Law enforcement activity has closed Kelly Mill Road between Johnson Road and Barrett Downs Drive.[DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks]Forsyth County Sheriff’s Department is asking people to avoid the area. The sheriff’s office tells us they are working an armed barricaded sub...
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ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — Georgia Republicans praised Tuesday morning’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling that upheld state bans in Idaho and West Virginia prohibiting transgender girls and women from playing on their public school and college sports teams.“Today’s Supreme Court decision uphold...
Law enforcement activity has closed Kelly Mill Road between Johnson Road and Barrett Downs Drive.[DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks]Forsyth County Sheriff’s Department is asking people to avoid the area. The sheriff’s office tells us they are working an armed barricaded sub...
Authorities recovered a body from Armuchee Park in Floyd County on Monday evening following reports of a drowning.
This week, we’re sharing the recipe for the brunch burger special at Buttermilk Kitchen in Buckhead. Buttermilk Kitchen founder and “Brunch Season: A Year of Delicious Mornings from the Buttermilk Kitchen” cookbook author Suzanne Vizethann said her Italian background inspired the recipe, whic...
(Gray News/AP) - U.S. gasoline prices decreased by an average of 49 cents a gallon in the last month as expectations rose for an end to the war with Iran. But they’re not falling fast enough for President Donald Trump.“Gasoline Retailers must get their Prices down, IMMEDIATELY! They’re too high c...
Actor Tom Ligon, who portrayed a backup catcher in “Bang the Drum Slowly” and Lucas Prentiss in the soap opera “The Young and the Restless,” has died. He was 85.Read more trending newsThe veteran actor’s death was announced on Friday by the New York chapter of SAG-AFTRA, according to The Hollywoo...
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — Law enforcement has swarmed a Forsyth County neighborhood Tuesday morning after a person barricaded themself inside a home, the sheriff’s office said.The activity is centered on Johnson Road and Barrett Downs Drive. Deputies believe the suspect is armed, and th...
The Supreme Court of the United States has struck down President Donald Trump’s executive order eliminating birthright citizenship, upholding the 14th Amendment instead.Tuesday marked the last day of the Supreme Court’s term and the decision was the last one issued. Read more trending news The ca...
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — To celebrate America’s 250th birthday on Saturday, a record 72 million Americans are expected to travel, according to AAA — and most of them will go by car. That’s why the Georgia Department of Public Safety (DPS) hosted a holiday travel safety briefing on Tues...
Georgia’s Performance Audit Division released a report to provide insight about how K-12 public schools’ teachers feel about GenAI use in the classroom by students and teachers. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks]GenAI is an advanced system trained to respond to user prompt...
The U.S. Supreme Court on June 30 upheld laws in Idaho and West Virginia that prohibit transgender girls and women from competing on female school sports teams, according to a report from the Associated Press. In a decision expected to influence similar laws across the country, the court’s con...
Clayton County police responded to a deadly shooting in the Jonesboro area on Monday.
A North Georgia convenience store chain is asking a judge to dismiss a lawsuit brought against it by Buc-ee’s over what it called infringement of its brand identity.Buc-ee’s filed a federal lawsuit in May trying to get Teddy’s Market to stop operating under a “confusingly similar” brand.In the la...
A Hollywood director accused of defrauding Netflix of $11 million will spend the next two-plus years in prison.Read more trending news Carl Rinsch, who was convicted of defrauding the streaming service in December, was sentenced on Monday to 30 months in federal prison for the scheme, The New Yor...
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Aging Untold) — The popular belief that eating five to six small meals a day leads to greater weight loss is not supported by the evidence, according to an endocrinologist at Vanderbilt University. Dr. Anna Beth Bradley said that when people consume the same calories and macronu...
Kelly Mill Road is closed in Forsyth County because of an active law enforcement investigation, according to the Forsyth County Sheriff's Office.
In a landmark case, the Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld bans in Idaho and West Virginia that prohibited transgender athletes from playing on their public school and college sports teams.Read more trending news The justices, in a 6-3 vote, decided that bans in Idaho and West Virginia can stand. Lo...
The Dunwoody Homeowners Association (DHA) previewed changes to its annual Independence Day parade ahead of the country’s 250th birthday. The changes come after a crash during last year’s July 4 parade injured participants, resulting in the filing of criminal misdemeanor charges against two people...
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — Another dangerous heat day is here for north Georgia, and we’re tracking a FIRST ALERT WEATHER DAY this afternoon and evening as heat index temperatures climb near 105 degrees.A heat advisory is in effect from noon through 8 p.m., meaning the combination of hea...
A Sandy Springs driver apparently learned the hard way that it's better to pull over first and ask questions later.
