Alpharetta News

An economy that at best is stalled has Christopher Jones, Alpharetta's economic development coordinator, taking small steps to help the city's downtown grow.

A gradual trend toward the use of Tasers by metro Atlanta police could dramatically surge soon with a plan to give the controversial stun guns to more than 1,000 DeKalb County police officers.

All Crime Reports are compiled from public records. Neither the law enforcement agencies nor this newspaper implies any guilt by publishing these names.

From left, Kathy An Kessler from GALERIE boutique and the Downtown Alpharetta Trade Association plans the event with Jamie Fredlund, an eighth-grader in the Hopewell Chorus, and Donna Fallis, her teacher and ...

Alpharetta's Annual Christmas Tree Lighting has been creating holiday memories for more than 30 years, and families will again crowd in the Milton Square City Park for the event on Sunday, Dec.

Clayton D. Zirkle Power Realty Partners Inc. clay@3tc.bz What does this economic environment mean for the prospective tenant? There is currently upwards of 250,000sf of available retail space between Canton ...

Can you turn garbage into gold? Waste Pro's president, Fred Wood, said that's what the owner of the company has done.

While it has been made clear that the city is going after the Asian travel market by several Georgia and Atlanta organizations, Alpharetta isn't ready to jump on the same bandwagon.

The economy may be ailing for some, but Jackson Healthcare continues its growth.

Happy Thanksgiving 2008. This year, in these tough economic times, Buzz readers who responded to our annual request to share what they are thankful for are focused on what's important in life - - each other.

They showed up with kids and dogs and strollers and signs - all to protest a proposed redistricting map that could mean their Alpharetta neighborhoods would be sent to another elementary school next year.

A 40-year-old man has been convicted of murdering two of his employees at an auto dealership in East Point and has been sentenced to two consecutive life sentences plus 10 years.

North River Printing has been providing print services for Alpharetta and Roswell area businesses for the past 11 years.

Forsyth County authorities are investigating the suspicious death Monday of a 49-year-old Hispanic man.

Forsyth County Sheriff's deputies are investigating what they are deeming a homicide after the body of a 49-year-old man was found in a home on Atlanta Highway in south Forsyth County.

Heads have rolled at Fulton County's 911 Call Center in the wake of an Aug. 2 tragedy that left one woman dead - and the county has pledged to rebuild.

An Alpharetta-based technology solutions company wants to bring cheer to families with tough financial situations, and with these economic times, they report the need for toys in the Atlanta area has more than ...

All Crime Reports are compiled from public records. Neither the law enforcement agencies nor this newspaper implies any guilt by publishing these names.

Roswell and Alpharetta police are still trying to piece together the details of a November 18 car wreck that killed a Roswell man.

State Rep. Jan Jones has become the first Republican woman majority whip in Georgia history.