On Monday, Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens plans to go before the city council to discuss new rules he’d like for how police use surveillance technology. Dickens released a policy proposal on Sept. 15 for how he wants the council to restrict how police are using automated license plate readers and su...
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Atlanta City Council is set to consider plans to bring light rail to the Beltline . [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks ] Monday, council members will vote on a resolution to support a $3.5 billion plan to build a system along the popular trail. As Channel 2...
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Atlanta Department of Transportation officials announced that a portion of West Marietta Street would be closed for several days. Work crews will be on Marietta Street NW at Marietta Boulevard for resurfacing work. As a result, ATLDOT will have roads closed from 7 p.m. to 6 a.m. ...
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A registered sex offender from south Georgia was sentenced to decades in state prison following convictions in Coffee and Pierce counties. Charlie Franklin Stevens was put under investigation for violating the terms of his probation, following a child molestation conviction. [DOW...
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A pair of metro Atlanta residents say their county incorrectly charged them for their water bill for more than a year. The most recent one was more than $2,700. Channel 2’s Eryn Rogers spoke to the DeKalb County residents, who said they’ve been getting charged more than 10 times ...
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Eighteen suspects accused in the 2021 assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse are awaiting extradition to the United States, where they will face trial in Florida....
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Volunteers banded together Sunday to clean up a long-abandoned African American cemetery. Channel 2’s Bryan Mims was in Henry County, where the community said many of those buried there were enslaved people who worked on a 4,000 acre plantation. Now near what is now Locust Grove,...
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Former McNair High School football standout and record-breaking Alcorn State University running back Arnold Walker III has died in Atlanta, Alcorn State University officials confirmed....
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A number of trees falling across power lines and poles has residents without power on Sunday. The Norwood Road community in southeast Atlanta, near Dobbs Elementary School, is currently without power. Georgia Power told Channel 2 Action News that several trees had fallen and not ...
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ST. ANN, Mo. ( KMOV /Gray News) - A suspect shot into a crowd of 400 juveniles and was then shot by police outside a dance studio in Missouri on Saturday evening, authorities said. Police say they responded to a dance studio in St. Ann around 10:30 p.m. due to reports of gunfire ...
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(Gray News) - A 16-year-old angler shattered a Florida state record when he caught a 3.02-pound, 16-inch-long jaguar guapote. “When I hooked it, I thought it was a peacock bass,” Xzavier Peon said. “But once the giant jaguar came up I knew that it was a state record almost instan...
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Georgia seems poised to switch to a hand-marked paper ballot system for the 2028 election, but researchers and cybersecurity experts say there is a lot more to consider to ensure that voting stays secure and free from undue influence. Election security concerns have long been at ...
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WASHINGTON (Gray DC) - President Donald Trump has a full schedule this week in Washington and on the road, while Vice President JD Vance campaigns for Republicans in the critical state of North Carolina. Trump is headed to New York on Monday, where he will address the 81st United...
