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Esjay recalled hundreds of thousands of Montessori toddler toys over a potential choking hazard. Read more trending news The recall affected 276,000 Esjay Toddler Busy Board Montessori Toys because the red knobs can come off, and a child could choke on them, the Consumer Product ...
After a slightly cooler Wednesday, the mid-summer heat returns for the next couple of days. The average high for this time of year is 84 degrees. Severe Weather Team 2 Meteorologist Brian Monahan says highs will be in the low 90s on Thursday. This will mark our 74th day in the 90...
Georgia Tech police say a first-year student who has been missing since Sunday has been found safe. Caden Qiao, a first-year Georgia Tech student, was last seen on Sept. 13. Officials sent out an alert on Thursday morning that Qiao had been safely located. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV ...
Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport reports that a sewage spill happened on Wednesday. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks ] Airport officials said the spill occurred at a sewer lift station near the west end of Runway 10-28. They estimate about...
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — An Atlanta Public Schools volunteer football coach was arrested at last Friday’s football game. According to the district, the coach from Therrell High School, who has not yet been publicly identified, was taken into custody during the game aga...
An east Georgia community is mourning the loss of a 13-year-old boy killed in an e-bike accident. Kenneth Faile-Hood was riding along the side of the road when he hit a tree limb, causing him to lose control and crash into the guardrail. The 8th grader was pronounced dead at the ...
( InvestigateTV ) — A booming market for trading cards is fueling a surge in counterfeits and smash and grabs. How crime can turn your hobby into a high-risk gamble. Plus, certain batteries can turn everyday products into fire-hazards, and we explain how to tell if it’s been safe...
Officers with the LaGrange Police Department’s Animal Control Division are searching for answers after finding a family pet shot multiple times and dumped inside a trash bag....
A woman accused of driving an SUV that slammed into a Los Angeles Metro bus, killing two people, was charged with murder on Wednesday, authorities said. Read more trending news That incident was a prelude to a second tragedy on Tuesday, when a news helicopter covering the collisi...
A shooting outside a northwest Atlanta restaurant early Thursday morning left two men hospitalized, including one in critical condition, according to Atlanta police....
Two people were shot outside a restaurant overnight. Police are investigating two more scenes they believe are connected to the shooting. Dozens of officers have blocked off Howell Mill Road at Chattahoochee Avenue in northwest Atlanta. One witness told Channel 2 Action News This...
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — Unseasonably hot conditions will continue through the weekend with an upper level ridge in control. Moisture will increase, bringing showers and scattered thunderstorms back to North Georgia this weekend with Saturday looking like the more unse...
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — Two men were shot overnight near the Daiquiri Factory on Howell Mill Road in the Berkley Park neighborhood, according to police. Surveillance footage captured the moment gunfire erupted. The video shows people running for cover as others rush t...
One driver died and five other people were hospitalized after a crash on a busy highway Thursday morning. Triple Team Traffic’s Mike Shields learned the crash happened on Highway 316 at Sugarloaf Parkway around 1:25 a.m. Traffic Tracker 2 cameras showed multiple police and fire v...
Two people were shot overnight, and police are investigating two more scenes they believe are connected. Video of people running for cover, LIVE on Channel 2 Action News at 5:00 p.m. Dozens of officers blocked off Howell Mill Road at Chattahoochee Avenue in northwest Atlanta. Cha...
Mableton business owners have learned that one of their employees is charged with stealing from the restaurant. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks ] The owners of Reid’s Deli told Channel 2 Cobb County Bureau Chief Michele Newell that they are heartbroken t...
A packed Roswell town hall turned heated Wednesday night as residents pressed the mayor over a proposed property tax increase that city leaders say is needed to pay for roads, public safety equipment and other major expenses. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news bre...
An FBI SWAT team arrested a suspect in the deadly Atlanta mass shooting in Atlanta at a house in Alabama on Wednesday. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks ] Ze’kevious Perry was wanted for his suspected involvement in the shooting on Edgewood Avenue in July ...
