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Two Georgia police officers are recovering after they were stabbed while responding to a dispute between neighbors Saturday morning, officials said. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks ] The incident happened around 3:21 a.m. in the 1000 block of Martin Luth...
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A federal jury has awarded $164 million to a victim of child sex trafficking in a lawsuit against the operator of a Super 8 hotel in College Park, according to attorneys representing the victim. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks ] The verdict was returned ...
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A Decatur man will spend years behind bars after pleading guilty in a rape case that remained unsolved for more than three decades, according to the DeKalb County District Attorney’s Office. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks ] The DeKalb County District At...
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Former AFL player Mark Hutchings announced the sudden death of his partner, Hannah Camplin, two days after she gave birth to their daughter, Sofia.
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The nonprofit Center for Hard to Recycle Materials (CHaRM) is now accepting medical equipment and will begin accepting vapes on Oct. 1. Live Thrive has launched a new partnership with Friends of Disabled Adults and Children (FODAC) to help give medical equipment a second life. Tr...
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An 18-year-old Smyrna man faces a malice murder charge after detectives searching a vehicle Friday evening discovered human remains believed to be missing woman Shanteria "KT" Mosley, according to the Smyrna Police Department....
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Atlanta police are investigating a shooting that left two people injured in the historic West End neighborhood on Friday afternoon, according to authorities....
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The FBI is offering up to $10,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of Julious George Khalid.
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ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — Work on a new food pantry warehouse has started in Gwinnett County. A groundbreaking was held on Friday for the warehouse on Pine Road in Dacula. The 8,400-square-foot facility will allow The Pantry at Hamilton Mill to serve three times as many...
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ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — Reuniting a lost pet with their owner should now be easier in Cherokee County thanks to new microchip scanning stations. The county opened the stations on Friday at three locations: Cherokee County Animal Shelter Intake Building; 131 Chattin Dr...
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A man wanted on multiple charges in two counties was discovered in an unusual hiding spot, according to the sheriff’s office. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks ] Floyd County deputies found and arrested fugitive Jeremiah Stanley. Authorities said Stanley w...
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Ready to get out of the house? This weekend’s things to do list has festivals, live music, theater and plenty of fall fun around metro Atlanta and North Georgia....
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ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — A man accused of stealing a gun from a family member’s home was taken into custody Friday night following a SWAT response, according to the Rockdale County Sheriff’s Office. At around 7:45 p.m., deputies were called to the 3000 block of Notting...
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Georgia Lottery players in Brunswick and Douglasville won major Powerball prizes totaling $1.25 million in the Sept. 23 drawing. A ticket sold in Brunswick scored $1 million by matching all five white balls, while a Douglasville ticket won $250,000 by matching four white balls pl...
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Georgia Tech opened its new student residence hall at the start of the fall semester. The Bud & Val Peterson Residence Hall, located at 920 Curran St., is an eight-story, 191,000-square-foot building and Tech’s first new traditional residence hall in 60 years. The Bud & Val Peter...
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‘Come a little bit closer’ Saturday, Sept. 26 — Tonight’s harvest moon , named for the evening light that once helped farmers work a little longer, rises around sunset. Saturn will be shining nearby, too. And, yes, Neil Young fans, you have our permission to “go out and feel the ...
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WACO, Texas ( KWTX /Gray News) - The Texas rodeo community is mourning a member of the Tarleton State University team who died during an event on Thursday. Alejandra Franco, a Tarleton State University student-athlete, died from injuries she sustained while performing at the S.A....
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Republican leaders rallied behind U.S. Rep. Mike Collins and his bid to unseat U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff Friday, after a news report that the GOP was moving money to other states to support candidates thought to be more competitive. U.S. Rep. Mike Collins (left), Republican nominee fo...
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COLLETON COUNTY, S.C. ( WCSC /Gray News) - A Minnesota woman is dead after police say a bartender pushed her down a flight of concrete stairs during what was supposed to be a birthday trip to South Carolina with her best friend of 50 years. Now, that bartender is facing a rare ch...
