Emergency 911 services in Atlanta are experiencing technical difficulties, according to an advisory. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks ] Officials said the issue is affecting the ability to receive and dispatch emergency calls. Anyone experiencing an emergency or needing i...
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The City of South Fulton Police Department is investigating the death of a man who was found in a wooded area Monday evening. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks ] Police said officers responded to the area near Blake Loop and Peyton Trail after receiving re...
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Chef Peter Egede grew up in metro Atlanta, attending Marietta Middle School and Marietta High School before graduating from Georgia Southern University....
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ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — E911 calls in Atlanta are currently being handled at the Fulton County Emergency Communications Center amid technical difficulties with Atlanta’s system, police said. Around 9 p.m. Monday, Atlanta police said the city’s E911 system “is currentl...
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Dozens of Roswell residents spoke out Monday against a proposed millage rate hike that would raise property taxes nearly 20%.
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A Parkview High School student faces criminal charges and disciplinary consequences following a social media threat made last week.
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ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — A man was found shot to death Monday in South Fulton, police said. Police said the man’s body was found in the woods near Blake Loop and Peyton Trail. The man has not been identified. This is a developing story. Check back with Atlanta News Fir...
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ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — A local high school senior is facing a long road to recovery after surviving a plane crash in Paulding County earlier this month. Family friends said Grady was critically injured in a single-engine plane crash less than a mile from Paulding Nor...
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ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — The Atlanta City Council is weighing an ordinance that would establish strict oversight, public reporting rules and privacy protections for surveillance technology used across the city. The proposed measure shifts how Atlanta city agencies acqu...
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JACKSON COUNTY, Miss. ( WLOX /Gray News) — A Mississippi grand jury unanimously returned a no true bill in the death investigation of Nolan Wells, meaning no criminal charges or indictments will be issued, the office of Jackson County District Attorney Angel Myers McIlrath announ...
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A driver was hospitalized with serious head and internal injuries Sunday after crashing a vehicle into an occupied trailer on Danielsville Road.
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ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — Family, friends and classmates are mourning the loss of a Rome High School junior soccer player who died suddenly last week. Bairon Candido Ramos Vicente, 16, passed out on the field and later died, according to an online fundraiser created for...
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A deadly domestic violence incident involving a vehicle on Cheek Drive in Canon left a local man dead.
