Each of Forsyth County Schools’ high schools with senior classes rank in the top 15 percent in the country, according to U.S. News & World Report.

Forsyth County community members came together over the weekend to support a 17-year-old former local football player after he lost both of his parents to COVID-19 in the span of only a few days.

Lambert won this year's Class 7A Regions Directors Cup. This is the third straight year the Longhorns have won the award in the state's highest classification.

Forsyth County Sheriff Ron Freeman joined a chorus of law enforcement leaders around the country.

Twenty-six of the best athletes in Forsyth County from each varsity sport converged Wednesday at 6140 Events to be recognized for their accomplishments during this school year, but two received a...

The safety of our students is not just about COVID-19

The Forsyth County Board of Education voted Tuesday to delay the start of school amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Charlie Prince gazed at the teammate swimming steadily toward him as Prince waited at the end of the lane. The 6-year-old was the anchor leg of the Chattahoochee River Club Stingrays’s 100-yard...

Riley Highland needed a new liver. Gena Garner had been trying to donate hers. This is the story of how the two found each other at the perfect time.

Gov. Brian Kemp has ordered K-12 public schools closed through the rest of the school year, and has issued a shelter in place order through April 13. The announcement was made Wednesday, April 1.

Jeter Mallamace has only been on the South Forsyth High School staff for two years, but he’s well-known and heavily involved in school affairs. He holds court with students during lunch and was...

It had been more than two years since Clayton Bardall caught a touchdown pass. Bardall, a 2018 graduate of North Forsyth, spent some of those two years on the field, but most of it was spent off the...

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A candidate for Georgia’s 7th Congressional District picked up a big endorsement this week.

Patrick Flowe had just finished playing football in high school for his dad, Cecil, the legendary coach at Parkview in Gwinnett County, when he realized what he wanted to do with the rest of his life.

Hundreds of volunteers and local authorities are currently searching for a 19-year-old Lambert graduate that was reported missing last night.

A new member of the Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office should be pretty recognizable to North Forsyth High School students, faculty and alumni.

South Forsyth senior Katherine Gates still hopes her letter helps push Forsyth County Schools to change its policy on face masks in schools this upcoming year.

Adonnis Tolbert had 18 points and seven rebounds, sophomore Robert Cowherd added a team-high 19 points and Denmark blew past Burke County, 74-57, and into the Elite Eight for the second consecutive...

The Navy's Blue Angels and Air Force Thunderbirds will thunder across north Georgia on Saturday as they begin a series of flyover salutes to Georgia's healthcare professionals and first responders.

Dr. Jeff Bearden, superintendent of Forsyth County Schools, has been named a finalist for 2019 Georgia Superintendent of the Year by the Georgia School Superintendents Association, according to the...

Even as a young kid living with his family in Oklahoma, Forsyth County Deputy Sam Roberts knew that he wanted to be a law enforcement officer, just like his dad. “Ever since I was a kid, I would ride...

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Scenes from Waddell’s June 13 funeral spread across media outlets in the United States and beyond on Sunday and Monday.

Forsyth County Schools students had the highest 2019 SAT score among county, large and Metro Atlanta public school districts in Georgia, according to Georgia Department of Education data released on...

West Forsyth became the second school to fill its coaching vacancy Wednesday, as David Svehla is slotted to become the Wolverines' next head football coach.

During its regular meeting Tuesday, Sept. 15, the five-member board voted to name Elementary School No. 23, which is scheduled to open in 2022, New Hope Elementary School.

The area in front of the courthouse, stretching from the administration building to the jail, was crowded with hundreds upon hundreds of people chanting and waving signs.

By all appearance, Morgan Mayo has the typical life of a high school senior: she was on the cheerleading team at Forsyth Central High School in the fall, is on the varsity soccer team this spring,...

In the packed auditorium of Denmark High School, hundreds of new Forsyth County educators gathered on Tuesday morning, ready to kick off the school year on Aug. 1.

Over the past six months Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan has set his sights on making Georgia “the technology capital of the East Coast.”

Ossoff, who will face incumbent Sen. David Perdue in the Jan. 5 runoff, held a yard sign pick-up event Tuesday, Dec. 1 at Caney Creek Preserve on Caney Road, where supporters were able to pull up in...

Data released this week by the Forsyth County school system shows that the district has earned some of the highest scores in the state of Georgia on the 2019 College and Career Ready Performance...

Just days after walking across the stage as a graduate of Lambert High School, Forsyth County teen Holden Ludwig was struck and critically injured during a two-vehicle wreck in south Forsyth.

On Thursday, Denmark High School will open as Forsyth County’s sixth traditional high school. While the Danes will soon have their own identity, culture and history, some members of the Denmark High...

In February 2016, a groundbreaking ceremony was held for Halcyon, a mixed-use development project in south Forsyth County in the mold of Alpharetta's Avalon.

Jeremiah Walker’s day started out no differently than most who have to make the often-dreaded trip to the Department of Driver Services (DDS.)

For the first time in 25 years, the city of Cumming will not hold its annual Cumming Country Fair & Festival.

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In recent years, the technology sector of Forsyth County has grown to become a major focus of the local business community, and at a ceremony on Thursday morning, local leaders took a step toward...

Forsyth County Schools added its collective voice Monday to the discourse about racial inequality, saying that “we must do better” and that it’s “committed to creating a culture of belonging where...

Karthik Kochuparambil is a master of adaptation.

Out of the small dream for a more effective recycling program and an outdoor learning center for students in south Forsyth, green things have grown and flourished at Sharon Elementary School.

The city of Cumming has debuted new logos for the Cumming City Center and new ways for the public to get involved with the project’s construction.

When I read your coverage of Saturday’s Black Lives Matter demonstration on the Cumming square, my heart swelled with admiration. All praise to Candice Horsley, Keisha Johnson, and the rest of the...

When he was a student at Vickery Creek Middle School’s and a member of the school’s cross country team, Joseph Sexton noticed some repetitive behaviors, such as shrugging his shoulders or taking a...