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ATHENS, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — A man was killed early Thursday morning following a multi-vehicle, wrong-way crash on Highway 29 North in Athens-Clarke County. Athens-Clarke County police said they responded to the scene near the intersection of Highway 29 North and Talley Cro...
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Jurors told the judge Friday they are deadlocked on whether Lindsay Clancy is criminally responsible for killing her three children, leading to a hung jury. Without the jurors present in the courtroom, the judge said he intends to declare a mistrial but has given the defense an h...
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Two students face criminal charges after officials said they brought a gun to Wheeler High School on Thursday. A Cobb County School District spokesperson said both were taken into custody. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks ] “Keeping our schools and studen...
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The Atlanta Police Department Homicide Unit is investigating two separate homicides that occurred in Buckhead and in Downtown Atlanta. Just after 1:30 a.m. this morning, Sept. 4, officers responded to a person shot at the Mezzo Apartments at 2171 Peachtree Road NE. Upon arrival, ...
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The jury deciding the fate of Lindsay Clancy told the judge that it “will not be able to” reach a decision. The declaration came after seven days of deliberations. Read more trending news The judge hearing the case said he intends to declare a mistrial moments later. Initially, T...
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A North Carolina middle school student went into cardiac arrest during football practice and later died. He was 13 years old. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks ] Caden Sorrell had just started football practice Aug. 28 at Northwest Guilford Middle School a...
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Federal authorities say they have seized more than 4,000 pounds of khat at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport since the beginning of the year....
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BREAKING UPDATE: The judge has declared a mistrial. ORIGINAL STORY Jury deliberations will continue Friday morning in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial as the judge addressed a new issue that defense attorneys said may be preventing the jury from reaching a unanimous verdict. On Fr...
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A person running for the Missouri state House is accused of trying to plant drugs in the car of his opponent. Read more trending news The U.S. Attorney’s Office for Missouri’s Western District alleged that Thomas Ross asked his former campaign manager to plant drugs on his oppone...
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ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — Two students have been arrested after they allegedly brought a gun to school, according to the Cobb County School District. The incident happened at Wheeler High School on Thursday, the district said. The students and their charges have not bee...
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(Gray News) - A popular milk brand is recalling cases of its chocolate milk because the cartons could cause the milk to spoil before they are opened. Horizon Organic is recalling more than 50,000 cases of its shelf-stable organic 1% chocolate milk. According to the company, some ...
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Sometimes, even the bravest of us can get scared half to death.
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ACWORTH, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — A head-on collision Thursday night in Cobb County left an Acworth woman dead and two others, including a child, hospitalized with serious injuries. According to investigators, the crash occurred at around 9:18 p.m. near the intersection of Lake...
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The head football coaches at Rockdale County and Heritage high schools have each been suspended for one game following a pregame fight on Aug. 28.
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ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — A school bus was involved in a crash in DeKalb County on Friday morning, according to the local school district. The accident happened at the intersection of Briarcliff Road and Fisher Trail when a passenger car ran a red light and hit the bus,...
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The Lovett School has broken ground for Rita Anne Rollins Hall, a new state-of-the-art campus hub for worship, dining, the arts, and student support. The ceremony, held on Lovett’s 100-acre campus on West Paces Ferry Road, helps usher in the school’s yearlong Centennial Celebrati...
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(Gray News) — Lindsay Clancy’s defense attorney Kevin Reddington got into a heated argument with the judge Friday morning over the judge’s instructions to the jury. Reddington explained that he believed Judge William Sullivan was not forceful enough in his instructions to the jur...
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Atlanta police are increasing security across the city as a packed Labor Day weekend brings thousands of visitors downtown for conventions, festivals, football and other events....
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Despite the show never airing, “Bachelorette” Taylor Frankie Paul may have found love during her season. Read more trending news “The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives” star spilled the details with fellow “Secret Lives” castmates Jessi Draper, Mikayla Matthews and Mayci Neeley, durin...
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A school bus with 30 high school students was involved in a crash with a car Friday. A DeKalb County Schools official said the students were from Lakeside High School. The crash happened at the intersection of Briarcliff Road and Fisher Road. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for a...
