A mosquito bite is something most people try to ignore, but for one DeKalb County man, one bite turned into a life-threatening battle. William Cross says he never imagined he would end up hospitalized after being infected with the West Nile virus. “I remember waking up one mornin...
MARIETTA, Ga. — Democratic candidates for several statewide offices gathered Thursday at Cobb County Sheriff Craig Owens’ annual low country boil to make their case to voters one day after President Donald Trump spoke at a Marietta high school. Owens, who is running for reelectio...
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — A youth group from a Snellville church is counting its blessings after escaping a charter bus fire that could have ended in tragedy. Members of Iglesia de Dios Ebenezer were returning home from a youth camp in South Carolina on Saturday when th...
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — A crash shut down I-285 southbound Thursday. The crash happened near Bolton Road NW around 9:20 p.m. Georgia Department of Transportation cameras show traffic backed up for multiple miles. It’s unknown when traffic will return to normal. This i...
Georgia gig workers, independent contractors and small business owners who use their personal vehicles for work will be able to claim a larger federal mileage deduction after the IRS announced a mid-year increase to its standard business mileage rate. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News ...
Tropical Storm Bertha entered Texas on Thursday afternoon as rain spread across the Gulf Coast and has since been downgraded to remnants only.
Atlanta police officers are investigating a deadly shooting after a man was killed Thursday night on Martin Luther King Jr. Drive NW.
The Atlanta Dogwood Festival will return to Piedmont Park from April 9 through April 11 for its 91st year.
A recent survey shows local unsheltered population figures rose six percent, highlighting persistent challenges across the city.
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — A man was shot and killed in Atlanta’s Mozley Park neighborhood Thursday night, police said. Police said officers responded to 3235 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive NW around 9:30 p.m. Thursday. There, they found a 51-year-old man with a gunshot wo...
Atlanta police are investigating a deadly shooting on Thursday night. Officers were called to a convenience store on Martin Luther King Jr. Drive near the C.T. Martin Rec Center. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks ] Police say a 51-year-old man was found de...
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — A former accountant convicted of laundering millions of dollars stolen from Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta has been sentenced to four years in prison, federal prosecutors said. In February, Ronald Deabler was found guilty of conspiring to lau...
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — A stalled front combined with tropical moisture from Bertha is setting up a rainy pattern across North Georgia that could bring significant rainfall through late Friday night. Tonight and Friday: The Wetter Pattern Begins Scattered showers and ...
A Georgia teenager is fighting for his life after being diagnosed with a rare bone cancer. Leeland Harris, 16, was diagnosed with osteosarcoma in June 2025. Since then, his family says the cancer has spread to his lungs, causing serious complications, including making it hard to ...
WASHINGTON (Gray DC) - President Donald Trump on Thursday announced an expansion of his “Ratepayer Protection Pledge,” a commitment aimed at preventing data centers from driving up utility costs for consumers. The pledge, first signed on March 4 by seven companies, now includes 2...
About half of the audience walked out in protest after a video showcasing the presidential visit played during the meeting.
Police say they have identified a suspect accused of breaking into a Lavonia pharmacy and stealing prescription medications before leading Georgia State Patrol troopers on a chase that ended in Douglas County. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app fo r alerts as news breaks ] According...
SULPHUR, La. ( KPLC /Gray News) - A man was arrested after police say he struck a woman in the face with a metal tool at a Louisiana store early Wednesday. Sulphur Police said officers were called around 6:08 a.m. to the store after a report that a woman had been hit in the face....
Bill Carruth Parkway has reopened after emergency road repairs forced the busy roadway to close for nearly 24 hours near Hiram. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks ] The closure affected Bill Carruth Parkway just south of U.S. 278, sending drivers on lengthy...
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. ( WVIR /Gray News) - If you’ve been seeing more deer than you’d like to, there are steps you can take to keep the animals away. Deer overpopulation can lead to ruined gardens, dangerous crashes and the spread of tick-borne diseases. Some steps include making ...
