Sandy Springs News

A Assaults Feb. 5 6940 Roswell Road. A man said he took a cab from Buckhead to Sandy Springs just before 3 am and paid the driver nineteen dollars although the cabbie wanted twenty-one dollars.

Sandy Springs and Trees Sandy Springs are hosting a celebratory tree planting in honor of Arbor Day Friday.

"An apple a day keeps the doctor away" has long been an allegorical mantra told to children everywhere about the power of natural living.

The Fulton County Department of Registration and Elections is preparing for the March 6 Presidential Preference Primary.

Nothing Bundt Cakes recently opened in Sandy Springs. The franchise sells gourmet bundt cakes in a variety of styles including tiered cakes and mini cupcake type bundt cake called Bundtinis.

For more than 20 years, Larry Echikson was a high-ranking bank officer, initially with First National of Atlanta, later a senior vice president with Wachovia.

The Sandy Springs Board of Appeals will have plenty on its plate during its March 8 and April 12 meetings after tabling two cases Thursday.

Atlanta's near-death experience of losing Lake Lanier as a water source may have ended last summer, but the threat is not over for nearly 5 million area residents who rely on the lake and its releases into the Chattahoochee River for their existence.

It's the week wherein lies the day when we celebrate love! Why not take your honey out to listen to some great blues? And that's a good idea whether it's Valentine's Day, or the day before or the day after, or any other day! Monday, Bill Sheffield is at Blind Willie' s. Hugh Vaughan is at Sweet Georgia's Juke Joint , Truitt Lollis and Jonathan ... (more)

Pack your knives and all that jazz. "Top Chef" is holding an Atlanta-area audition on February 25 at Empire State South .

A Peggy Feldman proudly thinks of herself as a Sandy Springs pioneer. When she moved to the area from Atlanta's Morningside area in 1972, several friends followed.

A Not long ago, coyotes seemed to be a problem faced by other communities.A Today's it's a Sandy Springs problem.

The Fulton County Department of Registration and Elections is preparing for the March 6 Presidential Preference Primary.

The 1-mile-long Abernathy Greenway Park in Sandy Springs, opening in the fall, inspired protest at Tuesday's city council meeting at City Hall.

SANDY SPRINGS, Ga. - City officials in the Atlanta suburb of Sandy Springs are trying to figure out how to control coyotes amid fears that their pets are in danger of being attacked.

To say that East Cobb's Olde Mill Shopping Center is going through a significant transition is an understatement.A Located at the corner of Roswell Road and Old Canton Road, Olde Mill has a number of vacant storefronts amid stable small businesses.A In recent months, A Costume Ball has closed its doors, following a Blockbuster Video store and a ... (more)

A As city staff reviews its short list of candidates for a qualified master planning consultant to develop downtown Sandy Springs, local business leaders believe the city is at a critical point.

COBB COUNTY, Ga. -- Here's a story about a careless crime victim, whose carelessness in a parking lot in Cobb County actually did police and everybody else a favor.

Sandy Springs Police have a suspect in custody following a shooting and chase with officers on Roswell Road.A About 6 a.m. Wednesday, police say LeRon Omar Boone, 34, of Stone Mountain, attempted to rob a customer using the gas pump at the Citgo gas station near I-285. The victim ran to the Chevron station nearby where there were two police ... (more)

A busy Sandy Springs thoroughfare was shut down during the early stages of Wednesday's morning commute after a police officer shot at a robbery suspect who had allegedly pulled a gun on the officer.