Georgia woman sues law enforcement officers after accidental raid at her home in 2023

Sandy Springs Reporter 4/15 8:53A Ross Williams | Georgia Recorder

A Georgia woman is  suing  local and federal law enforcement officers over what she calls a botched pre-dawn raid of her Sandy Springs condominium in 2023. “I was immediately staring down the nozzles...

Update: Brothers face murder charges in Sandy Springs apartment shooting

Sandy Springs Reporter 4/15 8:27A Hayden Sumlin

The Sandy Springs Police Department has made one arrest in the fatal shooting of a 29-year-old resident of 550 Northridge Parkway, Justin Tucker, around 8:20 p.m. on April 14. Sandy Springs Police...

Isamu Noguchi designed modern America. Atlanta’s High Museum shows how.

Buckhead Reporter 4/15 5:00A Sherri Daye Scott

As you enter the High Museum’s latest exhibition, “Isamu Noguchi: ‘I am not a designer,'” a small placard at the entrance poses a question to carry through the galleries: Was Noguchi indeed a...

Preview Atlanta’s Oakland Cemetery illumine 2026

Buckhead Reporter 4/15 2:00A Sherri Daye Scott

On any given afternoon, Grant Park’s historic Oakland Cemetery is the kind of place that makes you slow down. Red brick paths wind past marble headstones and mausoleums. Magnolias shade Bell Tower...

Georgia EPD: 20,000-gallon jet fuel leak into Flint River went undetected for eight days

Buckhead Reporter 4/14 5:17A Pamela Kirkland | GPB News

Just across from an industrial stretch of warehouses and chain-link fences, the ground drops into a thicket of brush. Tucked behind the tall winter grass, is a shallow creek. If you weren’t looking...

Above the Waterline: A beloved inn in the Appalachian forest

Buckhead Reporter 4/14 2:42A Sally Bethea

The Southern Appalachians have my heart. For more than fifty years, I’ve hiked worn footpaths through these ancient mountains – among the oldest on Earth – from Virginia to the foothills of North...

Police seek suspect in early-morning shooting at Brookhaven Kroger

Brookhaven Reporter 4/13 5:49A Cathy Cobbs

Brookhaven police officials are investigating another shooting at the Peachtree Road Kroger , which resulted in a man being hospitalized with multiple gunshot wounds. According to BPD officials,...

Atlanta Police make arrests in fatal juvenile shooting cases

Buckhead Reporter 4/13 3:30A Collin Kelley

The Atlanta Police Department has made arrests in two unrelated fatal shootings that took the lives of two juveniles. According to reports from APD, homicide investigators were able to establish probable cause and obtain arrest warrants for...

Sandy Springs Police Foundation hosts inaugural car show fundraiser

Sandy Springs Reporter 4/12 3:05A Hayden Sumlin

The Sandy Springs Invitational Car Show on April 19 is the Sandy Springs Police Foundation s inaugural fundraising event, bringing more than 100 unique cars from Caffeine & Octane to the downtown City...

Register now for Sandy Springs Mother-Son Dance on May 1

Sandy Springs Reporter 4/12 2:00A Rough Draft Staff

For the sixth year in a row, the Sandy Springs Recreation and Parks Department is inviting families to celebrate the special bond between moms, or mother figures, and their sons at its beloved annual...

Atlanta’s Skyland Trail celebrates creativity and recovery with May 1 arts event

Reporter Newspapers Brookhaven 4/12 1:00A Rough Draft Staff

Skyland Trail, a nonprofit mental health organization based in Atlanta, will host Arts in the Garden on Friday, May 1, from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., at the Skyland Trail Charles B. West Campus in...

Spark 5K race returns to Piedmont Park on April 30

Buckhead Reporter 4/11 7:51A Collin Kelley

Spark 5K , presented by Roark, returns to Piedmont Park on Thursday, April 30, at 6:30 p.m. for its fourth annual celebration of community, movement, and purpose. The high-energy evening combines fun, fitness and a spirited corporate challenge all...

The Center for Puppetry Arts relaunches live show tour after almost 20 years

Buckhead Reporter 4/11 5:32A Rough Draft Staff

The Center for Puppetry Arts announced that it is relaunching its touring productions for the first time in nearly two decades. Last seen in 2009, the latest iteration of the center’s travelling puppet shows is set to make its debut at Brenau...

Take 5 with author Pamela Norsworthy on her new book ‘The Florentine Entanglement’

Sandy Springs Reporter 4/11 4:00A Teri Elam

Sandy Springs author Pamela Norsworthy’s first historical fiction novel, “War Bonds,” earned her a Georgia Author of the Year Award nomination for its saga of a British nurse and her complicated...

Midtown High students shine at Future Business Leaders of America conference

Buckhead Reporter 4/11 3:45A Rough Draft Staff

Midtown High School’s Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) chapter recently captured top honors at the 2026 Georgia FBLA State Leadership conference, an annual gathering that brings together student leaders from across the state to compete...