6 charged in metro Atlanta drug trafficking investigation
Six people are facing multiple drug and weapons charges after a months-long investigation into what authorities say was a drug trafficking organization operating in metro Atlanta.
5 hurt in weekend boat explosion on Lake Lanier
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — Five people were taken to the hospital on Saturday after a boat exploded on Lake Lanier, according to the Georgia Department of Natural Resources. At around 8 p.m., game wardens were called to Land Shark Cove, where they found paramedics treating several victims....
‘He just started beating her:’ Friend details attack on USPS worker before deadly Beltline...
A close friend of the U.S. Postal Service worker who survived a brutal attack by the man accused of killing a 23-year-old woman along the Beltline is speaking out about her friend’s recovery.
Woman stabbed while on lunch break in Decatur; DeKalb Police investigating
DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. — Police in DeKalb County are investigating after a woman was stabbed at a First Watch in Decatur. 11Alive received a tip that a woman was stabbed while eating lunch at the restaurant located at 2571 Blackmon Dr. A witness told 11Alive's Cody Alcorn that while...
Man texts ex-girlfriend “I’m about to pull up” before killing man giving her ride...
A Decatur man will spend the rest of his life in prison after prosecutors say he shot and killed a man who gave his ex-girlfriend a ride home from work.
Toll Brothers begins selling in Marietta community, Cameron Cove
Toll Brothers has launched sales at its new Marietta luxury community, Cameron Cove. Located at the corner of Ross Road and Sandy Plains Road, the East Cobb development will offer single-family homes priced from $630,000 to $690,000. Residences can be built from Toll Brothers‘ Buckhead, Carrington and Tearose floor pla
“My name is Scripto. Are you here to adopt me?”
The Cobb County Courier’s Dog of the Day, selected from the Cobb Animal Services Shelter website, is a male black brown hound. The following information on this potential family member is copied and pasted from the Animal Shelters website. To see the original text visit this link to the Animal Shelter Catalog.
Fatal crash causing big delays on I-85 NB leaving Midtown
ATLANTA — A person died after a vehicle flipped on its side along I-85 NB next to the ramp to the Buford-Spring Connector/Highway 13 (Exit 86) just before 6 a.m, according to Atlanta Fire and Georgia State Patrol. Atlanta Fire and Rescue blocked the two right lanes since they...
Multiple Days of Afternoon Storms Ahead for North Georgia
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — North Georgia will enjoy one more dry day today before a significant shift in the weather pattern brings multiple First Alert Weather Days to the region. Today: Hot and Dry. Expect dry conditions across north Georgia with highs climbing into the upper 80s....
New academy pipeline changes how Cobb police recruit students
COBB COUNTY, Ga. - The Cobb County Police Department is teaming up with Chattahoochee Tech to build a seamless pathway from college courses directly into a law enforcement career. What we know:. The partnership allows students in the Public Safety Technology Associate of Applied Science program to take most of...

















