ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — DeKalb County leaders on Wednesday are set to give details on how money from a newly passed property tax increase will be used.CEO Lorraine Cochran-Johnson and county officials are expected to address the millage rate, major investments in housing, homeless ser...
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Atlanta Pride has announced highlights of the entertainment lineup for this year’s festival on Oct. 10 and 11 in Piedmont Park. Rapper and entrepreneur JT will headline the festival on the Main Stage. As one-half of the groundbreaking female rap duo City Girls, JT helped redefine and push boun...
Annemarie Wiley, who has appeared in 23 episodes of “Real Housewives of Beverly Hills,“ filed for divorce on Monday from her husband, former NFL player and longtime sports analyst Marcellus Wiley, claiming she suffered years of physical, sexual and emotional abuse.Marcellus Wiley has denied the a...
A trip to the post office may be in order this week. The U.S. Postal Service is once again raising postage rates. Read more trending newsThe price of a Forever stamp will go up from 78 cents to 82 cents, or an increase of 4 cents, on July 12, USA Today reported. The USPS announced its intent to r...
DARDANELLE, Ark. (Gray News) - Authorities are searching for a 20-year-old mother and her newborn.The Dardanelle Police Department said it was dispatched to a home June 25 on a report of a “possible suicidal person.”When officers arrived, they were told that Ashlynn Bocksnick left the home with h...
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — We’ll stick with the heat through the end of the week. High temperatures will remain in the low 90s today through Friday, with isolated storms possible each afternoon through sunset. Don’t expect much rain though — coverage will stay low at just 10-30%.It will ...
Ceasefire ‘over’ Wednesday, July 8 — President Donald Trump declared the U.S.-Iran ceasefire “over,” calling Tehran’s leaders “sick people” and saying that negotiators were “wasting their time,” at a NATO summit in Turkey today, hours after the U.S. and Iran traded strikes. Stock futures were ...
The family of a Lilburn man who drowned at Lake Allatoona over the Fourth of July weekend is asking for the public's help as they prepare to lay him to rest.
A California radiologist accused of driving his wife and two children off a cliff in 2023 had his criminal case dismissed Monday after completing a two-year mental health diversion program, prosecutors said.Read more trending news Dharmesh Patel, 45, of Pasadena, had three charges of attempted mu...
The family of a Gainesville teenager who was killed following the city's Fourth of July celebration is asking for help with funeral expenses.
A neighbor says he witnessed a group of men crash a U-Haul into a downtown Atlanta clothing and shoe store to steal merchandise. The crash happened Wednesday morning on Walker Street. Blake Corman, who lives in the area, sent in video of the damage to Identity ATL’s storefront. Corman says he hea...
Editor’s note: The video above is from previous coverage. ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — A Hall County woman accused of killing a 4-year-old girl last October is expected to enter her plea in court on Wednesday. Jessica Motes faces several charges, including malice murder, felony murder, agg...
Nintendo is hanging up its mobile racing game, Mario Kart Tour.Read more trending news The app will drive off into the sunset on Sept. 29 at 11 p.m. PT, the company announced. The game, which launched in 2019, is one of the last Nintendo mobile games still available, IGN reported. “We sincerely t...
Petie Parker didn’t set out to be a painter. Yet, five years after picking up a brush during the pandemic, he’s showing new work this summer as part of ZuCot Gallery’s “Palette Cleanse,” a show the gallery describes as a seasonal stretch between its major exhibitions, when the space is open for a...
Two California teens who were out for a joyride in a Waymo received a sobering lesson on Monday.The 15-year-olds were allegedly drinking and shooting water beads from a toy gun when they were basically busted by the driverless vehicle, which remotely prevented them from leaving it until police ar...
A federal judge rejected the U.S. Department of Justice’s request for the names and personal contact information for everyone who worked during the 2020 election in Fulton County. The DOJ made the request in April for information about all county employees and volunteer poll workers. Fulton Count...
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — A U-Haul crashed into a building early Wednesday near Downtown Atlanta.The brick structure that was hit is located at 131 Walker St SW #102, the address for Identity ATL, a men’s clothing store.A neighbor told Atlanta News First that he heard a vehicle outside ...
Renewed fighting between the United States and Iran has raised questions about whether the two sides will resume all out war.
Det. Olivia Benson has a new assignment -- hosting the Emmy Awards.Mariska Hartigay, who has played the intense, passionate and scrupulous detective (since promoted to captain) for nearly three decades on “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit,” will host the 78th annual Emmy Awards on Sept. 14, Vari...
