Road Work Causes Delays Along I-285 Near Cascade, But Many Drivers Support Improvements
ATLANTA — For the past two weeks, drivers have been warned about the closure on I-285 between Cascade Road and Martin Luther King Jr. Drive — and this weekend, the traffic backups showed exactly why. Traffic along the I-285 northbound exit onto Cascade moved slowly as semi-trucks and...
Waffle House workers rally in Atlanta, demand $25-an-hour wage and safer conditions
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — Waffle House workers rallied in downtown Atlanta on Friday, saying they are frustrated with low pay and what they describe as unsafe working conditions. Workers gathered alongside the United Southern Service Workers union outside a Waffle House on Andrew Young International Boulevard
SURVEILLANCE FOOTAGE: Several people wanted for questioning after man shot, killed in Atlanta
On Thursday, police were called to 807 Conley Rd. SE, where they found 44-year-old Julius Broughton dead with several gunshot wounds.
2 shot at Grove Park convenience store
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — Two men were shot at a convenience store in the Grove Park neighborhood on Saturday morning, Atlanta police said. Officers were called to 1960 Donald Lee Hollowell Parkway at around 12:35 a.m., where they found the two victims. The men were taken to the hospital in stable condition.
Metro Atlanta man killed in dirt bike crash
A metro Atlanta man was killed Friday afternoon in a crash involving a dirt bike and a pickup truck, according to state police.
Houston County walked off in payback series for postseason rival Pope
WARNER ROBINS — About this time a year ago Houston County went up to Marietta and snapped Pope’s nine-year semifinals streak. It was significant for the Bears, who to that point begrudgingly made the trip what seemed like every postseason and lost, but the Greyhounds repaid the favor on Friday night in what’s become on
Public comments at the May Cobb school board meeting
Since the Cobb County Board of Education decided to remove public comments from its livestream of both work sessions and regular meetings, I’ve been attending the meetings and recording the meetings. At this meeting there were only two commenters, one at the work session, the other at the regular...
2 teens arrested for armed robbery, assault after police find 2 shot in Marietta
MARIETTA, Ga. — Two teenagers were arrested for their involvement in an armed robbery and shooting, according to police. On May 6, Marietta Police officers were called to a parking lot at 875 Franklin Gateway regarding a shooting call just after 9 p.m. When they got to the scene, they found an empty car and trails of b
Woodstock jewelry store break-in: Suspect caught targeting same store twice
WOODSTOCK, Ga. - The Woodstock Police Department arrested a traveling burglar Thursday morning after he allegedly broke into a local business with a crowbar. A serial burglar is in jail after breaking into Art Jewelers in Woodstock on Thursday morning. Business owner Andrew McDeermond watched the live surveillance came
Atlanta traffic crawls during I-285 closure
The Georgia Department of Transportation has shut down a 2-mile stretch of southbound Interstate 285 between Cascade Road and Martin Luther King Junior Drive for a massive weekend reconstruction project.

















