Newly released arrest warrants allege Officer Derrick Harris accidentally shot 19-year-old Seth Eccles while trying to handcuff him with one hand and holding his firearm in the other.
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It’s a wet start to Thursday across parts of north Georgia. And more rain is in the forecast for the weekend.Severe Weather Team 2 Meteorologist Brian Monahan is tracking a few downpours and lightning moving through north Georgia this morning. By the afternoon, additional isolated showers and sto...
Justin Bieber will be a co-headliner for the halftime show of the World Cup final on July 19, joining Shakira, Madonna and BTS, FIFA announced on Wednesday.Read more trending newsThe two-time Grammy Award winner will also be joined by Burna Boy, conductor Gustavo Dudamel and the PS22 Chorus, acco...
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — A fallen tree is blocking a lane on Lynhurst Drive in southwest Atlanta, and at least one vehicle has already struck it.The driver of that vehicle was not injured.The downed tree is on Lynhurst Drive near the intersection of Benjamin E. Mays.Traffic disruption ...
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — U.S. postal service workers are raising the alarm after a string of deaths at a postal service facility in Palmetto.The American Postal Workers Union (APWU) says four workers have died at the Atlanta Regional Processing and Distribution Center in Palmetto.The u...
Graham Platner said he would end his bid for a U.S. Senate seat in Maine on Wednesday, two days after a woman accused the Democrat of sexually assaulting her.Read more trending news Platner’s withdrawal came after a controversy that began on Monday, the Bangor Daily News reported. Politico and CN...
A fatal pedestrian incident has shut down all eastbound lanes of I-20 near Exit 101 in Newton County.
In this week’s Quick Bites, get updates on Atlanta restaurant openings in Reynoldstown and Decatur. Learn how to become an investor in an upcoming South Downtown restaurant. Plus, we shout out a couple of recommended dishes to order at new Avondale Estates restaurant Last Dance. We’ve also includ...
Crooks are becoming even better at tricking people out of their money. Many times they are taking advantage of websites you use every day.Channel 2 consumer investigator Justin Gray dug into some of the most concerning new schemes. So many stories Gray covers involve people losing money to these ...
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS/Gray News) - A former church treasurer is accused of stealing more than $400,000 from the church.Latrise Seward is accused of using her access to the church’s bank accounts to make unauthorized personal purchases totaling $402,655.45 between Jan. 1, 2018, and Aug. 29, 2025, ac...
Atlanta-based Delta Air Lines has expanded its basic fare options to include premium products such as Delta First, Delta Premium Select and Delta One.The fares became available starting on Wednesday. Delta says the move allows customers to access premium cabins at a lower price point, albeit with...
Global music superstar Bonnie Tyler, famous for her hits "Total Eclipse of the Heart" and "Holding Out for a Hero," has died. She was 75.
The Newton County Sheriff’s Office has shut down all lanes of Interstate 20 eastbound to investigate a deadly crash. Deputies responded to a crash involving a pedestrian near Exit 101 on Thursday morning. The pedestrian died at the scene.All lanes are closed until further notice. Triple Team Traf...
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — A pedestrian was struck and killed early Thursday in Newton County, according to the sheriff’s office.The incident has blocked all lanes on Interstate 20 eastbound near Exit 101, the sheriff’s office said.Drivers are advised to use an alternate route such as Hi...
Newly released arrest warrants allege Officer Derrick Harris accidentally shot 19-year-old Seth Eccles while trying to handcuff him with one hand and holding his firearm in the other.
Three-time Grammy Award nominee Bonnie Tyler, the gravelly voiced singer whose hits included “Total Eclipse of the Heart” and “It’s a Heartache,” died on Wednesday. She was 75.Read more trending newsAccording to the BBC, a message was posted on the official website for the Welsh-born singer on Th...
Two Spalding County employees were fired after an investigation into allegations of stalking, sexual harassment, and workplace misconduct.
GILBERT, Ariz. (AZFamily/Gray News) - A family plans to take legal action after their 1-year-old son was declared dead at an Arizona hospital but found alive hours later in the morgue.Blurred body camera video from Gilbert Police captured a family in distress after a mother found her 1-year-old s...
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — Sweltering heat and humidity will grip north Georgia through Friday, with afternoon temperatures climbing into the 90s and heat index values approaching 100 degrees. While isolated storms may pop up each afternoon, most of the region will stay dry as a slow-mov...
A DeKalb County police officer has been charged after a shooting ended in the death of a 19-year-old on Tuesday night.The Georgia Bureau of Investigation has identified the 19-year-old as Seth Jayden Eccles of Savannah.Officer Derrick Harris Jr., 37, has been arrested and charged with involuntary...
