A driver who was impaired and speeding has been sentenced to 10 years in prison. The sentence follows a non-negotiated guilty plea.
The driver was traveling over 90 mph when the incident occurred. A cyclist was killed as a result of the driver's actions.
The incident happened on Sugar Pike Road, and further details are available from the source.
government
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — A new statewide attack ad from Rick Jackson’s gubernatorial campaign is targeting Democratic opponent Keisha Lance Bottoms’ record as Atlanta’s mayor, deepening an increasingly personal fight between the two campaigns before voters head to the ...
safety
MOUNT HOOD, Ore. ( KPTV /Gray News) - A firefighter died after being hurt while battling a wildfire in Oregon’s Mount Hood National Forest on Wednesday, federal officials said. The firefighter was hurt Sept. 9 during suppression efforts on the Austin Fire, according to the U.S. F...
Local
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — Delta Flight 15 is a daily flight between Frankfurt, Germany, and Atlanta. It takes off around 11 a.m. Frankfurt local time and lands in Atlanta nine hours later, between 2 and 3 p.m. eastern. It has made this flight almost every day for more t...
safety
A Georgia man is facing charges after police say he assaulted a college student to film a YouTube video. Jack Tyler Laroche, 22, from Kingsland was arrested in Jacksonville, Florida and charged with abuse of a disabled adult and imprisonment. He has since been released on bond. P...
safety
Sitting shoulder to shoulder in a front-row pew, a family listened raptly to the 24 mournful notes of taps. They’re brothers and sisters gathered inside Antioch Baptist Church where they spent every Sunday morning of their childhood. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as ...
safety
The sound of bagpipes playing Amazing Grace echoed through a Civil War battlefield in Cobb County Friday. They were called out by name: 2,977 names. And for each and every one, a large American flag. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks ] “You hear the number...
News
NAZARETH, Pa. (Gray News) - A nurse is accused of attacking an elderly nonverbal patient and attempting to perform an exorcism on her. The charges stem from an alleged assault on June 23 at a county-run facility in Pennsylvania, according to NBC Philadelphia . Octavia Robinson wa...
schools
Parkview High School in Lilburn resumed a normal schedule Friday after law enforcement resolved a soft lockdown triggered by a phone threat.
News
Suwanee apartment custodian James Tyler Turner pled guilty to abusing a young girl over two years and received a 30-year sentence.
safety
The Cobb County School District hosted a memorial stair climb at Wheeler High School to mark 25 years since the Sept. 11 attacks. Air Force JROTC cadets and Cobb County firefighters scaled more than 2,000 steps together in heavy gear during the event. The climb was designed to si...
safety
A DeKalb County police officer is recovering after being injured during a domestic dispute call that escalated into a shooting and an hours-long SWAT standoff....
schools
LAKE CORMORANT, Miss. ( WMC /Gray News) - A high school football player in Mississippi has been hospitalized after being exposed to paraquat, a highly toxic chemical that’s banned in more than 70 countries. Zach Brown, a junior offensive lineman at Lake Cormorant High School, has...
