Deputies arrested a 26-year-old man accused of shooting at a driver passing by his house in Lamar County. Deputies from the Lamar County Sheriff’s Office and the Spalding County Sheriff’s Office responded to the area of 130 Lamar County Line Road following a report of gunfire. [D...
Editor’s note: The video above is from an earlier report. ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — A man attempting to run across an Atlanta interstate was struck overnight by multiple vehicles and killed, Atlanta police said. Just before 5 a.m. Wednesday, emergency crews responded to...
Charlie “Blackcat” Smith is a longtime Atlanta sculptor known for his large-scale fire and metal art. These days, he’s racing against a tight deadline inside his West End warehouse, working roughly up to 16-hour-days to finish “The Burning Book of Brian,” a 14- to 15-foot memoria...
Toyota announced on Tuesday that it is recalling approximately 655,000 of its Camry vehicles globally because of a display defect that may deactivate turn signals and hazard lights when motorists start the cars. Read more trending news According to documents from the National Hig...
A Gwinnett County mother charged with murder after her 1-year-old son died in a locked car is trying to get out of jail in time for his funeral this weekend, after her attorney’s attempt to trade away the murder count failed in court Tuesday. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for a...
I-75 reopens after large emergency response shut down lanes for hours WSB-TV
A Lawrenceville home was heavily damaged by fire last Wednesday, and investigators say the blaze was intentionally set. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks ] Firefighters were called around 5 a.m. August 5 to Camp Perrin Road NE. Crews found heavy flames thr...
Riverside Military Academy is setting its sights beyond Georgia, announcing a long-term plan to become what school leaders call the premier military leadership academy in the country. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks ] The Gainesville boarding school anno...
Fayetteville residents are paying more for water, sewer, stormwater and trash collection as the city works to keep up with rising operating costs and aging infrastructure. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks ] The latest increases took effect August 1 for wa...
All lanes of Interstate 75 near Moores Mill Road are shut down as a large emergency response is underway. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks ] A Channel 2 Action News photographer captured images of cars stopped on the interstate as Atlanta police, Georgia ...
Two teenagers are facing murder charges after a 16-year-old was shot and killed in Hazlehurst last week, according to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks ] The GBI arrested 17-year-old Tyzhawn Corouthers and 18-year-old D...
For families at Evansdale Elementary, the possibility of losing their neighborhood school is still fresh. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks ] Evansdale was among the DeKalb County schools previously at risk of closing or being repurposed, and parent Jennif...
The Fulton County Medical Examiner’s Office is working to connect a human skull to a name. East Point Police Department said someone called to report the discovery Thursday evening, Aug. 6. A man who did not want to share his name publicly told Channel 2’s Courtney Francisco he f...
Atlanta Technical College is beginning a major transformation of one of its most iconic buildings, with a $30 million state investment set to turn the Henry Louis “Hank” Aaron Academic Complex into a modern hub for students and workforce training. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app ...
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — While the morning will likely stay dry, a few storms will be likely again Wednesday afternoon. If we see a cluster of storms organize in Tennessee, it could push into north Georgia Wednesday afternoon with increased gusty wind potential. We’ll ...
An RV burst into flames on Pleasantdale Road in DeKalb County, leading to multiple explosions near the I-85 interchange.
Atlanta police are auditing employee use of the Flock license plate reader system.
Atlanta police are investigating a shooting that left one man wounded and ended with several people in custody. Officers responded to Martin Luther King Jr. Drive near W. Lake Avenue just after 7:15 p.m. where they found a 36-year-old man who had been shot. Channel 2 Action News ...
WINFIELD, Kan. ( KWCH / KCTV /Gray News) - Authorities in Kansas said four children and a woman, along with a male suspect, were found dead with gunshot wounds Tuesday morning. Winfield police said officers received a call at 8:50 a.m. from a man who said he killed his entire fam...
Atlanta police are investigating a shooting in the 1700 block of Martin Luther King Jr. Dr. NW that left a 36-year-old man injured.
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — Police said a human skull was found in an East Point neighborhood last week. On Thursday evening, East Point police officers were called to the area of the 4000 block of Janice Drive to investigate a report of what appeared to be a human skull,...
