A year after moving from Hammond Park to the new City Green park at City Springs, Food That Rocks – A Celebration of Sandy Springs is increasing its size.
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To Kevin Ouzts, the Atlanta Food & Wine Festival is the perfect melting pot of the Southeast’s top talent in the food and beverage industry.
Sandy Springs resident Tania Marino is among the individuals opposing the Georgia Department of Transportation’s Interstate 285 Top End Express Lanes project.
You couldn’t find a better way to feature the Atlanta’s artistic talents than what the High Museum of Art is doing.
For the June movie in its monthly AJFF Selects series, the Atlanta Jewish Film Festival is bringing Israel’s “Tel Aviv on Fire” to Sandy Springs.
This Memorial Day weekend could be one for Cobb’s record books, as a heat wave set to gain steam in the southeastern United States could break temperature records dating as far back as 1916.
Bartow school system wants to use some unanticipated 2019 revenues to give a one-time pay supplement to all school system employees in 2020.
With May being Mental Health Awareness Month, two local psychiatrists said Americans’ mental health is still a concern and statistics support that belief.
Thousands of Cobb seniors celebrated the end of their high school careers, stepped into new careers and accepted millions of dollars in scholarships this week, as the county's final graduation ceremonies concluded.
If you’ve got money, gas and time to burn, there’s an event coming up that’s right up your alley.
Memorial Day marks the unofficial start of summer, but the day means more than barbecues and sunscreen.
Dunleith Elementary School's principal will become the Marietta City School District's new executive director of academic programs on July 1, after a unanimous vote from the school board on Tuesday.
A request for $70 million in bonds and a tax abatement for a new dual-branded hotel near the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre is moving forward.
Two teams from Creekview High School brought home fourth and fifth place at the Team America Rocketry Challenge, which took place on Saturday in The Plains, Va.
As part of National Law Enforcement Week May 12-18, Holly Springs Police Department Detective Sherrie Conrad joined 2,500 other law enforcement officers from around the country in a series of special events in Washington D.C., remembering officers who have fallen in the line of duty.
Woodstock City Council members are considering a partial rollback in the property tax rate for its 2020 budget, which may mean a small tax savings for some property owners.
CANTON — At the Monday meeting of the Canton Planning and Zoning commission, neighbors came out in opposition to plans for 92 new townhomes in Great Sky,100 Sun Shower Ridge.
As part of Tuesday’s regular meeting of the Cherokee County Board of Commissioners, the board was presented with the latest updates on development plans in various parts of the county, including the Southwest Cherokee Area Plan and concepts for a recreation center at Veterans Park.
Marietta’s newest singing star was eliminated on NBC’s “The Voice,” but Sprayberry graduate Carter Lloyd Horne says he’s not done making music.
A group of nearly 30 law enforcement officials and county representatives came together Tuesday to celebrate the grand opening of the new office facility for the county’s probation services.
Cherokee County Fire and Emergency Services responded to a structure fire at 6:40 p.m. Tuesday at 3273 Hunt Road, just east of Acworth near Ga. Highway 92.
DeKalb County will pay $750,000 for allegedly mishandling funds for an on-the-job training program.
A caretaker has been accused of pushing an 86-year-old Alzheimer’s patient and breaking her hip at an Acworth retirement community, according to police.
The Cartersville Fire Department is partnering with the city's Water Department again over the next several weeks for its annual fire hydrant testing process.
Update: Additional information has been made available about this evening's shooting incident in Cedartown.
With less than a month to go before the city of Sandy Springs’ amended false alarm ordinance goes into effect, the city is tweaking it one last time.
A teen reported missing Tuesday has been located in Atlanta, according to a Nixle alert from the Marietta Police Department.
The 2019 high school commencement season continued Monday night when the first Cobb County school, Cobb Horizon High School, held its diploma ceremonies in the Lassiter High School concert hall.
MARIETTA — Neighbors of a proposed homeless development center and shelter in Mableton did not get the denial of the project they had sought at Tuesday’s Cobb zoning meeting despite their commissioner’s initial desire to turn down the request.
Four board members of the Gateway Marietta Community Improvement District were each reelected for additional three-year terms Tuesday.
Smyrna’s city council members Monday unanimously voted to table a measure banning dockless electric scooters.
AUSTELL — Students, teachers and volunteers came together at Cooper Middle School on Tuesday to begin construction of a community garden at the school, thanks to a $2,800 grant from a local Home Depot.
Paulding's airport director believes he can bring a hangar into compliance with fire codes at least six months sooner using a contract developed by the state.
The Dakoro Art Gallery, located at 227 Sandy Springs Place, Suite 522 in Sandy Springs, will host an exhibition with works from international artist Diana Manole June 1 through 29.
Cobb’s police officers, deputies and fire personnel could see their paychecks padded by a one-time payment of nearly $1,500 under a proposal set for a vote by county commissioners next week.
POWDER SPRINGS — Powder Springs Road’s intersections with Flint Hill Road and Pine Grove Drive will soon become one signalized intersection, vastly improving the safety of the corridor, according to project planners.
For its newest fundraiser, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Metro Atlanta is combining sports and fashion.
In 2018, 100 opioid overdose victims in Marietta were revived with Naloxone, a drug carried by Marietta Police, Marietta Fire and paramedics.
The Cobb County Safety Village, 1220 Al Bishop Drive in Marietta, will have Family Fun Safety Days in June.
Applications to take part in the next Community Emergency Response Team initial training classes are due by May 29 at noon.
Cobb PARKS’ two outdoor pools will open on Saturday.
A federal grand jury in the Northern District of Georgia has returned a three-count indictment against a former commissioner in DeKalb County, Georgia, for extorting bribe payments from a DeKalb County subcontractor. Assistant Attorney General Brian Benczkowski of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division made the announcement.
The Community Assistance Center May 10 announced the results of its 2019 Food ’n Fun Challenge, and in the final weigh-in, 27 teams from Sandy Springs and Dunwoody collected a total of 60,704 pounds of food. That’s an increase from the 2018 total of 56,772 pounds.
A federal jury has convicted five members of the Gangster Disciples (“GD”) national criminal organization of offenses including racketeering, conspiracy involving murder, carjacking, attempted robbery, and other crimes.
South Central Middle School in Emerson will be renamed Red Top Middle School and its sports teams renamed the Miners for the 2019-2020 school year, officials said Monday.
ALPHARETTA — An Alpharetta woman met a man on an online dating website and was defrauded of more than $80,000.
The Cobb County Water System reported two wastewater sewer overflows occurred May 20.
The Atlanta City Council unanimously approved a resolution Monday expressing the City’s opposition to the stat’s new abortion law, which outlaws abortions as early as six weeks into pregnancy.
The city of Atlanta is moving forward on its plans to repurpose the Atlanta City Detention Center.
The Cherokee County School District is beginning a new service for families registering students for school.
