Alpharetta News

HealthPort Inc., a health care information technology company, said Thursday it is postponing its planned initial public offering due to market conditions.

With winter fast approaching, now is the ideal time to take a moment and think of our feathered friends.

One robber was behind bars, but another apparently used the same ruse - pretending to be a taxi driver - to lure another victim into a fake cab over the weekend, Athens-Clarke police said.

On Veterans Day this year, the company gained help from Sam's Club, several other corporate sponsors and VFW Post 12002 to start giving away 25,000 canes in a program called "Hugo Salutes Our Veterans." The national program kicked off with additional help from Alpharetta Mayor Arthur Letchas at the Sam's Club off Mansell Road near Ga.

Ron and Judy Parker don't have family in Charlie Troop, but that didn't stop them from bringing their flags, their enthusiasm and their chocolate Labrador Snickers to the parade on Saturday.

ISINGHOOD, David G., 66, died November 11, 2009, at his home in Hartwell, Georgia.

Lt. James McGee, a spokesman for the Roswell Police Department, said 19-year-old Steven C. Weigert is in Fulton County Jail without bond after being indicted for seven counts of aggravated assault, plus other Crime s. Those charges all stem from an Oct.

Police Explorers Joey Carrico, Jacob Sanderson and Brandan Coaloa take a suspect into custody during a felony traffic stop during a Police Explorers scenario Oct.

Sigma Alpha Lambda is a national leadership and honors organization dedicated to promoting and rewarding academic achievement and providing members with opportunities for community service, personal development and lifelong professional fulfillment.

A Cobb County creek is at its flood stage and an Alpharetta waterway is almost there, the National Weather Service said.

Wet weather moving through Georgia in advance of storms along the Gulf Coast has dropped as much as four inches of rain in parts of the state and has put officials in Alpharetta on watch for flooding.

Becky Padgett, Douglas County Board of Commissioners office receptionist, empties used paper from her work station into a collection bin for recycling.

Alpharetta's American Legion Post 201 has set aside the day before Veterans Day to host an all day job and benefits fair.

AMG Medical of Alpharetta has provided 25,000 canes free of charge to members of the U.S. Armed Forces in need of mobility assistance.

Local governments have been looking at falling tax revenues, empty storefronts and residential property lying fallow in mid-development. As a result, cities have paid a lot of lip service to developers and small businesses to bring their efforts to bear and redevelop during the ongoing recession.

State labor officials will host job fairs this month connecting veterans and other job seekers with more than 90 employers.

Mike Kennedy wins his election to Alpharetta City Council Post 2 by a wide margin, but the race in Post 3 was much closer.

Boy Scouts, students from several schools, Roswell's mayor and city staff, plus other volunteers hauled out hundreds of pounds of trash from the banks of the Chattahoochee and several of its tributaries October 28, 2009 At least 50 people didn't let a month-long delay stop them from volunteering for the Rivers Alive River Cleanup Oct.

At the Equestrian Reserve on Old Alpharetta Road in south Forsyth, a mile or so northest of the McFarland/McGinnis Ferry Road intersection, not only did the young ladies dress up for an Oct.

Adults, young children and teens joined forces in Alpharetta recently to fight diabetes in the American Diabetes Association's annual Step Out Walk to Fight Diabetes.