Coweta County sheriff's deputies arrested a man following a four-hour hostage standoff at a home on Ga. Highway 154.
WARD COUNTY, Texas ( KOSA /Gray News) - A 30-year-old woman is dead after a detached tire hit her vehicle on a Texas interstate earlier this month. According to the Texas Department of Public Safety, officers responded to the Aug. 3 crash at mile marker 89 on Interstate 20 at 6:1...
A medication best known for treating diabetes and helping people lose weight is about to be studied for a very different use: helping Veterans cut back on alcohol. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks ] The Atlanta VA Health Care System is one of 18 VA sites ...
A tip led law enforcement to arrest wanted fugitive Jay Jones in Floyd County on Monday night.
Gwinnett County police are asking for the public’s help finding a 17-year-old girl who jumped from a vehicle while being transported and ran from officers. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks ] Police said Deaniyka Body escaped on July 24 near the State Rout...
Another metro Atlanta community has confirmed the presence of West Nile virus. On Tuesday evening, City of South Fulton Mayor Carmalitha Gumbs confirmed that mosquitoes in the area of Old National Park tested positive for the virus. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as n...
Police in Austell arrested a man Tuesday following an early morning break-in at a local beauty salon.
Fire investigators determined arson caused an early morning house fire on Camp Perrin Road NE in Lawrenceville.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska ( KTUU /Gray News) - A child has died following a crash that also took the life of her mother last month and injured her younger brother. The Anchorage Police Department reports that the 4-year-old daughter of Kylie Hoogendorn, 23, died on July 30, just two days...
A pregnant woman is recounting the moment her car caught fire on the side of a highway. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks ] We first brought you this story as breaking news Friday on Channel 2 Action News at 6 p.m. That’s when we showed you video of a car ...
The Gwinnett County Police Department is asking for the public’s help in identifying suspects seen breaking and entering a vape shop in Hoschton. Four people are wanted in connection with a burglary at Crazy Cloudz 2 Vape Shop on Braselton Highway in Hoschton, which was burglariz...
A teen suspect faces 17 felony charges after being arrested Tuesday in DeKalb County following a July 2 shooting that killed two people, including a 13-year-old....
MARION COUNTY, Ore. ( KPTV /Gray News) - Authorities in Oregon say a man has died in a fall at Silver Falls State Park this week. According to Oregon State Police, emergency crews were called to the park Monday evening for a report that someone had fallen from the top of South Fa...
Atlanta PD is responding to a report of a tree down in south Atlanta amid storms Tuesday night. A Channel 2 photographer is on the way to the scene. Police say no significant injuries have been reported. Channel 2 Action News has reached out to Atlanta Fire and Rescue to find out...
WACO, Texas ( KWTX /Gray News) - A man in Texas is accused of killing his cousin after coming over to take a shower. Michael Calhoun, 43, was arrested and charged with first-degree murder. Waco police responded to a home at 9:47 p.m. on Aug. 9 after receiving reports of a shootin...
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — Gwinnett County police are asking for help finding a missing 17-year-old girl. On July 24, Deaniyka Body jumped out of a vehicle and ran near the State Route 316 eastbound ramp in the Lawrenceville area, according to the Gwinnett County Police ...
Those involved in a five-car crash that killed one driver and left another critically injured have been identified. Georgia State Patrol responded to a crash on Interstate 85 in Jackson County on Monday that left the northbound interstate closed for several hours. [DOWNLOAD: Free...
Advocates and lawyers are warning about a rise in immigration arrests at U.S. airport.
Half an acre a day, every day. That’s how much of the tree canopy is being lost across the city of Atlanta. We flew NewsDrone 2 over neighborhoods in Atlanta, giving you a bird’s-eye view of the canopy. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks ] Greg Levine says ...
MOORESVILLE, N.C. ( WBTV /Gray News) — A man who police say shot and killed his 19-year-old girlfriend inside her car has also died. Investigators believe the deadly shooting may have been a murder-suicide pact. The shooting happened July 26 on Interstate 77 in Iredell County, No...
