Decatur WatchFest '26 draws huge crowds ahead of final 10 days
A massive wave of 140,000 soccer fans and music lovers has already packed Decatur Square over the past month, setting up a historic turnout for the final matches.
A massive wave of 140,000 soccer fans and music lovers has already packed Decatur Square over the past month, setting up a historic turnout for the final matches.
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Atlanta Braves first baseman Matt Olson will surpass a Braves legend to set a new franchise record on Friday.The Gwinnett County native has played in every Braves game since he was traded to his hometown team in 2022. Olson played in his 740th game with Atlanta on Thursday. And on Friday, he’s se...
(Aging Untold) — The shoes you wear every day do more than complete an outfit. The wrong pair can affect your balance, alter your stride and raise your risk of falls. As your feet change with age, the way you shop for shoes might need to change too. “Your shoes are your foundation” Sam Cradduck, ...
A pioneer of the early space program and the oldest woman to go into space has died. Wally Funk was 87 years old. Read more trending newsShe passed away on July 8 at her apartment in an assisted living facility in Grapevine, Texas, her caregiver, city councilwoman Duff O’Dell, said, according to ...
(Aging Untold) — Most people associate inflammation with something visible — a sprained ankle or a swollen joint. But Dr. Rhea Rogers, a board-certified physician, said that visible swelling is actually the healthy kind. Understanding the difference between helpful and harmful inflammation could ...
Where else in Atlanta can you see up-and-coming, local theater artists showcase their work? Nowhere else but Theatrical Outfit’s Launchpad 2.0: A “Made in Atlanta” Festival. This year, local actor and playwright Valeka Jessica is taking the festival by storm with “I’m a Motherf*cking Superstar...
The 2026 FIFA World Cup is entering its final stretch, and Atlanta still has one major match left before the tournament crowns a champion.
Communities across Metro Atlanta are facing unprecedented challenges, including youth mental health concerns, substance use, trauma, violence, and social isolation. These complex issues cannot be solved by any one organization working alone. They require collaboration, shared learning, and a comm...
After several days of spotty storms, North Georgia is heading into a wetter weekend as a cold front moves closer to the region.
Georgia election officials are investigating questionable voter registration mailers, touting the accuracy of last month's runoff election and penalizing a lobbying group over campaign finance violations.
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — A tree crashed into power lines and a home in Decatur on Friday morning, knocking out power in the neighborhood and destroying the house’s roof.Crews are working to remove the tree, which fell along Clarion Avenue. As of 6 a.m., 34 Georgia Power customers in th...
National French Fry Day is here, and several restaurant chains with locations in Georgia are offering free or discounted fries Friday.
The rain and storm chances will go up over the next few days, starting with a risk for isolated strong to severe storms Friday.Severe Weather Team 2 Meteorologist Brian Monahan says most of our area will start off dry while north Georgia mountains will see early showers.Like Thursday, storms will...
There’s a scene early on in “The Invite” that solidifies the movie’s themes in an instant. This is part of what makes the film work so well – it invites you to be on its wavelength from the word go. Angela (Olivia Wilde) and Joe (Seth Rogen) are shouting at each other – they’ll spend a good p...
Georgia State Patrol investigators are searching for the driver involved in a deadly hit-and-run crash in McDuffie County.
The Atlanta nonprofit Dress for Success is expanding its workforce development services statewide under a new name, Dress for Success Georgia. The organization, which helps women enter and re-enter the workforce through professional attire, job-readiness training and more, is marking the expan...
“There is not a day that goes by that I don’t think about ‘The Wizard of Oz.’” David Lynch once said this during a Q&A at the New York Film Festival. And looking through his filmography, pretty much every single film can be connected back to the 1939 classic, in ways both obvious and subtle. ...
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — A pattern of afternoon and evening storms is moving into north Georgia, bringing the potential for heavy rain, lightning, gusty winds and isolated street flooding through Monday.Today’s forecastPartly cloudy skies will dominate today with highs reaching the low...
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — An SUV crashed into a DeKalb County neighborhood backyard on Friday morning in what was possibly the end of a police chase. The white car slammed into a parked vehicle, hit a mailbox and narrowly missed homes as it crashed in the Central Oaks subdivision on Par...