A young Marine and his wife are among three people who died when their car hit a tree over the weekend.According to Georgia State Patrol, a gray Mustang was driving on I-20 in Greene County early Saturday morning when it hit the back of another car.Troopers say this sent the Mustang off of I-20 a...
A Douglas County woman says a routine oil change left her car undriveable and her engine sitting in the backseat of her car.She called Channel 2 Consumer Investigator Justin Gray after seeing his report on a similar problem from another customer at the same store.Jihan Johnston-McGlotten said her...
A child was found dead in a vehicle outside a South Florida preschool on Monday, authorities said.Read more trending news According to a social media post shared by the Plantation Police Department, officers and fire rescue crew members responded to A World of Discovery Academy at about 5:39 p.m....
(Aging Untold) — Constipation is one of those topics nobody wants to bring up at the dinner table — yet it affects far more people than you might expect. About 16 out of 100 adults deal with it regularly, and that number climbs to roughly 33 out of 100 for people 60 and older, according to the Na...
A 14-year-old drowned while swimming with his friends at a Georgia park on Monday night. Floyd County Police says emergency crews responded to a drowning call at Armuchee Creek near Armuchee Park on Jones Mill Road. The Georgia Department of Natural Resources game wardens also responded.[DOWNLOAD...
More than 500 survivors of clergy sexual abuse in the Archdiocese of San Francisco reached a $395 million settlement that was announced Monday, with church leaders agreeing to an additional 14-point plan for protecting children.
COLLEGE STATION, Texas (KBTX/Gray News) - A man was arrested after he allegedly solicited minors for sex acts at a hotel Friday.The mother of a teenager who was in town for a football tournament told College Station police her son and several teammates were approached in an elevator by an intoxic...
Park celebrations Tuesday, June 30 — The state is gearing up for the country’s 250th birthday, and Georgia State Parks and Historic Sites is hosting Independence Day events across the state to celebrate. Scattered thunderstorms with a high of 93° today, but it will feel much hotter as ext...
Some Medicare subscribers will be able to have weight-loss drugs covered by their plans. Read more trending news The temporary pilot program launches on July 1. It will allow Medicare participants to get GLP-1 drugs for weight loss by paying only a $50-a-month co-pay, The Washington Post reported...
Ford is recalling 741,195 vehicles in the United States due to a transmission defect that can damage the vehicle’s parking system, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said.Read more trending newsReuters reported that the defect could result in the vehicles rolling away.The recall a...
(Aging Untold) — For many people, turning 70 marks something unexpected: not a slowdown, but a release. The pressure to prove, perform and please others begins to lift — and in its place comes clarity, purpose and a kind of freedom that earlier decades rarely allow, according to the Aging Untold ...
This summer, the Piedmont Park Conservancy is offering a full slate of seasonal programming designed to bring Atlantans together – from outdoor fitness classes and guided walks to craft nights and community markets. “Piedmont Park has a way of bringing people together,” Doug Widener, Presiden...
(Gray News) – Daveigh Chase, the actress who voiced Lilo in the beloved 2002 Disney film “Lilo & Stitch,” died of AIDS, according to the medical examiner’s office.Chase, 35, whose legal name was Daveigh Schwallier, died at a hospital June 16.“Chronic polysubstance use” was also listed as a contri...
Two people were killed and at least 20 more were injured after a coach bus flipped and struck two oncoming vehicles on the Long Island Expressway on Monday, New York City authorities said.Read more trending news The accident occurred at around 11:45 p.m. ET near the Greenpoint Avenue exit, WCBS r...
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — A 14-year-old boy died on Monday after he drowned in a creek at a Floyd County park, according to officials. Emergency crews were at Armuchee Park on Jones Mill Road in Rome searching for the victim around 10:40 p.m. A body, later identified as Tyler Brown, was...
The Detroit Lions released cornerback Terrion Arnold on Monday, hours after a Florida judge set his bond at $1 million for his role in a Tampa kidnapping and robbery case.Read more trending news Arnold, 23, is facing four counts of kidnapping and four counts of armed robbery, police said. He surr...
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — Clayton County police are asking for help finding a missing man.Jesse Garmon was last seen by his parents on Saturday afternoon wearing khaki pants and a white T-shirt.Garmon has been diagnosed with a mental disability, making this a vulnerable missing person c...
It is another hot and humid day across north Georgia, and metro Atlanta is under a heat advisory as feels-like temperatures could climb as high as 107 degrees.
Daveigh Chase, the former child actress who voiced Lilo in “Lilo & Stitch” and portrayed the evil Samara Morgan in “The Ring,” died of AIDS, medical officials said on Monday.Read more trending news According to a report from the County of Los Angeles Medical Examiner, Chase, 35, whose legal name ...
Heavy underdog DR Congo faces World Cup favorite England in Wednesday's Round of 32 match in Atlanta.
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