ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — Rising power bills and the explosive growth of data centers collided in Georgia’s race for governor Monday, as Democratic nominee Keisha Lance Bottoms called for an immediate statewide freeze on new projects while Republican rival Rick Jackson pushed back again...
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A Georgia deer hunter had to dive for cover inside his tree stand after a woman pulled into his driveway and opened fire in his direction, according to investigators....
schools
DeKalb County education leaders released a revised student redistricting plan featuring multiple options to ease severe campus overcrowding across northern neighborhoods....
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ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — A person is dead after being shot by officers Thursday afternoon in northwest Atlanta, police said. Atlanta police said officers went to a home on the 1100 block of Joseph E. Boone Boulevard to serve a domestic violence warrant when the suspect...
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PEORIA, Ill. ( 25News Now /Gray News) - A youth sports coach has been sentenced to 26 years in prison for sexually assaulting a 12-year-old girl he coached. Aydan Trueblood was sentenced Wednesday after pleading guilty to predatory criminal sexual assault in August, according to ...
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ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — Atlanta United has unveiled its schedule for the 2027 sprint season. The sprint will be the first of two seasons held in 2027 as MLS moves to a winter-spring schedule. Teams will play just 14 games: seven home, seven away and one against each c...
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June Jones, the pioneering former Atlanta Falcons head coach who revolutionized modern passing attacks with the run-and-shoot offense, has died at age 73, the team announced Thursday....
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As early voting nears an end, candidates are making their push ahead of the midterm election. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks ] Channel 2 Gwinnett County bureau chief Matt Johnson is on the campaign trail with Republican candidate for governor Rick Jacks...
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A Douglasville homeowner says she has spent tens of thousands of dollars trying to address structural problems at her home. Now, she says she has reached another obstacle: The builder will not negotiate directly with her while she represents herself. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News a...
schools
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — A 911 call prompted a lockdown across an entire school district in Meriwether County on Thursday morning. Now, the call is under investigation. The Meriwether County Schools superintendent says the caller claimed he was headed to Greenville Hig...
government
WASHINGTON (Gray DC) - The 2026 midterm elections are set to be historic. More women are on state and federal ballots this cycle, with a record number running for the House of Representatives, according to Kelly Dittmar of the Center for American Women and Politics at Rutgers Uni...
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BEAUFORT, S.C. ( WCSC /Gray News) — A man is expected to spend two decades behind bars for shooting a woman in the head after a verbal argument in an apartment parking lot in 2023. This week, Bernard “Berney” Garvin Jr., 35, was found guilty of attempted murder and possession of ...
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WASHINGTON (Gray DC) - The 2026 midterm elections have become the most expensive election cycle in U.S. history when it comes to political advertising, surpassing even the 2024 presidential election. With Election Day less than a week away, an estimated $11.21 billion has been sp...