A Colorado woman and a Wisconsin man have pleaded not guilty in connection with an attack on a construction firm’s offices in Cobb County. Federal prosecutors in Atlanta told Channel 2 Investigative Reporter Mark Winne that the two suspects tried to intimidate the firm into halti...
Dougherty County police are investigating fires involving two Flock Safety cameras on Radium Springs Road as criminal property damage.
The Atlanta Track Club wants to transform a historic Olympic site in southeast Atlanta into a new headquarters and community athletics campus. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks ] The organization has proposed leasing Cheney Track and the adjacent property ...
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The manhunt for murder suspect Isabelle Johnson continues one month after finding human remains.
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — MARTA is losing $9.7 million in rider revenue while some faregates remain open during the transition to new tap-to-pay technology. “So yes, it’s inconvenient. Sometimes you see an open faregate, or you see some plywood, pardon our progress, but...
DESCHUTES COUNTY, Ore. ( KPTV /Gray News) - An Argentine man wanted for his girlfriend’s murder was arrested in Oregon on Thursday. According to the U.S. Marshals Service, Juan Manuel Reverter is the primary suspect in the death of 31-year-old Agostina Jalabert, an Argentine mode...
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) —President Donald Trump expanded his “Ratepayer Protection Pledge” on Thursday, framing it as a way to keep fast-growing AI data centers from driving up electric bills for families. The White House said more than 200 organizations and stakeholder...
Police are investigating a double shooting that killed a 14-year-old boy and injured a 12-year-old girl. The shooting happened around 3:24 p.m. Wednesday in the area of Lakeview Place in Stockbridge. The 14-year-old died at the scene. The 12-year-old is hospitalized, but Stockbri...
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — A Gwinnett County health inspector took photographs of critical violations recently inside a breakfast spot in Lawrenceville. Pancake House on West Pike Street failed with 44 points and a “U” for unsatisfactory. The report states there was a mo...
GULFPORT, Miss. ( WLOX /Gray News) — A Mississippi woman has been sentenced to life in prison after pleading guilty to first-degree murder in the 2023 killing of her son. Jerri Roby, 69, was facing the murder charge in the death of her 42-year-old son, John Gaither. “Today, this ...
A metro Atlanta woman has sued Nordstrom, alleging store employees wrongly accused her of shoplifting, physically detained her and pushed her through the department store before realizing they had mistaken her for someone else. Dr. Naomi Black filed the lawsuit earlier this month...
ANDERSON COUNTY, S.C. ( WHNS /Gray News) - Officers are investigating after a man sitting on a truck tailgate was killed in a crash involving a semitruck. The crash was reported just after 2 p.m. on July 20around Highway 243 in Anderson County. Two vehicles were involved, accordi...
WASHINGTON (Gray DC) - The House voted for the second time to limit President Trump’s ability to wage war, with four Republicans joining Democrats in the measure condemning the president’s war in Iran Thursday. The vote came Thursday as oil prices crossed $100 a barrel. Rep. Pram...
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — An incoming Howard University student from the Columbus area said she was unexpectedly unenrolled from Howard University this week over an unpaid portion of her tuition, even though she had outside scholarships she said were expected to post la...
As Atlanta enjoys the spotlight during the FIFA World Cup, local leaders and historians say the city’s rise as a global destination can be traced back to another major international event: the 1996 Olympic Games. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks ] Thirty ...
HATTIESBURG, Miss. ( WDAM /Gray News) - A physician is warning about the use of a synthetic chemical known as the “Barbie Drug,” which is injected to get a tan. It’s called Melanotan II or MTII and has since gone viral on social media. The tanning peptide is said to be administer...
A weeklong manhunt for a man accused of killing his former girlfriend at an Oakwood convenience store ended Thursday afternoon with an arrest.
A man accused of shooting and killing a woman inside a metro Atlanta convenience store is now in custody. Antwane Sintell Thurmond, 45, of Oakwood, was arrested on Thursday afternoon at a Motel 6 in Augusta. Investigators say he chased Tia Vidon Keith, 44, into the Subhanallah Fo...
