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ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — All lanes have reopened on the Downtown Connector early Thursday after a pedestrian was struck and killed. Emergency crews and a police investigation blocked I-75/85 north near North Avenue for several hours during the morning commute. When off...
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CHIPPEWA FALLS, Wis. ( WEAU /Gray News) - The cousin of a 10-year-old Wisconsin girl who was found dead in the woods after leaving her aunt’s house in 2022 has pleaded guilty to her murder. Carson Peters-Berger, 18, pleaded guilty Wednesday to first-degree intentional homicide in...
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Mosquito traps at a popular park have tested positive for West Nile virus. The City of South Fulton put out a public health alert for Welcome All Park on Wednesday. Crews will be out spraying for mosquitoes at the park on Thursday. This is the second location affected in South Fu...
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The Gwinnett County Police Department is asking for the public’s help to find a missing 16-year-old girl. Adah George’s family reported her missing after she didn’t return to home on Hewatt Road on Aug. 19. Police say George has health concerns that make finding her especially im...
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The City of Cartersville’s new Recreation Center will soon get some of its power from the sun, thanks to a partnership with Qcells. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks ] Qcells, a global clean energy company with a presence in Northwest Georgia, donated the ...
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Griffin is welcoming two new members to its public safety teams, and both happen to have four paws. The Griffin Police Department introduced K-9 Bella and Griffin Fire-Rescue K-9 Delilah on National Dog Day Wednesday, highlighting the specialized skills the two pups will bring to...
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Dolly Parton’s legacy will take center stage at the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville this weekend. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks ] The Opry will dedicate its Saturday show to Parton, honoring her life, legacy and decades-long impact on country music followi...
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The City of Mableton has appointed its first public safety director as the city moves closer to establishing its own police department. The Mableton City Council voted Wednesday night to appoint Chief Kerry Stallings, who most recently oversaw security for the University System o...
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ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - Baseball can be a fun yet excruciating game. And while it has been an excruciating season for Ha-Seong Kim, his walk-off single to lift the Atlanta Braves to a 6-5 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Wednesday was one of those fun — and much-ne...
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ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Penix Jr. will not play in Friday’s preseason finale against the Miami Dolphins, despite being medically cleared to return last Saturday. Tua Tagovailoa is expected to start the game. Penix, who has participa...
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ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — Atlanta’s skateboarding community is mourning the loss of one of its own. Ramon Harris, 29, was stabbed to death Saturday along the Atlanta Beltline, about a half mile away from the Old Fourth Ward skate park. The park was one of Ramon’s favori...
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An agreement to resolve a federal lawsuit brought by Georgia and other states and U.S. jurisdictions would require Meta to impose new limits on teen accounts on its social media platforms while also giving parents the option for more control. The operator of Facebook and Instagra...
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Mableton City Council appointed Dr. Kerry Stallings as the city's inaugural public safety director Wednesday.
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Crews are spraying for mosquitoes near Welcome All Park in South Fulton after a trap tested positive for West Nile Virus.
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Yayoi Kusama, the Japanese artist whose dazzling Infinity Mirror rooms and instantly recognizable polka-dots, has died at 97. Kusama died August 14 at a hospital in Tokyo, according to a statement posted by her official website. Her studios said she continued painting until her f...
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Months after someone was shot inside the Decatur Library , the person accused of firing those shots is no longer facing charges. Medicus Brown, 44, was arrested in February and charged with aggravated assault with the intent to murder and possession of a firearm during the commis...
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. ( WAVE /Gray News) - A Kentucky police officer is facing multiple charges after authorities said he misused access to Flock camera database systems to track a woman’s movements over a five-month period. Asad Zahir, 40, faces five counts of first-degree official mi...
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A former East Point police officer is back on trial in Fulton County, accused of sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl and another woman. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks ] Richard Gooddine is facing a second trial after his first trial in 2022 ended in ...
