Hundreds of students at MLK Jr. High School were ordered to shelter in place for hours after DeKalb County School District officials imposed a precautionary lockdown. Dozens of school officers and county police swarmed the school, shortly after classes started Monday morning. Officers fanned out...
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There is another risk for strong and severe storms on Tuesday and the threat for flooding. A flash flood warning has been issued for Gilmer and Gordon County until 12:00pm Tuesday. Severe Weather Team 2 is tracking the heavy rain, LIVE NOW on Channel 2 Action News This Morning fr...
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A Washington state man is accused of threatening to bomb the home of a metro Atlanta animal services director. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks ] Mativa James Taoipu, 36, of Silverdale, Washington, is accused of sending an email in July to Cobb County Ani...
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Coach Kirby Smart said he expects running back Nate Frazier to be back for No. 2 Georgia’s game against Oklahoma on Saturday after leaving its 45-17 victory over Arkansas with what Smart described as a “ding.” “Nate, I think, is going to be fine,” Smart said Monday. “He’s going t...
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Athens police are investigating after a man was hit and killed early Monday morning. Police say Brayan Castro-Delgado, 30, was driving a Nissan Frontier on Old Hull Road just before 6 a.m. when he crashed into a ditch. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks ] I...
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A Gwinnett County woman near Dacula thought the bang outside her house was a car backfiring, but it was the sixth wreck to end in her front yard. On Sept. 9, a car left Bailey Woods Road and ended up in the yard in front of the home that belongs to Tina Truman and her husband How...
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Atlanta's E-911 system is back up after a technical outage disrupted its ability to take calls and dispatch first responders on Monday night.
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ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — Strong storms are likely today, but cooler air follows later in the week. Severe Weather Risk: Damaging Winds, Flooding Possible Spotty showers and isolated storms are possible, mainly north of metro Atlanta this morning, but this activity shou...
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Investigators continue to search for a the shooter who killed two boys outside of their Dekalb County apartment off North Hairston Road. The boys were 11 and 12 years old. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks ] “I thought the gun shots came through my house,”...
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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. The investigation near Blake Loop and Peyton Trail remained active throughout the overnight hours into Tuesday morning. All the latest developments on Cha...
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Atlanta’s E-911 system is back online Tuesday morning after it crashed on Monday night. For several hours, operators could not receive or dispatch emergency calls through their computer system. Operators had to reroute calls to Fulton County until the technical issues were fixed....
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A woman says she was slapped by a musician during a concert in Tucker earlier this month, an alleged confrontation captured on cellphone video that is now the subject of a police report. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks ] Shamika Boyd’s attorneys say they...
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With Election Day approaching, Democratic gubernatorial candidate Keisha Lance Bottoms says Georgia families struggling with rising costs would be her focus from the moment she takes office. In an exclusive interview with Channel 2’s Richard Elliot , the former Atlanta mayor said...
