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One person is dead, and another is hospitalized after an SUV crashed off I-20 East near Windsor Street SW and landed on an on-ramp below early Sunday morning, according to the Atlanta Police Department....
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At a Sept. 12 game at Bobby Dodd Stadium, Georgia Tech’s Jaylen Mbakwe was injured and taken to Grady Memorial Hospital. In an update on Sunday, sports officials said things were looking up. Georgia Tech Associate Athletics Director Mike Flynn said in a statement that Mbakwe was ...
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Cari Newman, a certified parent coach, certified life coach, and former classroom teacher in metro Atlanta, says it’s never too late to make a change when it comes to limiting technology. Newman works with parents and caregivers of children from toddlers to young adults. Together...
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Georgia Tech defensive back Jaylen Mbakwe provided a positive update following a scary third-quarter collision that resulted in him being stretchered off the field during the Yellow Jackets' 45-24 loss to No. 18 Tennessee on Saturday night....
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ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — A driver was killed and a passenger injured overnight in a single-vehicle crash on Interstate 20, Atlanta police said. Authorities believe the deceased, a 45-year-old woman, was ejected from the vehicle. The crash occurred at I-20 near Windsor ...
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NEW MADRID, Mo. ( KFVS /Gray News) - Students at a Missouri elementary school are working to collect postcards from all 50 states in honor of America’s 250th anniversary. New Madrid Elementary School counselor Casey Rost said students have received postcards from a range of state...
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The two competing candidates for Georgia governor are both focusing on affordability but putting forward starkly different proposals aimed at easing household expenses. At a time when voters are anxious about the rising cost of living, Democrat Keisha Lance Bottoms, the former ma...
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The Secretary of State’s Office confirmed more than 200 people on voter rolls in a west Georgia county were registered to vote when they should not have been. The Sec. of State’s Office said 226 convicted felons were registered to vote in Spalding County despite not having fully ...
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U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff and Democratic candidate for governor Keisha Lance Bottoms are slated to address supporters in Athens on Sunday as both campaigns work to rally their base ahead of early voting....
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PHOENIX ( AZ Family /Gray News) - A brand-new statue of Charlie Kirk unveiled earlier this week was vandalized overnight Sunday. The eight-foot statue, located at Turning Point USA’s headquarters near 48th Street and Baseline Road in Phoenix, was installed Thursday to mark the on...
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Ben Shelton was not even a year old the last time an American man won a Grand Slam tennis title. Now 23, Shelton is in the same position Alexander Zverev once was, playing for his first major championship in the U.S. Open final. When Zverev lost that night — after he was so painf...
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A large tech company with plans to put down deep roots in south Georgia started one of its first efforts to help residents living in the area where it is setting up operations. OpenAI committed $4.8 million to cover all student breakfast and lunch costs across the Effingham Count...
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ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — With the midterm elections rapidly approaching, Georgia’s marquee races for the U.S. Senate and the governor’s mansion are intensifying across both state and national platforms. In Dallas, Texas, former President Donald Trump gathered party fai...
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Severe Weather Team 2 Meteorologist Eboni Deon says Sunday is hot and mainly dry and that’ll carry on through the week. High temperatures Sunday will have highs in the lower 90s. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV Weather App for alerts wherever you go ] [INTERACTIVE: StormTracker 2HD Radar ...
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A foreign national who fled federal prosecution in Georgia has been arrested in Washington state after more than a year on the run. Bogdan Alexandru Gherghevici, 27, a Romanian fugitive, was apprehended near Seattle on Sept. 4, 2026, in connection with a nationwide scheme selling...
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MADISON, Wis. ( WMTV /Gray News) - An athlete died while competing in the Ironman 70.3 in Madison, Wisconsin, on Saturday. Ironman USA said the athlete experienced a medical emergency. “We extend our heartfelt condolences to the athlete’s family, friends, and loved ones during th...
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Marcus Autism Center, a subsidiary of Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, along with Emory University School of Medicine, were awarded up to $17.25 million from Aligning Research to Impact Autism (ARIA) to join a newly formed international autism clinical trials network called the ...
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Moooving into Sunday Sunday, September 13 — Good morning, folks. It’s Collin Kelley, executive editor of Rough Draft, helming today’s newsletter. For your Sunday slowdown, we’ve got Sally Bethea’s latest Above the Waterline column on Atlanta’s disappearing tree canopy, a DeKalb a...
