Jon Wilcox

1 week ago | appenmedia.com | Jon Wilcox

ALPHARETTA, Ga. — Richard Landin was shocked when U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents showed up at his Alpharetta apartment May 12 and handcuffed his wife. Married for three months, Richard watched in disbelief as agents announced they were detaining Daniela Joy Landin, who entered the U.S. last year as an asylum seeker from Colombia. “My wife looked at me, teary-eyed and terrified,” Richard said. “And she was like, ‘Wait, what’s going on?’”She remains a federal detainee.

1 week ago | northfulton.com | Jon Wilcox

JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — The Johns Creek City Council is wrestling with ways to sustain a proposed $60 million performing arts center. At its May 19 meeting, the council discussed options to make up an about $250,000 gap in funding to sustain operations at the center. Talks began in April about funding the center, which council members said could be a cultural and recreational game changer for the city.

1 week ago | northfulton.com | Jon Wilcox

FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — Military service members who pay the ultimate price are the greatest embodiment of love for their fellow man, said retired U.S. Army Col. Dennis Brown. “Greater love has no one than this, to lay down one’s life for one’s friends,” said Brown, who served as emcee for the Memorial Day observance May 23 in Cumming. Several hundred residents gathered in the Lou Sobh Amphitheater at the Cumming City Center to honor the nation’s fallen military service members.

2 weeks ago | appenmedia.com | Jon Wilcox

ALPHARETTA, Ga. — It may sound like science fiction, but a developer told the Alpharetta City Council May 19 that his company’s vision for a next-generation air mobility hub is real. At their regular meeting, council members discussed a proposal for a vertiport based at the mixed-use development Northwinds Summit, now under construction. A vertiport is a landing site for electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft, which are predicted to become a reality in the next few years.

2 weeks ago | appenmedia.com | Jon Wilcox

JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — The Johns Creek Touch-A-Truck show was an opportunity for Lincoln Josey’s toys to come to life. “Our son loves fire trucks and excavators,” said the boy’s mother Lashaun Josey. “He has all the toys at home, all the construction vehicles, a whole fleet.”Lincoln and hundreds of other local kids and their families flocked to the Johns Creek City Hall parking lot May 17 to get up close and personal with a host of big vehicles.