Atlanta police are searching for 11-year-old Omari James, who is considered critically missing.
Police responded to a crash involving a white Jeep SUV on Park Gate Place in Stone Mountain in DeKalb County early Friday morning.
Rideshare drivers gathered in Atlanta on Thursday to protest Waymo’s expansion, saying the autonomous vehicles are impacting their earnings.Protesters gathered at historic Fourth Ward Park, where they raised concerns about declining driver pay and the growing number of Waymo vehicles operating in...
A large tree crashed onto a home in DeKalb County early Friday morning, causing damage and knocking out power to dozens of nearby residents.
A Cobb County man says he is demanding answers after he claims a sheriff’s deputy shot and killed his service dog in his yard while deputies were serving an arrest warrant.The Cobb County Sheriff’s Office says the dog charged at deputies, prompting one deputy to fire their weapon. But the dog’s o...
A giant tree took out power lines and landed on top of a home, waking up neighbors.Crews have blocked off part of the neighborhood after the tree fell on Clarion Avenue. The tree fell across the street, took out power lines and barely missed a car parked on the curb. It’s so tall that the top bra...
LODI, Wis. (WMTV/Gray News) - A group of friends broke down a door and ran into a burning Wisconsin home to help a family trapped inside.Lodi Fire officials were dispatched to a home on Rodney Drive around 10:45 p.m. on July 4. The home caught fire from what the department described as heavy use ...
The state’s Environmental Protection Division has ordered a data center to stop construction immediately over violating state law.Channel 2’s Michael Doudna learned that the project did not have the permits it needed.Opponents of this project say it is a blatant disregard of the rules.Last year, ...
Georgia tax revenues fell in June, driven by a gas tax suspension and helped along by increased income tax refunds. Net tax revenues for the month fell 6.8% compared with June 2025, according to the Georgia Department of Revenue. The bulk of it was driven by a nearly $197 million decline in...
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — A parasite that has caused diarrhea and other gastrointestinal illnesses across several states has been spotted in Georgia.Cyclospora can be contracted from contaminated produce or water.“We definitely have seen an increase in this over the past few months, the...
After police and SWAT surrounded a home in Atlanta on Thursday afternoon, a rape suspect is in custody.Channel 2 Action News was live on the scene on Brownlee Road starting on Channel 2 Action News at 4 p.m.[DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks]Dozens of Atlanta officers, SWAT...
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — Rideshare drivers rallied Thursday in Atlanta, saying autonomous vehicle services are already cutting into their earnings and that the shift is happening without their involvement.Bob Chouhan, co-leader of the Atlanta Rideshare Drivers Union, said the pace of W...
A Facebook Marketplace rental listing turned out to be an elaborate scam, stripping a young mother of her cash and home in Mableton.
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — After a hot and humid Thursday and Friday, North Georgia will see a significant shift in the weather pattern heading into the weekend. A cold front will push into the region, triggering widespread rain chances that make Saturday, Sunday, and Monday First Alert ...
The cameras, usually mounted to a black pole, record license plates and other data of whoever passes them.
A 50-year-old Atlanta man is in custody following an hours-long standoff on Thursday evening along Brownlee Road.
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — A rape suspect was arrested Thursday after a standoff, the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office said. Deputies said Deacon Hopkinsbey, 50, is accused of raping a woman in her sleep at her Stone Mountain on May 26. Hopkinsbey was arrested around 6:30 p.m. Thursday aft...
France has secured its spot in the World Cup semifinal after a dominant two-nil victory over Morocco.
Riverdale police are searching for a pair of suspects who lit someone’s car on fire.On Thursday, officers were called to a vehicle fire in a shopping center parking lot of Hwy. 85.[DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks]When they got there, they found a car fully engulfed in fla...
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — A woman fell off a ledge at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport on Thursday night, police said.Police responded to the lower level of the north terminal around 9:45 p.m. The woman told police she had been pushed off the ledge.Police say video shows...
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — A 60-year-old man reportedly died in an apparent drowning in Lake Lanier on Thursday.Around 3:30 p.m., game wardens with the Georgia Department of Natural Resources (DNR) and Hall County first responders were called to a reported drowning at the Shoal Creek cam...
Officials recovered the body of a 60-year-old man from Lake Lanier on Thursday evening following a reported drowning.
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