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The Spruill Gallery’s final exhibition of 2026, Material Poesy, opens September 24 and features works by Atlanta-based artists Johanna Flores, Ato Ribeiro, and Ivy Wu, according to an announcement from the organization. The exhibition runs through October 29 with an opening recep...
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Wisconsin Republican gubernatorial candidate and U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany said escaped with minor injuries after a small plane he was in lost power and made an emergency landing in a lake....
business
The Brookhaven Chamber of Commerce has appointed James Shannon as its new membership director, the organization announced. Shannon previously held senior membership leadership roles at several business and professional organizations in the region. Colleagues describe him as skill...
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The Chatham County Police Department is asking the public for help identifying the man they say trespassed a home along Whitefield Avenue. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks ] Police say surveillance video from the home showed the unidentified man trespassi...
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The Atlanta Police Department says they are investigating a deadly accident along Winsor St SW and Interstate 20 eastbound. The call for the accident came in around 1:40 a.m. Sunday. According to police, the accident happened around 1:18 a.m., where officers found an unresponsive...
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PHOENIX ( AZFamily /Gray News) - While waiting on a customer, a Lyft driver witnessed a hit-and-run and immediately took off in hot pursuit of the suspect who he alleges hit the victim three times. Octave Gwin, a Lyft driver, was waiting on a passenger around 1 a.m. Friday in Pho...
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ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) —High pressure will dominate North Georgia through the week, keeping conditions mostly dry with the combination of heat and humidity making it feel like 100°! Thankfully, by midweek, the humidity will gradually decrease making it feel less muggy ...
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Dolly Parton’s death was a gut-punch. I was a lifelong fan, discovering her old 1970s television variety show when I was 5 years old. I was so obsessed that my parents bought me the Dolly doll that was released in 1976 when I found it at a KB Toy Store (remember them?!) in the ma...
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CLARKSBURG, W.Va. ( WDTV /Gray News) - A man and a woman from West Virginia are facing charges after an 11-year-old boy told authorities he was locked in a cage for hours at a time and hit with a paddle, leaving bruises. Michael Gibson, 44, and Angela Gibson, 48, have both been c...
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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. ( WWSB /Gray News) - Authorities in Florida say a woman was hospitalized with major burns after a stranger set her on fire while she was pumping gas into her SUV. The incident happened about 8 p.m. Thursday at a Mobil gas station in St. Petersburg. St. Peters...
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A Georgia Tech player was hospitalized after being hurt in the third quarter of Saturday’s game vs. Tennessee at Bobby Dodd Stadium. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks ] Channel 2’s Luke Hetrick reports that defensive back Jaylen Mbakwe was taken to Grady H...
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The Stockbridge City Council voted Saturday night to remove Mayor Jayden Williams from office after a nearly 10-hour hearing focused on allegations of misuse of city resources and inappropriate communications with an 18-year-old. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news...
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ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — DeSean Bishop rushed for 147 yards and two touchdowns and freshman Faizon Brandon threw for two scores, leading No. 18 Tennessee to a 45-24 victory over Georgia Tech on Saturday night. Brandon went 10 of 21 for 148 yards, and his 20-yard TD pas...
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The Atlanta Beltline has expanded its small-business incubator program to 13 businesses, adding entrepreneurs offering everything from vegan food and desserts to fashion, gifts, specialty foods and haircuts. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks ] The Atlanta ...
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ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — Downed trees and power lines littered the metro Atlanta area Saturday as heavy rain and severe storms knocked out electricity and forced several businesses to close. Georgia Power crews worked throughout the day to restore service to hundreds o...
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A Gwinnett County mother says she wants answers after her 16-year-old son ended up in the hospital following an incident in the locker room at Parkview High School. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks ] The mother, Alexia Huggins, told Channel 2’s Eryn Roger...
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ATLANTA (AP) — Ronald Acuña Jr. homered to spark an eight-run fourth inning and Tyler Mahle turned in another stellar outing to lead the Atlanta Braves to their second straight victory over the Philadelphia Phillies, 12-2 on Saturday night. The Braves had to rally three times in ...
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An Ohio man was convicted of trying to kill his ex-wife after prosecutors said he pointed a handgun at her head and pulled the trigger while she was dining with her parents....
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A woman died in the early morning hours after police say she jumped from a moving vehicle. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks ] Albany police said they responded to the 700 block of Newton Road on Saturday morning at 1 a.m. on a call of a deceased person. T...