DeKalb County is considering new options for both overcrowded and under-enrolled schools which means some students will be uprooted from their schools. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks ] The plan was released ahead of public comment sessions that will sta...
HAZEL PARK, Mich. (Gray News) - Police in Michigan say a man was stabbed to death at a Labor Day barbecue after he and his girlfriend’s brother got into a fight over how to cook the chicken. Kenneth Erwin Thomas, 60, and his live-in girlfriend were having a barbecue last Monday t...
A new City of Atlanta audit found roughly one in four water accounts are delinquent, leaving the city owing more than $236 million in unpaid water and sewer bills despite millions of dollars in debt being written off in recent years. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as ...
Investigators want answers in the death of an apparent family dog. The body was discovered in a trash bag riddled with what appeared to be bullet wounds, according to LaGrange Police. They describe the dog as brown and beige, possibly a husky-shepherd mix. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV ...
Chatham County Police are asking for the public's help to identify a man who trespassed on a property, hung out in a family's pool and hot tub, and stole $1,200 in luxury towels....
Officers are on scene investigating a crash involving a MARTA bus near Langhorn Street on Wednesday night, according to the Atlanta Police Department.
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — A MARTA bus was involved in an accident Wednesday night, according to police. Police said the accident happened on Langhorn Street SW near I-20. Police said there were no critical injuries, but it is unknown how many vehicles were involved in t...
DONALDSONVILLE, La. ( WAFB /Gray News) - A former teacher is facing charges in connection with a double shooting on Tuesday in Louisiana. According to the Ascension Parish Sheriff’s Office, Kyle Delaney, 25, was arrested later that night and charged with two counts of attempted s...
A multi-county chase ended on I-75 South in Whitfield County after deputies performed a PIT maneuver to stop the suspect on Wednesday afternoon, according to the sheriff's office....
Officers are responding to an auto accident involving a MARTA bus Wednesday evening. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks ] The scene is near Langhorn Street and Interstate 20. No critical injuries have been reported at this time. We do not yet know if other ...
A traffic stop led to a major hazardous materials response and drug arrest after deputies uncovered a suspected mobile methamphetamine lab inside a vehicle in Towns County, according to the sheriff's office....
SHELBY COUNTY, Tenn. ( WMC /Gray News) - A man wanted in connection with the 2022 killing of a 15-year-old girl in Tennessee has been captured more than 5,000 miles away in Europe, authorities said. The U.S. Marshals Service announced Wednesday that 23-year-old Seth Walls was arr...
A 14-time convicted felon with a decades-long violent criminal record has been sentenced to nearly nine years in federal prison after Atlanta police caught him with a stolen gun....
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — The LaGrange Police Department is investigating after a dog was found dead in a trash bag with multiple gunshot wounds. Police said the dog, believed to be a husky-shepherd mix, was found on Tuesday. Police said they believe the dog was a pet. ...
BUCHANAN, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — Chaston Perry is working to rebuild his life months after a deadly multi-vehicle crash claimed the life of his close friend and left him with severe, lasting injuries. Jacob Stiles died in the spring following a four-car collision along Highwa...
Georgia Tech police are asking for the public’s help finding a first-year student who has been missing since Sunday. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks ] Caden Qiao, a first-year Georgia Tech student, was last seen on Sept. 13. Georgia Tech Police and the A...
East Point City Manager Redmond Jones has been placed on administrative leave while the city investigates allegations that he received more than $15,000 in unauthorized payments. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks ] The issue came to a head after concerned ...
An Atlanta family stood side-by-side with police officers on Wednesday to plead for the community's help in solving the December 2022 murder of a 19-year-old college student....
Loganville police cameras read more than 345,000 different license plates in the last 30 days, according to a new public portal the department launched, as officers elsewhere in Georgia face charges for misusing the same system. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news ...