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WILMINGTON, Ohio ( WXIX /Gray News) - A man is facing nearly a dozen criminal charges after police in Ohio said he hid in the ceiling to photograph members of the Wilmington College women’s soccer team while they changed in their locker room. Wilmington police were called to the ...
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PHOENIX ( AZFamily /Gray News) — A teenager who caused $10,000 in damage to a Phoenix home as part of the viral “Door Kick Challenge” has been arrested, police said Thursday. Investigators said the unidentified 14-year-old boy was arrested Sept. 13 and booked into the Durango Juv...
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GREENSBORO, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — A Georgia woman is warning others about the risks of kratom as the drug is at the center of two death investigations at the University of Mississippi. Pitter Goughnour said that almost six years ago, her husband began taking the drug — somet...
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ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — The man accused of dismembering a woman’s body at a Smyrna apartment complex has been charged with murder, police said. Kingston Bradley, 18, is facing charges of malice murder and concealing the death of another after the body was found at Par...
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ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — After a warm and humid stretch, pleasant fall-like weather is finally moving into North and Central Georgia this weekend, and it’s sticking around for several days. Tonight Through Saturday: Picture-Perfect Fall Weather Tonight will be dry with...
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A massive tree limb crashed down on a Southeast Atlanta home during Saturday night storms, damaging the roof and leaving a family searching for ways to recover....
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ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — A cat tested positive for rabies after attacking two people in Norcross, Gwinnett County officials said. The cat attacked the pair Thursday near the the 4300 block of Jimmy Carter Boulevard. The county tells residents to avoid animals that are ...
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ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — A man was shot during an armed robbery Friday evening, Atlanta police said. Officers responded to 2860 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive SW just before 7 p.m. They found a man with a gunshot wound. He was taken to the hospital for treatment. Police ...
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An off-duty Atlanta police detective has been relieved of duty following his arrest for shoplifting a 12-pack of beer from a Publix in Canton while driving an undercover police vehicle, according to authorities....
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ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — Part of I-285 is set to fully close nearly every weekend for the rest of the year. The Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) has released a list of all the closures related to the I-285 Westside Rebuild construction projects. Every weeken...
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Just days after two Ole Miss students were found dead, one of them from Atlanta , lawmakers held a blue-ribbon study committee hearing on the campus of the University of Georgia on the potential danger of Kratom products to young people. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts...
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FAIRFIELD, Conn. ( WFSB /Gray News) - A transportation worker in Connecticut has died after he was hit by a car while doing road maintenance work on Interstate 95. State officials said Connecticut Department of Transportation employee Elvin Hernandez, 60, was hit Friday morning w...
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Dolly Parton devotees across North Georgia celebrated 9-2-5 day by singing along to her unforgettable melodies and honoring her legacy of advocating for childhood literacy. Sept. 25, the day to delight in all things Dolly, is a nod to one of her biggest hits and the 1980 movie of...
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Now that it’s fall, it’s also flu season. Last season, the virus killed more than 24,000 people in the U.S. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks ] Channel 2’s Linda Stouffer talked to a local epidemiologist about what to look for this flu season and the vacci...
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WASHINGTON (Gray DC) - As the reality of the midterm elections set in, some Republicans on Capitol Hill have shifted their messaging away from President Donald Trump. Rep. Maria Salazar (R-FL) released an ad in both Spanish and English on Sept. 17 directly opposing parts of Trump...
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ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — A fire broke out Friday night at an Atlanta gas station and restaurant, according the Atlanta Fire Rescue Department. The fire happened on the 1600 block of Stanton Road SW. “Firefighters arrived to find moderate smoke coming from the rear of a...
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A man has been hospitalized after a shooting in SW Atlanta Friday evening. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks ] It all began during an attempted robbery in the 2800 block of Martin Luther King, Jr., Drive SW just before 7 p.m., according to Atlanta investig...
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An attempted robbery escalated into an exchange of gunfire Friday evening in the Harland Terrace neighborhood, leaving a man hospitalized, according to police....