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SANTA FE, N.M. ( AZFamily /Gray News) — A San Carlos Apache tribal member and firefighter died while assisting with wildfire suppression efforts in New Mexico. Randy Lupe, 62, from the San Carlos Apache Indian Reservation , died from a medical emergency on Sunday. Officials said ...
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A Loganville boy's act of solidarity for his 13-year-old cousin fighting leukemia has captured the hearts of millions across social media.
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Atlanta police are looking for the driver who left the scene of a deadly crash on Interstate 75. Witnesses said they urged the victim to move her car off the interstate just moments before she was hit and killed. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks ] “I woul...
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Avondale Estates residents voiced privacy concerns at City Hall over local police use of Flock surveillance cameras.
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ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — A mosquito trap at another South Fulton park tested positive for West Nile virus, according to Mayor Carmalitha Gumbs. Gumbs said a trap at Welcome All Park tested positive recently. Spraying started Wednesday within a quarter-mile radius of th...
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PHOENIX ( AZFamily /Gray News) — A man was jailed after he was allegedly caught damaging a photo safety camera in Phoenix last week, with damages estimated in the tens of thousands of dollars. Brandon Ribadeneira, 20, was arrested this week on one felony count of criminal damage....
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A woman is in custody 17 years after a Loganville mother of four died in Gwinnett County following silicone injections that police say she had no license to give. Tamaira Angell Smith, 52, is charged with felony murder in the death of 29-year-old Eyanna Moore of Loganville. Offic...
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The race for the U.S. Senate seat in Georgia is getting more personal. Senator Jon Ossoff is demanding that Congressman Mike Collins answer questions under oath. This comes form a congressional ethics review into Collins’ use of official resources. Ossoff says Congressman Collins...
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ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — Meta plans to roll out stronger protections for teens on Facebook and Instagram under an agreement with 48 state attorneys general. Proposed changes include: 2-hour daily limit for teens, which only a parent can override. Night mode: apps block...
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ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — A firefighter was taken to a hospital with minor injuries after battling a kitchen fire Tuesday evening in Cherokee County, officials said. Cherokee County Fire and Emergency Services responded about 6 p.m. to a residential structure fire near ...
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The U.S. Postal Service requested a price hike ahead of the 2026 holiday season. The price increase would be temporary, according to USPS. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks ] The increase will help cover extra handling costs on retail and commercial domest...
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Burt's Pumpkin Farm in Dawsonville opens Sept. 1 with a new 45-foot drive-through pumpkin attraction.
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The owner of a metro Atlanta therapy center is being charged with Medicaid fraud after a psychiatrist somehow kept providing services despite being dead. Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr says Desmond Maul, 74, was indicted on one count of Medicaid fraud and 32 counts of false ...
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New police body-camera video of San Francisco 49ers owner Jed York being arrested on Sunday morning at a trailer park in East Palestine, Ohio, shows York being placed in handcuffs....
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The U.S. Army announced Wednesday it is partnering with five nuclear energy vendors to build and operate microreactors at five military bases.
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A military judge rejected prosecutors’ push for a 2027 trial date in the long-delayed case.
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A woman was sentenced Wednesday for an elaborate scheme that defrauded online delivery giant Amazon out of more than $9 million, using the ill-gotten gains to pay for luxuries. She and her partner even tried to defraud a franchising company while out on bond, federal authorities ...
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North Georgia venue Jaemor Farms will feature a Dolly Parton tribute corn maze in Alto this fall.
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WASHINGTON (Gray DC) - Data centers have become a centerpiece issue for candidates running for office across the country ahead of the 2026 midterm elections. Both Democrats and Republicans are trying to tap into backlash against data centers and are using them as a major focal po...
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It’s game over for the Pro Bowl. The National Football League will scrap its version of an all-star game in favor of a new way to celebrate that season’s best players at each position....
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ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — A Smyrna woman was sentenced to 17 years in prison after defrauding Amazon out of nearly $10 million, the U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Georgia said. Kayricka Wortham, 35, was an operations manager at the Amazon warehouse in Smyrna...
