Father mourns daughter’s fatal fall at ‘Stranger Things’ site: ‘She was perfect’
DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. - A DeKalb County father is urging young people to stay out of abandoned buildings after his 19-year-old daughter died while exploring a fenced-off property on Emory University’s campus last week. Police said Leah Palmirotto was checking out the vacant Briarcliff Road building with friends Friday...
Georgia Tech students work to protect pre-term babies
A group of Georgia Tech students developed a new "NEST" device that works to protect pre-term babies as they are rushed for emergency care.
Church pays off medical debt for metro Atlanta residents ahead of Christmas
Everyone who had their debt forgiven was randomly selected.
Grayson man gets 80-year prison sentence for robbery-turned-murder
A 20-year-old gang member from Grayson, who goes by the name "Draino" on the streets, will be in jail until he is 100-years-old after he was convicted on murder, racketeering and a long list of other charges in connection with the death of another man during an attempted drug heist earlier this year. A jury found...
Suspected serial porch pirate arrested in Atlanta neighborhood
Brookhaven Police Lt. Jake Kissel says police used Flock technology to identify first a vehicle used in porch piracy and then a suspect.
Lost engagement ring turned in at Atlanta airport
A lost engagement ring found at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport is now in Delta’s lost and found thanks to a 9-year-old boy who insisted it be returned. The child spotted the ring and told his mother, “We have to find who this belongs to.” The ring was turned over to a Delta employee, and airport...