A Bartow County deputy fired their weapon Tuesday morning after a person allegedly pulled a gun on an employee at a McDonald's on Joe Frank Harris Parkway SE....
Three Georgia companies have hit the popular Time’s - America’s Best Companies of 2026 . The list is made up of 1,000 companies. Home Depot, Delta Air Lines and Coca-Cola are the only Georgia companies on the list. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks ] The l...
Human remains were discovered in East Point on Tuesday, prompting search and rescue teams to deploy cadaver dogs to the scene.
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. ( KY3 /Gray News) - A Missouri man is in jail after police said he abused his nearly 6-week-old son, leaving the child with life-threatening injuries. According to an Aug. 7 investigator’s report, officers responded to a Greene County house on July 28 and found t...
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — Deputies have arrested a 16-year-old suspect in the shooting deaths of a teen boy and a man during a sleepover at a DeKalb County home last month, according to the sheriff’s office. It’s the second arrest made in the case. Early on July 2, poli...
A South Florida woman on the FBI's list of “Most Wanted Fraudsters" for her alleged role in a $32 million scheme tied to COVID-19 funds was arrested in Jamaica and brought back to the United States....
Delta Air Lines had to deactivate its Wi-Fi on a flight Monday after finding an unauthorized network. The incident happened during Delta Flight 591 from Las Vegas to Atlanta. The cabin crew deactivated the flight’s Wi-Fi for about 30 minutes. No emergency was declared with air tr...
A Georgia man is facing multiple charges after investigators say he was caught with stolen mail following a series of thefts in Lee County. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks ] Lee County deputies responded to the Glendale neighborhood around 3 a.m. on Aug....
Authorities have made a second arrest in a shooting that led to the death of a 13-year-old boy and an adult. DeKalb deputies and the U.S. Marshals arrested a 16-year-old on Tuesday in connection to the July 2 deaths of Demarcus Shirley, 13, and Chauncey Newman, 45. They say they ...
Commerce police arrested a Nicholson man last Thursday on multiple felony charges following an investigation into allegations involving a juvenile.
Rockdale County Sheriff's Office deputies arrested a suspect tied to a phone threat against a local high school.
A scooter rider suffered life-threatening injuries Monday night after being struck by two cars while crossing Powder Springs Road outside a crosswalk west of Hammond Woods Circle, according to police....
A Monday afternoon shooting near Browns Mill Road SE and Lindsey Drive SE left an 84-year-old bystander and a 21-year-old man injured, according to Atlanta police....
A Marietta man has died days after losing control of his pickup truck and crashing into a tanker truck on Ernest Barrett Parkway, authorities said.
Three former Georgia deputies are facing criminal charges after an internal audit allegedly uncovered misuse of the agency’s Flock camera system. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks ] According to the Bibb County Sheriff’s Office, an internal audit conducted...
Chrysler is recalling nearly 50,000 vehicles over a seat belt defect that could increase the risk of injury in a crash.
DAWSON COUNTY, Ga. — A small plane crashed Sunday near Elliot Field in Dawson County, leaving two people in critical condition, authorities said. The Dawson County Sheriff’s Office said it responded to reports of a possible downed aircraft around noon. The crash occurred just off...
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — A truck driver was arrested in a crash on I-85 in Jackson County that left one person dead and another critically injured Monday evening. The accident happened in the northbound lanes near SR 11/US 129 in Jefferson, according to the Georgia Dep...
An incoming Delta flight to Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport from New York City was met by police after a passenger and a flight attendant got into a fight. The incident happened on Monday. Atlanta Police told Channel 2 Action News that a male flight attendant ina...
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A new partnership in metro Atlanta is working to solve unsolved murders. The task force solved six so far this year, with about 20 left. Cha…
Isabelle Rose Johnson was captured Thursday in the Florida Panhandle following a nationwide manhunt connected to a death investigation.
LaGrange police arrested a man on Wednesday following an investigation into a series of business burglaries across the city.
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — The MARTA Board of Directors has chosen the new leader of the transit agency. On Thursday, the board sel…
Residents in a northeast Atlanta neighborhood are raising alarms after a string of fires at homeless encampments have stirred memories of th…
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