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(Gray News) - You may want to check your freezer; some frozen berries sold at Walmart have been recalled. Packages of the Great Value brand of organic triple berry blend has been recalled due to possible E. coli contamination. The blend includes strawberries, blackberries and blu...
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A jury could soon decide whether Snapchat’s former speed filter contributed to a high-speed crash that left a Clayton County man with a severe traumatic brain injury more than a decade ago. A Spalding County judge ruled that disputed facts in the lawsuit must be resolved by a jur...
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ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — Labor Day is almost here — and Atlanta police want to make sure you get through the holiday weekend safely. On Friday at 8:30 a.m., the department held a news conference going over safety tips and the city’s planned Labor Day events. Watch the ...
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The future of Volkswagen may look vastly different in the next four years than it does now, as the automaker’s board of directors approved a plan to slash 50,000 jobs, end several models, and close four German plants. Read more trending news The move is called Future Plan 2030, a...
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Six bears have died on Tahoe roads in the last two weeks, a local non-profit said. In one case, a mama bear was seen trying to get her dead cub up and drag her baby off the road, witnesses recalled....
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A metro Atlanta fire department is mourning one of its firefighters. Woodstock Senior Firefighter Andrew McMichen died while off-duty. The department shared the news with Channel 2 Action News in a release. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks ] “Andrew was a...
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Cedartown Police have released an officer’s report detailing his account of why he shot and killed a family’s miniature donkey. Channel 2 Action News at 4:00 p.m. first told you about Heehaw, a 1-year-old miniature donkey, earlier this week . He was killed in a pasture along Grad...
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Bobby Dodd thriller Friday, Sept. 4 — Colorado blocked a last-second field goal by Georgia Tech to beat the Yellow Jackets 14-13 in last night’s season opener at The Flats. Outside the Perimeter, Kennesaw State dismantled West Georgia 47-0 last night. Morehouse, Clark Atlanta, Ge...
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ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — A family pet died in a Chamblee house fire on Thursday night, according to firefighters. DeKalb County Fire Rescue was called to the home in the 2300 block of Terrell Drive in Chamblee at around 9 p.m. When they arrived, firefighters saw heavy ...
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This story is part of a series of interviews with Atlanta creatives about what it’s like to be working in Atlanta’s independent film scene and film industry at large. Click here to read more stories. In 2022, actress Toni Bryce hit a milestone in her career. After appearing on th...
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Former New York Jets quarterback-turned-Fox Sports analyst, Mark Sanchez, is expected to plead guilty in a stabbing incident in Indianapolis. Read more trending news Sanchez filed a motion for a guilty plea and a sentencing hearing in Marion Superior Court on Sept. 3, CBS Sports ...
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ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — Powerhouses collide in Fairburn for this week’s Drive for the GHSA State Title matchup as the Grayson Rams travel to Langston Hughes to take on the Panthers in an early season showdown. The action will begin at 7:30 p.m. with our ‘Georgia High ...
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An attorney for Polk County farmer Hannah Israel has sent at least one cease-and-desist letter over alleged online conduct following the death of her donkey, HeeHaw....
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ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — Friday marks the two-year anniversary of the deadly Apalachee High School shooting. On Sept. 4, 2024, a shooter opened fire inside the school, killing 14-year-old students Christian Angulo and Mason Schermerhorn and teachers Richard Aspinwall a...
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Usher has unveiled a new wax figure of himself at Madame Tussauds Las Vegas.
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Everton Blair Jr. has been sworn in to represent Georgia’s 13th Congressional District.
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A Decatur man will spend life in prison after a jury found him guilty of killing another man with a “ghost gun.” DeKalb County prosecutors said Azavier Lilly, 27, shot and killed 28-year-old Rashad Walker at an apartment complex on Candler Road in March 2025. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-...
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Friday marks two years since a 14-year-old gunman killed two students, two teachers and injured several others at Apalachee High School. Christian Angulo, Mason Schermerhorn, Cristina Irimie and Coach Richard “Ricky” Aspinwall lost their lives in the shooting on on Sept. 4, 2024 ...
