Meet the new principal of Cogburn Woods Elementary School Patrick Wright
Patrick Wright is the new principal of Cogburn Woods Elementary School in the Fulton County School System. The announcement came May 7, 2026. A Career Built in the Classroom Wright began his career teaching fourth grade in Phenix City, Alabama before coming to Georgia and joining the Fulton County School System, where he taught first […]
Put down your laughing emoji and act like you were raised right
Last week, I wrote a message for graduates. This week, I want to say a few things to those of us who graduated long ago and it might be painful. Let’s start this week with the dark cesspool where genuine thought and humanity ends — the comment section, because that’s where we lost the soul […]
Two Giants Gone: The Deaths of Ted Turner and Bobby Cox Mark the End of an Era for Atlanta
Atlanta is grieving this week in a way it rarely has before. Within days of each other, the city lost two of the most consequential figures in its history — Ted Turner, the media mogul who bought the Atlanta Braves and built a global empire from the banks of the Chattahoochee, and Bobby Cox, the […]
Hall of Fame Braves manager Bobby Cox dies at 84
Bobby Cox, the Hall of Fame manager who led the Atlanta Braves to one of the most dominant runs in professional baseball history, died Saturday at his home in Marietta. He was 84. The Atlanta Braves confirmed his death in a statement released Saturday afternoon. An official cause of death was not immediately released. Cox […]
Acworth man charged after stolen Pokémon cards lead to burglary arrest in Gwinnett
A burglary investigation involving thousands of dollars worth of stolen Pokémon cards has ended in an arrest, according to Gwinnett County Police. Detectives charged Oscar Reyes Montero Stewart, 33, of Acworth, in connection with the burglary of a gaming store. The arrest was announced May 7, 2026. How the Case Broke According to Gwinnett County […]
Georgia Weekend Weather: Storms possible across the state Saturday and into the week
A unsettled weather pattern is setting up across Georgia this weekend, with storm chances touching nearly every corner of the state Saturday and lingering into early next week before a stretch of sunshine takes hold. North Georgia and Metro Atlanta The National Weather Service out of Peachtree City is calling for a chance of showers […]
Johns Creek Police warn parents after teens ride e-bikes recklessly in city parks
Johns Creek police are asking parents to talk with their children about electric bicycle laws after receiving multiple complaints about teens riding e-bikes recklessly in the city’s public parks. According to the Johns Creek Police Department, city laws prohibits e-bikes from being operated anywhere in the city park system. A Growing Concern E-bikes, also known […]
Georgia ranks in top of nation for motorcycle deaths
Georgia has a drunk driving problem. Georgia has a pedestrian safety problem. And now, new data confirms Georgia has a motorcycle fatality problem. The Numbers Georgia recorded 404 fatal motorcycle intersection crashes between 2020 and 2024, according to a new analysis of federal traffic data. That works out to about 81 deaths per year, and […]