TILLAMOOK COUNTY, Ore. (KPTV/Gray News) - In what officials are calling a Fourth of July miracle, a 4-year-old girl who had gotten separated from her family during an outing to an Oregon state park was found alive five miles away on the beach.The 4-year-old girl was with her family at Cape Lookou...
Squatters inside an empty Marietta apartment led police to uncover an alleged human trafficking ring.Maintenance workers reported seeing squatters inside a vacant apartment to police back in May.When officers arrived, they found five people inside. One of them, 17-year-old Keatron Jones, had an o...
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — Marietta City Council members voted Wednesday to table a proposal for a new data center.The proposal would convert a storage facility on Powers Ferry Place into a data center. Council members voted to delay a final decision until August, saying they want more i...
Neighbors in a West Atlanta community are pushing back against a proposal they say could leave many residents without access to a nearby grocery store.Dozens of people gathered Wednesday evening outside the Buy Low grocery store on James Jackson Parkway to protest a proposed self-storage facility...
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — Northwest Atlanta residents rallied Wednesday against plans to replace a neighborhood grocery store with a self-storage facility, saying the loss would worsen food access in an area they say already has limited grocery options.The rally took place outside the B...
A massive crowd packed Marietta City Hall on Wednesday as leaders paused a controversial data center rezoning proposal on Powers Ferry Place.
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — A DeKalb County police officer who fatally shot a 19-year-old man while arresting him Tuesday is now facing charges of involuntary manslaughter and reckless conduct, according to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI).The officer has also been fired over the...
MIDDLETOWN, Ohio. (WXIX/Gray News) - A 62-year-old man who authorities say was on the run since 1985 has been charged with the death of an auto parts salesman in Ohio, prosecutors announced.Randy McAllister and a now-deceased accomplice John Christopher Warren were identified as suspects in a fat...
Police have charged a therapy worker with child cruelty, accused of violently attacking a 16-year-old boy with autism at a facility in Alpharetta.
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — We have a typical summertime pattern as we head through the rest of the workweek as highs stick around the lower 90s with a few showers and storms possible. By the weekend, a front brings more widespread showers and storms back into the forecast with several Fi...
A day after a judge ruled that the U.S. Department of Justice could not have the contact information of Fulton County elections workers, the DOJ is still demanding information from the State of Georgia.The government wants proof that non-citizens are not voting in Georgia.Channel 2’s Richard Elli...
WASHINGTON (Gray DC) - Democratic Senate nominee Graham Platner announced Wednesday he is suspending his campaign and plans to withdraw from the Maine U.S. Senate race following new sexual assault allegations and increasing calls from fellow Democrats to drop out.In a video statement posted on so...
Three masked men are on the run after ramming a U-Haul truck into an Atlanta clothing store during a Wednesday morning smash-and-grab burglary.
A Georgia sheriff’s deputy is facing charges after she was accused of using a Flock system for personal reasons.The Greene County Sheriff’s Office audited their license plate reader system last month and found that a deputy had been using it outside of official duties.Deputy Quin’sha Goss, who wa...
COLLEGE PARK, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — Investigators are searching for an arson suspect after a series of fires targeting homes in a College Park neighborhood over the past several months, including a blaze that damaged part of a home early Monday while a mother and her son were inside.Angela J...
A DeKalb County police officer has been charged after a shooting ended in the death of a 19-year-old on Tuesday night. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation has identified the victim as Seth Jayden Eccles of Savannah. Officer Derrick Harris Jr., 37, has been arrested and charged with involunt...
Atlanta police are searching for two suspects after a man was shot to death on Independence Day.On the Fourth of July, officers were called to a bridge on Pryor St. where they found a 39-year-old man who had been shot and killed.Two suspects were seen leaving the scene.[DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News...
Georgia’s election board adopted two rules Wednesday aimed at bolstering confidence in the state’s election system. One of the rules will have no immediate impact since it bans a method of counting votes that will not be used anytime soon. The other could land the State Election Board in court...
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Joey Bart hit a two-run home run with two outs in the eighth inning, lifting the NL East-leading Atlanta Braves to a 3-0 win over his former team on Wednesday after Pittsburgh Pirates starter Jared Jones pitched six perfect innings before being lifted.Bart, traded to the Braves ...
The Democratic candidate for Maine’s U.S. Senate seat, who had withstood multiple controversies in recent months, announced that he would be dropping out of the race following a sexual assault allegation.
A Georgia inmate and his co-conspirator will serve significant time in federal prison for trafficking fentanyl and synthetic designer drugs from China.
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