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Mattress covers, makeshift cardboard beds and personal belongings remained on the steps of Athens City Hall on Wednesday, days after a University of Georgia student told police she woke up there next to a homeless man. Now, Athens-Clarke County Police is investigating whether the...
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An Atlanta woman will spend more than 16 years behind bars after stealing nearly $10 million from Amazon and forging a federal judge’s signature while out on bond....
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The attorneys for a developmentally disabled woman say the hospital where she was a patient failed to keep her safe. They say a patient who was out of jail on probation sexually assaulted her. Now the woman and her family have filed a lawsuit over this incident. Channel 2 Action ...
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(Gray News) - The NFL’s Pro Bowl game has been canceled. The league announced Wednesday the elimination of the AFC-NFC Pro Bowl game, which featured the league’s top players in an exhibition matchup that dated back decades. Instead, the NFL said it would place greater emphasis on...
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Convicted quadruple murderer Bryan Kohberger, who admitted to stabbing four University of Idaho students a year before he proclaimed his innocence and asked to withdraw his guilty plea, has been granted two days in court next year as part of his petition for post-conviction relie...
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A North Carolina man who polie say went on a multistate crime spree that led to the death of an Oglethorpe County man has changed his plea in Georgia.
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A truck driver’s quick action led to a massive drug bust in Butts County after he discovered 1,800 pounds of marijuana hidden in his cargo, according to the sheriff....
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ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — We’ll face a busier stretch of weather in north Georgia over the next few days as heat and humidity combine with storm chances through Friday. First Alert Weather Day for storms Thursday, Friday “We’re monitoring a weak front moving into the re...
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Those who live here call the Downtown Square of Cleveland a place that’s all heart. But on Wednesday those hearts were heavy. “We knew she was not well, and not doing too well, but we didn’t expect it to be this quick,” John Aiken said. Aiken has fond memories of Dolly Parton. He...
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Georgia helped set the stage for Dolly Parton’s filmmaking legacy, with several movies and TV shows starring the legend filmed in metro Atlanta in the last 15 years. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks ] One of her first movies produced in Georgia, “Joyful N...
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ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — Some major changes are coming to the way murder appeals are heard in Georgia courts. The State Supreme Court announced last week that it would no longer handle the bulk of the state’s murder appeals, passing that responsibility instead to the G...
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ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — Georgia cattle ranchers are warning that a new federal plan to lower beef prices by importing tariff-free, foreign meat could severely disrupt the domestic market and threaten the future of family farms. The concern comes after President Donald...
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Attorneys for the guardian of a 20-year-old vulnerable adult patient filed a lawsuit Wednesday against Ridgeview Institute in Smyrna.
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September is Pediatric Cancer Awareness Month, and one metro Atlanta teenager is showing what it means to face a life-changing diagnosis with courage and determination. Fourteen-year-old Xander Bickers was a healthy three-sport athlete when what seemed like a routine basketball i...
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A woman says she won't stop serving free breakfast in Harrisburg, Missouri, despite a health department letter saying she needs a permit.
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The man wanted by Philadelphia Police for allegedly terrorizing citizens near City Hall has been arrested in Las Vegas, Nevada,
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Eleven visitors became stranded during flash flooding at Bryce Canyon National Park in Utah after heavy rain swept through the area.
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Miley Cyrus opened up Wednesday about the heartbreaking loss of her godmother, Dolly Parton.
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SpaceX plans to build a $100 billion Starship launch complex in Louisiana.
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A downtown music venue has gotten a new name along with a financial investment. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks ] The Tabernacle will now operate under the name Tabernacle Presented by iTHINK Financial. Music fans have crowded the floor to hear bands, si...
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To your health Wednesday, Aug. 26 — Welcome back! It’s the end of August ( cue Noah Kahan ), and there’s just a hint of fall in the air. The cooler weather is very welcome after a long and sweltering summer. The term “self-care” gets tossed around flippantly these days because, w...
