Three Atlanta Firms Merge, Offering Range of Insurance and Financial Services
Three Atlanta-based firms have merged, expanding insurance and financial services for small and medium-sized businesses, with growth plans for 2026. Partners Risk Services, an independent insurance brokerage in property/casualty, benefits and life products and formerly known as BWT Risk Advisors, has joined with...
Thieves target guns in unlocked cars in Marietta
Warm weather and post-holiday complacency have sparked a surge in vehicle break-ins across Marietta, specifically in Rockford Township and Lee’s Crossing.
Thief swiped keys from Gwinnett car dealership. Police say it might not be the...
Car dealerships across metro Atlanta are being warned about a suspect who’s considered armed and dangerous.
Homeless man charged after Marietta restaurant window shattered
Sean Eric Fletcher, 46, listed as homeless, is accused of using a wooden stick to shatter the glass store front of Church's Chicken by Marietta Square on Dec. 7 at 12:45 a.m., according to an arrest warrant from the Marietta Police Department. Fletcher broke the glass while a woman was sitting at a table next to the...
TODAY: 3 Friends From Chicago Are Attempting To Set A Guinness World Record By...
History is about to be made, Atlanta! A team of friends from Chicago is setting out to set a world record for ‘the fastest time to travel all of the Atlanta metro stations’ on MARTA tomorrow. And you can actually be a part of this crazy plan. Keep scrolling for all the details.
More kids being hospitalized with the flu across metro Atlanta
Doctors say many of the kids going to the hospital didn't get the flu shot.
Cobb residents get say on $1.15B sales tax plan
Cobb County is hosting nine community engagement meetings for residents to discuss a proposed 1% sales tax, which, if approved by voters, is expected to collect $1.15 billion. Voters will decide whether to approve the six-year tax, which would begin collections in 2028, on Nov. 3. The voter-approved 1% sales tax,...
Church friends help search for missing 79-year-old woman
Ernestine "Erni" Merritt, 79, has been missing since 4:20 a.m. Sunday, Jan. 4.
‘My hope is it goes away’: Social Circle leaders opposed to potential ICE facility
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — It’s been two weeks since a news organization’s report raised the possibility of an ICE detention facility being placed in Social Circle and Tuesday night, members of the community joined together to voice their opposition to the potential facility which would more than double...
Community supports 3 Cobb County children orphaned after New Year’s Day car crash
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — The community is banding together to support three Cobb County children who lost their parents on New Year’s Day. Thomas Agan and his wife, Jasmine, were killed in a car accident, according to an online fundraiser. Thomas worked at Allatoona Diesel, a truck repair business, where...

