A 66-year-old former Certified Public Accountant from Atlanta was sentenced yesterday to years in federal prison. Ronald Deabler, of Atlanta, was convicted of conspiring to launder $5.3 million stolen from Children’s Health Care of Atlanta, Inc. He was sentenced to four years in ...
While thousands of soccer fans packed stadiums, hotels and restaurants during the FIFA World Cup, hundreds of federal, state and local investigators were carrying out what Homeland Security Investigations says became the nation’s largest human trafficking operation tied to the to...
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - A Gwinnett County judge has vacated the murder conviction of a man who has spent 25 years in prison, ruling that advances in medical science have produced new evidence that could lead a jury to reach a different verdict. Gwinnett County Superio...
Suspected Apalachee High School shooter Colt Gray will enter a non-negotiated guilty plea Friday morning in Barrow County court.
OMAHA, Neb. ( WOWT /Gray News) - An 11-year-old boy has died days after being critically injured in a scooter crash. The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office reported the collision occurred in the Bennington area last Tuesday. The boy, identified by school officials as Logan Rahn, was...
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — DeKalb County police said a traffic stop ended in a multi-vehicle crash Thursday afternoon. The crash happened at the intersection of Covington Highway and Panola Road in Stonecrest shortly after 1:20 p.m. Police said two adults at the scene we...
PEARL RIVER COUNTY, Miss. (WLOX/Gray News) — The mother of a pregnant 14-year-old is accused of taking money and favors from her daughter’s alleged rapist. According to the Pearl River County Sheriff’s Office (PRCSO), the 32-year-old mother was arrested Tuesday night. She is char...
East Point police are searching for the shooter who killed 55-year-old Ina Chambers outside Gus Thornhill Funeral Home in East Point.
Jennifer Lowery, the former U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Texas, is accused of leaving the scene of a crash in Houston.
Editor’s note: The video above is from a previous report. ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — A motorcyclist died in an accident that involved two tractor-trailers on I-285 in Atlanta on Thursday morning, according to the Georgia State Patrol (GSP). Just before 10:30 a.m., troope...
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — The Premier League is planning to host multiple events celebrating the opening weekend of the 2026-27 season in the United States, with multiple set for Atlanta. The league is planning 20 events throughout the country, one for each of the leagu...
Sheriff's deputies concluded that reported kidnapping allegations on Wednesday at the Madison County Recreation Department were false.
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Neighbors living in Hall County are working together to try and stop the destruction of a historic street. The State of Georgia is planning to widen Green Street in Gainesville, which would mean removing more than two dozen large trees. Neighbors told Channel 2’s Bryan Mims they’...
The Atlanta Police Department is investigating the shooting of four men at a convenience store in Northwest Atlanta on July 22. According to a preliminary APD report, Zone 1 officers responded to a report of multiple people shot at 644 Joseph E. Lowery Blvd. NW on July 22 just be...
WASHINGTON (Gray News) - More people in the U.S. are reportedly losing food assistance due to a law that was enacted last July. According to a study by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities , a nonpartisan research and policy institute, deep cuts have been made to federal fu...
MEMPHIS, Tenn. ( WMC /Gray News) - A Taco Bell employee was arrested after allegedly throwing boiling water on a co-worker. Officers were called to the Taco Bell on Knight Arnold Road in Memphis on July 18, according to an affidavit. When they got to the fast-food restaurant, off...
Editor’s note: The video above is from a previous report. ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — A suspect in the killing of a 19-year-old woman in Atlanta earlier this month was arrested Thursday morning, according to police. Investigators with the Atlanta Police Department’s Fugit...
A Butts County prison contraband drone bust on Interstate 75 led to the seizure of illegal drugs, cellphones, and smart glasses.
An iconic exhibit that has become synonymous with the Children’s Museum of Atlanta is about to be retired. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks ] The museum’s popular Ball Machine is preparing for its final spins, and on Thursday, children had one last chance...
A 14-year-old boy died and a 12-year-old girl was hospitalized following a Stockbridge shooting on Lakeview Place Wednesday afternoon.
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