MEMPHIS ( WMC /Gray News) - Authorities arrested 13 people after they were allegedly caught stealing $250k of chicken from a semi-trailer. According to a press release, Javunte Johnson, 33, was arrested and charged with possession of a firearm; an arrest warrant was executed for ...
POTOSI, Mo. ( First Alert 4 /Gray News) - A Missouri man will spend a total of 17 years in prison after his malnourished older son, who had autism, choked to death while eating his own feces because of starvation, according to authorities. The Washington County Prosecutor’s Offic...
Some homeowners in Clayton County say their water bills have soared ever since the water authority began installing new “Smart Water Meters”. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks ] County officials say the meters can monitor water usage accurately, remotely a...
A former high school football coach is out on bond after allegedly punching and shoving an opposing player during a fight on the field in Carroll County....
NILES, Mich. ( WNDU /Gray News) - Authorities said the bodies of two missing Michigan mothers were found inside a Jeep that was submerged in the St. Joseph River. The women were identified as Vanessa Bautista, 24, and Alexa Navarro, 23, on Wednesday. Police said the bodies were a...
An FBI SWAT team arrested a suspect in the deadly Atlanta mass shooting in Atlanta at a house in Alabama on Wednesday. Ze’kevious Perry was wanted for his suspected involvement in the shooting on Edgewood Avenue in July 2025. One person was killed and 10 others were injured. Agen...
Georgia Tech researchers are finding a new way to give plastic waste a second life, turning hard-to-recycle plastic into new materials and products. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks ] Inside Georgia Tech’s new Trash Lab, students, researchers and faculty ...
MARTA police tell Channel 2 that one of its officers stopped a suspect at a train station Wednesday after shots were fired nearby. The incident had people scrambling in the area Wednesday afternoon around the Oakland City MARTA station at 1400 Lee Street SW. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-T...
DeKalb County police have arrested a 27-year-old man in connection with the fatal shooting of a homeowner found dead in his Lithonia carport in July.
Police are asking for the public’s help in solving the 2022 killing of Malang Touray Jr., a 19-year-old who had recently completed his first semester at Georgia State University. Investigators say someone shot Touray on Campbellton Road on Dec. 28, 2022. He was taken to a hospita...
Atlanta Police are asking for the public’s help identifying a suspect captured on surveillance video following a fatal shooting in northwest Atlanta. According to investigators, officers responded Sept. 11 to a person shot call at 2798 Peek Road NW, where they found Andre Wade su...
A former Georgia nonprofit employee admitted stealing nearly $100,000 from an organization serving abused and neglected children, federal prosecutors said. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks ] Jennifer O’Neal, 63, of Cedartown, pleaded guilty Wednesday to s...
A Georgia man faces a murder charge after federal marshals arrested him in Florida for the 2024 death of an Atlanta dancer in Birmingham.
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. ( WDTV /Gray News) - A woman is accused of leaving her 76-year-old husband on the toilet for 19 hours, which resulted in injuries that played a significant role in his death, according to police. Margaret Rog, 75, is charged with abuse or neglect of an incapacit...
What started as a funeral procession ended with hazmat suits and a drug investigation, according to a Georgia sheriff’s office. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks ] Towns County Sheriff’s Office said the incident happened Tuesday afternoon while a deputy wa...
A 62-year-old man faces charges after police say he performed a sex act on himself inside a store at Town Center Mall.
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — The family of a 19-year-old man who was shot and killed at an Atlanta apartment complex in 2022 is pleading for anyone with information to come forward. On Wednesday, the family joined Atlanta police in a news conference to raise awareness of M...
A former Atlanta youth minister has been arrested and indicted on accusations that he groomed several boys “under the guise of spiritual guidance.” Court documents say Jeffrey Turner Taylor, 66, was a young minister at a church in northern Virginia from 1990 to 2002. They say Tur...
A man is facing drug charges after deputies say he admitted he was “getting high” while sitting in a vehicle parked along a Georgia highway. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks ] Jones County deputies were called Saturday night to investigate a suspicious ve...
