The family of a DeKalb County Jail inmate who died is holding a news conference on Friday. David Addo-Wright died on Sept. 23. The sheriff’s office says they found the 24-year-old unresponsive in his cell with “several wounds.” He was pronounced dead at the hospital. His family says he was in jai...
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Two Republicans on Georgia’s state election board Thursday criticized a proposal by their own party to address a flaw in Georgia’s voting equipment that can allow voters to be matched to their ballots after they have been cast. The software vulnerability does not allow votes to b...
safety
A north Georgia school bus monitor was arrested after deputies say she tried to connect a child with an adult man. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks ] The Whitfield County Sheriff’s Office announced Thursday that deputies arrested Maria Susanne Roberts fol...
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. ( InvestigateTV ) — Many animal shelters across America are overwhelmed, and where animals are located is a big reason why. In regions like the South, shelters are under-resourced and over-capacity, packed with dogs and cats waiting for adoption. For many, that w...
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NASHVILLE ( WSMV /Gray News) — The failed execution of Tennessee’s only woman on death row, 50-year-old Christa Pike, is ringing alarm bells for one of the most prominent international human rights organizations. The United Nations Human Rights Office is condemning Tennessee’s fa...
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Following the team’s exciting Wild Card series win, the Atlanta Braves will hold a team sendoff celebration Friday before leaving for Los Angeles for the National League Division Series. The team invites fans to line the sidewalks outside the Right Field Gate at Truist Park to ch...
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Two law enforcement officers in Missouri are being hailed heroes after rescuing a man from a burning truck on an interstate highway minutes before it exploded....
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CRANE, Mo. ( InvestigateTV ) - Inside of Crane High School, home of the Pirates, scavenging through decades of student pictures are Principal Tara Mease and science teacher Karen Faucett. Their own children, Brayden Faucett and Lorene Mease, are included on the wall of graduates....
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ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — A hot Friday will give way to a rainy weekend as two First Alert Weather Days impact the north Georgia Saturday and Sunday. Rain will become widespread Sunday, with repeated heavy rainfall possible. Friday: One more hot day Today will feel like...
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Representatives of Kimley-Horn, the consulting firm leading the design and development of the forthcoming One Northlake plan, met with residents at city hall on Thursday, Oct. 1, to share community survey results and gather more feedback to inform the plan. With the assistance of...
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The governor of New York has appointed a special prosecutor to investigate the alleged rape of a woman at Cornell University. Read more trending news Gov. Kathy Hochul said that the woman was gang raped and “failed” by those who were supposed to protect her, The Associated Press ...
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ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — The family of a DeKalb County inmate allegedly killed at the jail last week is calling for justice. David Addo-Wright, 24, was found unresponsive in his cell on Sept. 24 with several wounds, county officials said. He was taken to the hospital, ...
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Brian Goldstone has spent much of his career examining the lives of people too often overlooked in America’s economic and political narratives. His Pulitzer Prize-winning There Is No Place for Us: Working and Homeless in America offers an intimate portrait of five Atlanta familie...
