ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — Jasper County deputies are searching for a man wanted in multiple counties on Friday morning. Zeth Blalock allegedly ran away from deputies into the area south of Old Agateville Road in Hillsboro. He was last seen wearing a white T-shirt and might be covered in...
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A Forsyth man has been sentenced to life in prison for what a prosecutor called a “merciless and deliberate” killing of his roommate at a Woodstock sober living apartment.[DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks]The Office of the District Attorney for the Blue Ridge Judicial Circ...
ATLANTA, Ga. (ATL Live) - St. Julep Rooftop bartender Eric vander Straeten stopped by WANF’s ATL Live to walk hosts Ava Braatz and Savannah Louie through the venue’s monthly mixology experience and demonstrate a cocktail called Midnight in the Garden. The Buckhead rooftop bar sits nine floors abo...
An earthquake measuring 7.3 magnitude hit the North Pacific Ocean, the United States Geological Survey said. Read more trending news The quake‘s epicenter was about 30 miles southwest of Aquiles Serdán, Mexico. Initially, it was listed as a 7.4, The New York Times reported. It was at a depth of 6...
Advocates and community leaders are calling for the release of Pauline Binam, a 36-year-old single mother, domestic violence survivor, and member of the LGBTQ+ community who is currently detained at Stewart Detention Center in south Georgia. Binam, who was brought from Cameroon by her family a...
Scattered storms will move through parts of north Georgia to start the weekend. And the dangerous heat also returns. Severe Weather Team 2 Meteorologist Brian Monahan is tracking a stormier start to the weekend with the greatest chance of rain this afternoon and Saturday. A few strong or severe s...
Deputies have flooded a neighborhood off Bethelview Road as law enforcement officers search for a suspect who ran from a traffic stop into a nearby wooded area.
A Henry County woman is facing charges after troopers found more than 100 pounds of illegal marijuana inside the vehicle she was driving, according to authorities. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks]Arkansas State Police said on Wednesday, around 1:45 p.m., a trooper pulled...
The Hall County Sheriff’s Office is searching for a suspect who shot and killed a woman late Thursday night. Deputies confirmed to Channel 2 Action News This Morning that a woman was shot and killed at a convenience store on Mountain View Road and Old Oakwood Road. We’re speaking with the store o...
The Atlanta Braves are back home at Truist Park on Friday night. They will start the second half of the season hosting the Texas Rangers. And we now know which teams will come to Truist Park next year. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks]Major League Baseball unveiled the 20...
A man is in critical condition after two officers shot him when he aggressively charged toward them with a screwdriver in Commerce, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation said.
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — Jasper County deputies are searching for a man wanted in multiple counties on Friday morning. Zeth Blalock allegedly ran away from deputies into the area south of Old Agateville Road in Hillsboro. He was last seen wearing a white T-shirt and might be covered in...
The girl who was the subject of a Levi’s Call, Georgia’s Amber Alert, has been found safe, officials said Friday. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation put out the alert for the 13-year-old, who had last seen at around 1 a.m. Thursday.According to the Levi’s Call shared by the GBI, Layla Alexis Nub...
The actress known simply as the “pigeon lady” has died. Brenda Fricker was 81 years old. Read more trending newsMany may not realize that Fricker was also an Oscar-winning actress for her role in “My Left Foot.” Her agent, Phil Belfield, said she died after a period of ill health, Hello! reported...
(Gray News) — Oscar-winning actress Brenda Fricker has died at age 81.Fricker won the best supporting actress Oscar in 1990 for her role in “My Left Foot.” She played Daniel Day-Lewis’ mother.Fricker was also known for her role as the Central Park pigeon woman in “Home Alone 2.”Her agent confirme...
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — Commerce police officers shot a suspect accused of breaking into a home on Thursday night after he lunged at them, according to the police department. The suspect, who has not yet been identified, is out of surgery and in “critical but stable” condition, the de...
Fairlife, Coca-Cola’s dairy company, has announced a temporary stop in production after a cyber incident. Read more trending newsReuters reported that the Chicago-based dairy owned by the soft drink company has launched an investigation into the cyberattack, but said its quality and safety have n...
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — The public alert for a 13-year-old believed to be abducted in south Georgia on Thursday morning has been canceled. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) had issued a Levi’s Call, Georgia’s version of an Amber Alert, on behalf of the Baxley Police Department...
Want to hang with the Zach Brown Band on your next cruise vacation? Here’s your chance!Margaritaville at Sea will host a historic fleet gathering in the Bahamas on Jan. 28, 2027, bringing together its three ships — Paradise, Islander and Beachcomber — for the first time. To mark this occasion, mu...