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Atlanta native Ben Shelton is on the brink of tennis history, preparing to step onto Arthur Ashe Stadium Sunday with the weight of a two-decade American drought on his shoulders....
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GREEN BAY, Wis. ( WBAY /Gray News) - Four police officers were hurt after a disturbance in Green Bay early Saturday morning. The Green Bay Police Department said officers were called to the area of Doty and Washington streets just after 2:15 Saturday morning for a report of a dis...
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A home is a total loss after a fire Thursday in Union County. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks ] Union County Fire Rescue & EMA said the call was received at around 10:40 p.m. from the Cindy Cove area. Union County Fire Department arrived to find the home...
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A Minnesota pastor died after suffering a severe spinal cord injury and nearly drowning in a pool aboard a cruise ship in Italy while celebrating his son’s wedding....
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Frances Tiafoe and Ben Shelton faced off in the U.S. Open semifinals aiming to end a long drought for American men in Grand Slam tournaments, with Shelton winning in four sets. Andy Roddick was the last U.S. man to win a major — in 2003. Since then European players have dominated...
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ROBERTSON COUNTY, Texas ( KBTX /Gray News) - Three people were killed Friday night after a semitruck left the roadway and collided with a large tree. Texas State troopers said the crash occurred just after 9 p.m. at FM 485 and Zane Wallace Road in Robertson County near the munici...
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The Stockbridge City Council is in executive session following a daylong hearing regarding the possible removal of Mayor Jayden Williams, where city officials presented evidence of mismanaged city funds and inappropriate conduct....
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The Stockbridge City Council voted Saturday evening to remove Mayor Jayden Williams for alleged misconduct.
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The city council has voted to impeach Stockbridge Mayor Jayden Williams after an executive session Saturday night, Channel 2’s Brittany Kleinpeter reports. Speaking after the vote, the mayor’s attorney, Robert Kenner, said that he and the mayor “are deeply disappointed. I think t...
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Atlanta radio host Darian "Big Tigger" Morgan will return to the V-103 airwaves after he was cleared of all criminal charges in a previous domestic violence case involving his estranged wife....
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A 21-year-old Tennessee man wanted in a homicide investigation was arrested Wednesday following a high-speed pursuit on Interstate 75 in Cobb County, according to authorities....
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A vaccine created by researchers at the University of Georgia is being tested to determine if it protects against several kinds of fungal infections while not impacting the gut’s microbiome. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks ] The vaccine is called NXT-2 a...
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A 27-year-old man was arrested on Wednesday in connection with a July triple shooting in Atlanta, according to police.
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SULPHUR, La. ( KPLC /Gray News) - Louisiana authorities say a teen boater has died after a boat flipped in a pond in Sulphur. The Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s Office said two 16-year-olds and a 15-year-old took an aluminum boat to fish in a pond off East Burton Street Friday night....
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ASHEVILLE, N.C. ( FOX Carolina /Gray News) - As rabies remains a serious public health concern, the U.S. Department of Agriculture will be spreading millions of rabies vaccine doses in bait across the Southeast. The annual program is aimed at stopping the spread of raccoon rabies...
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A man is accused of trying to kill his mother in Pennsylvania. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks ] According to our sister station WPXI , Fayette County District Attorney Mike Aubele says Nicholas Easter, 41, tried to kill his 69-year-old mother on Friday ...
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Police have arrested a man on a murder charge in connection with the death of Tasia Fortune, a 29-year-old Black woman whose body was found hanging from a tree in Jackson, Mississippi, last month....
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The University of Georgia Bulldogs dominated the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers 70-20, a 50-point differential, at Sanford Stadium in Athens on Saturday. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks ] Gunner Stockton completed 13 of 16 passes in the game before handing...
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A 20-year-old man is recovering in the hospital after being shot during an early Saturday morning road-rage incident in Midtown, according to Atlanta police....
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Ford is investing $1 billion to build a new paint shop at its Kentucky Truck Plant in Louisville.
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A 31-year-old man is recovering in the hospital after being shot late Friday night in southwest Atlanta, according to police.
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ARLINGTON, Va. (Gray DC) - The 9/11 Pentagon Memorial broke ground on a new Visitor Education Center one day after the 25th anniversary of the September 11th, 2001, attacks. Jim Laychak’s brother was one of 184 people killed when American Airlines Flight 77 was hijacked and flown...
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No. 2 Georgia built a commanding lead and defeated Western Kentucky 70-20 at Sanford Stadium.