ST. LOUIS (KMOV/Gray News) - A St. Louis woman is calling for action after she fell into an open manhole on a city sidewalk.Jamie Hassan says she fell into an open manhole on the evening of July 4. She parked in north St. Louis and was walking on the sidewalk toward a nearby bar when all of a sud...
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — DeKalb County leaders on Wednesday are set to give details on how money from a newly passed property tax increase will be used.CEO Lorraine Cochran-Johnson and county officials are expected to address the millage rate, major investments in housing, homeless ser...
Police arrested a man Tuesday night after a domestic dispute escalated into a deadly shooting that left one woman dead and another man hospitalized.
Atlanta police are investigating an apparent break-in after a vehicle crashed into a business in southwest Atlanta early Wednesday morning.
Once a fringe healing modality found mainly in new age retreat centers and cultural healing circles, sound baths have become one of today’s hottest wellness trends. In fact, the global sound healing market is projected to grow 9.5% annually by 2035, with sound baths moving into mainstream sett...
The U.S. men’s national soccer team did not have the numbers on the pitch during their World Cup loss on Monday, but the squad pulled record numbers on television.Read more trending newsThe USA’s 4-1 loss to Belgium in the round of 16 set a viewership record, according to Fox News. The highly ant...
More than 92,000 times, DeKalb County residents calling 911 were left waiting at least 40 seconds for the county to pick up the phone, if the call was answered at all. Channel 2’s Michael Doudna learned that this year, DeKalb County conducted an audit of 622,000 911 calls from September 2024 to M...
The Gwinnett County Police Department said a series of break-ins at Urban Air Adventure locations led to the arrests of 11 people, all under the age of 21.Police said there were seven incidents at Urban Air Adventure Park locations under investigation since June 4. The social media trend that pol...
WSB-TV Channel 2 presents a special program celebrating the 40th anniversary of its Family 2 Family initiative, highlighting decades of service, storytelling, and commitment to the communities of North Georgia.[DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks]Launched in 1986 during a piv...
FIFA unveiled the 2026 World Cup match schedule and which countries will be coming to Mercedes-Benz Stadium back in December.[DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks]Atlanta will host five group stage matches, a Round of 32 game, Round of 16 game and one of the semifinals for the...
Argentina’s hopes of winning back-to-back World Cup titles stayed alive with a 3-2 win over Egypt on Tuesday afternoon. The defending champions erased a 2-0 deficit with three unanswered goals scored within 13 minutes. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks]Argentina advances t...
ENFIELD, Conn. (WFSB/Gray News) - Newly released search warrants reveal that a 12-year-old Connecticut girl had a lethal level of diphenhydramine, commonly known as Benadryl, in her system when she died in March.Eve Rogers, 12, was found unresponsive at her Enfield home the morning of March 18. S...
Cobb County police are investigating a deadly shooting that they described as a “domestic violence incident.”Officers were called to a home on Laurel Creek Trail just before 8 p.m. Wednesday night for reports of a person being shot.[DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks]When th...
More details are being released about what led to a Georgia animal control officer being fired and arrested.Monroe County Animal Control Officer Carlos Santillan was fired and arrested on Monday on four charges of cruelty to animals.[DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks]A spok...
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — After Atlanta hit 96 degrees with a heat index of 102 over the Fourth of July weekend, a City Council member is pushing legislation to formalize how the city responds when extreme heat threatens public health.Atlanta typically opens cooling centers as temperatu...
New month, new issue Thursday, July 2 — The July issue of Georgia Voice is at the printer, but you can read the digital version now. The staff is taking a long holiday weekend break to recharge after a busy Pride Month. Whether you’re celebrating the Fourth of July and America’s 250th birthday...
Two teens face felony charges following a series of random Orbeez gun shooting incidents targeting children and adults in Kennesaw.
Police are currently investigating a shooting involving one of their officers.DeKalb officers were investigating an armed robbery on Rammel Way when one man was shot by an officer.[DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks]While on the way to the hospital, that man died from his in...
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — Fifteen young people have been arrested after they allegedly broke into several entertainment parks in Gwinnett County as part of a social media trend, according to police.Since June 4, officers said they have investigated a social media trend from TikTok that ...
A federal judge has quashed a subpoena from the U.S. Department of Justice seeking personal information from the nearly 3,000 Georgians who served as Fulton County election workers and volunteers during the 2020 election, dealing a blow to the Trump administration’s escalating effort to uncover a...
Soccer fans packed The Brewhouse Café in Little Five Points to watch the high-stakes match go right down to the wire.
The Atlanta City Council approved measures to invest multi-millions in a Delta One lounge at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, while union groups threatened the city with “shutting down the airport” over inaccurate pay.The council approved a resolution 14-1 authorizing $63 million...
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