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — A First Alert Weather Day is in effect for north Georgia today as scattered storms move through the region between lunch and 6 p.m., bringing the threat of heavy rain, lightning, street flooding and isolated damaging winds.The threat doesn’t stop there. Very ho...
GAINESVILLE, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — A woman was shot and killed inside a Gainesville convenience store late Thursday night, and the gunman is still at large on Friday morning, according to Hall County investigators.The shooting happened around 9:30 p.m. at Subhannallah Food Mart on Mountain V...
President Donald Trump is scheduled to visit Wheeler High School in Cobb County next week to pitch his student investment program.
Kris Jenner announced the death of her mother, Mary Jo “MJ” Shannon. Shannon was 91 years old. Read more trending newsJenner shared on Instagram, “Today, we said goodbye to my beautiful Mommy MJ. There are no words that could ever capture what she has meant to me or the heartbreak of having to sa...
A long recovery begins after historic South Central Texas rains trigger widespread Texas Hill Country flooding, leaving two dead in Kerr and Uvalde counties.
Three police officers in a metro Atlanta city have been fired after they were accused of misusing the department’s license plate readers. The Fayetteville Police Department said flags were raised during an internal audit of the department’s Flock Safety cameras. The audit found that three officer...
Editor’s Note: The video in this story is from an earlier report. ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — The Fayetteville Police Department has fired three of its officers after they allegedly misused the Flock camera system, the department announced on Friday. According to police, testing of a new ...
In June of 2020, HBO pulled the 1939 classic film “Gone With the Wind” from its streaming service. The decision came after John Ridley, the Academy Award-winning screenwriter behind “12 Years a Slave,” wrote an op-ed for the LA Times calling out the film’s racism and sanitization of the insti...
Air quality alerts can change quickly during wildfire smoke events. Here’s what Code Orange, Code Red, Code Purple and Code Maroon mean, and when you should limit time outside.
In waiting for Christopher Nolan’s adaptation of “The Odyssey,” I’ve felt a lot of anticipation – as I’m sure many of us have – for certain set pieces. Whether it be Odysseus’s encounter with the man-eating cyclops Polyphemus, or with Charybdis and Scylla in the ocean, there’s a certain excitemen...
The Fayetteville Police Department has terminated three of its officers after an internal audit exposed unauthorized searches within a public safety tracking database.
The City of East Point has rescheduled a planned water outage for some residents.The water shutoff between Jefferson Ave and E Forrest Ave will now take Monday, July 20, through Tuesday, July 21. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks]Scheduled work is set to connect existing l...
The Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said they may have found the source of a Cyclospora that has sickened more than 1,600 people in five states. Read more trending news The agencies said they have linked the illnesses to shredded iceberg lettuce ser...
During Tuesday night’s meeting, Brookhaven City Councilwoman Jennifer Owens said she’s resigning for “purely family reasons.”[DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks]Since then, the City of Brookhaven council members have called for a special election to qualified voters. The ele...
Weekend time Friday, July 17 — Neighborhoods around Piedmont Park are raising security concerns about the 50,000 soccer fans expected for a FIFA World Cup watch party and concert for Sunday’s final between Spain and Argentina. The event, which includes a performance by Ludacris, is free but r...
When she was younger, Nikki Byrne wanted to perform. “In middle school, I really wanted to be an actor, and auditioned for everything,” the Pace Academy alumni said, “and never got cast.” But that disappointment wouldn’t last for long. According to Byrne, Patrick Campbell – the director o...
The Rockdale County Board of Education has named a sole finalist for the open superintendent role. Members selected Dr. Stephanie Johnson on Thursday following a comprehensive search process.Johnson currently serves as Deputy Superintendent and Chief Turnaround Officer for the Georgia Department ...
The Coca-Cola Company has temporarily halted U.S. manufacturing operations for its fairlife dairy brand after discovering a cyberattack on its networks. An unauthorized third party gained access to a portion of the company's systems during a recent ransomware event.
Fairlife, a dairy company owned by Atlanta-based Coca-Cola, was the target of a ransomware event on Thursday, the company announced.According to a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, The Coca-Cola Company identified unauthorized access to some of fairlife’s systems, including...
Texas is once again dealing with devastating flooding just over a year after floods killed two dozen campers and two counselors at Camp Mystic. Read more trending news Update 7:11 a.m., July 17: At least two people have been killed in flooding sweeping parts of Texas, CNN reported. Uvalde Police ...
A Florida murder suspect with close ties to North Georgia is on the run after human remains were discovered buried in a shallow grave, authorities said.
A targeted overnight shooting left a woman dead at a Hall County convenience store, and deputies are searching for the killer who ran from the scene.
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