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ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — Everyday costs remain high as we head into Labor Day weekend, leaving some people with tough financial decisions to make. “I’ll be honest its hard,” said David Kirton, who lives in Lawrenceville. “I’m not gonna lie, it’s out the roof,” said Moe...
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(Gray News) - Carla Jeffery, a Disney Channel star best known for her role as Bree in the “Zombies” franchise, has died at the age of 33, her manager says . Jeffery died Tuesday, according to an online statement by Carla Alexander with Alexanders Talent Management. Details about ...
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ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — A man was arrested Aug. 21 and accused of breaking into a business with a brick, according to police. Police said surveillance footage captured Wyatt Weaver, 23, breaking into a business at 300 Peachtree St. NE with a brick on Aug. 21 around 1:...
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FULTON COUNTY, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — The Fulton County Board of Commissioners has approved funding for new affordable housing developments in Atlanta’s historic Vine City and English Avenue neighborhoods, with multiple projects slated for completion by the end of next year. ...
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The 35th Annual AIDS Walk Atlanta Music Festival and 5k Run returns to Piedmont Park on Sept. 26 to raise money for HIV and AIDS organizations. AIDS Healthcare Foundation, the world’s largest nonprofit HIV/AIDS health care organization, hosts the annual event, which raises more t...
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RICHMOND, Va. ( WWBT /Gray News) - Dozens of drivers in Virginia returned to a parking lot and found their cars undrivable on Tuesday morning. Richmond police said an individual smashed more than 80 cars in a parking lot near Main Street Station. It happened at a parking lot arou...
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Two men have been sentenced to prison for trafficking four girls in 2019. Prosecutors say four girls ran away from a children’s residential facility in Bowdon in March 2019. That’s when they ran into Jeffery Cook, now 57. Cook offered to drive the girls to one of their sister’s h...
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A southeast Atlanta woman is hoping police can track down a man caught on camera touching himself sexually on her front stoop Monday afternoon.
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President Donald Trump endorsed proposed federal tax incentives this week aimed at keeping film and TV productions in the U.S.
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GATLINBURG, Tenn. ( WVLT /Gray News) - A man reported missing in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park for more than a week has been found safe, officials said. Marcin Bachleda-Blaszczak was found safe Tuesday afternoon in North Carolina outside the park, according to park offi...
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Authorities in Florida released the mug shots of two people who were charged in Orange County with sexually abusing, molesting and neglecting four children. One of those arrested hails from Atlanta. Authorities say the children were confined in the sleeper cab of a tractor-traile...
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Two beluga whales at Chicago's Shedd Aquarium have died, including one that was rescued from a closed marine park in Canada just weeks ago, officials said....
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EVANSVILLE, Ind. ( WFIE /Gray News) - A farm in Indiana is featuring the late Charlie Kirk in a corn maze this year. Goebel Farms in Evansville said it chose to honor Kirk because he believed that disagreement should lead to conversation, not violence. Officials with Goebel Farms...
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Crew declared a medical emergency involving a pilot.
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Authorities in Tennessee have arrested the parents of a nonverbal, autistic girl who was found dead in the water near their vacation home in South Carolina. Police accuse them of leaving the girl alone near the body of water where she was eventually found. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV ...
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COLLEGE STATION, Texas ( KBTX /Gray News) - A woman was arrested after police said she drove drunk through a highway construction zone and dragged a worker Monday night. Mary McGhee, 64, was charged with a third-offense driving while intoxicated and aggravated assault with a dead...
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ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr promised to use “all legal means necessary” to stop pro athletes from returning to college teams in a letter to SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey Wednesday. The SEC announced last week that it would prohibit athle...
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ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — Georgia’s candidates for governor took different paths on the campaign trail Wednesday, highlighting stark policy divides and trading sharp personal attacks as they toured metro Atlanta. Republican nominee Rick Jackson stood at the State Capito...
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Atlanta residents who say city operations damaged their homes face steep odds when seeking compensation from the city, according to records obtained by Channel 2 Action News Investigates . An analysis of city records found that of the 575 home damage claims filed with Atlanta sin...
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A fight that broke out before a high school football game last week has earned the coaches and some players a suspension. Rockdale County High School and Heritage High School in Conyers got into a fight during the pregame warmups on the field before Friday night’s game. As a resu...
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The NBA imposed a sweeping punishment against the Los Angeles Clippers on Wednesday for violating salary cap circumvention rules, suspending owner Steve Ballmer for one year, fining the team $30 million and forcing it to forfeit five first-round draft picks. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-T...
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The U.S. Department of Justice filed its first lawsuit that challenges a school district’s policies regarding transgender students and claims the rules violate a federal law....
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The man accused of shooting and killing a Warm Springs police sergeant had been arrested by that same officer just days earlier during an encounter that allegedly turned violent, according to arrest warrants obtained by Channel 2 Action News. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for a...
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Two people were killed and the suspect is dead after a shooting in a downtown Minneapolis apartment building Wednesday afternoon, according to police. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks ] Three Minneapolis police officers were also injured, including two of...
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A man will spend the rest of his life behind bars after being convicted of a triple shooting that left a father dead and two others severely injured . In November 2024, police say Karlton Sirmons, 38, kicked in the door of a Douglas County home to get to his girlfriend who was st...
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Fulton County continues negotiations to purchase the Atlanta City Detention Center after Commission Chair Rob Pitts said Wednesday that the parties have agreed on a price. The City of Atlanta and Fulton County have been back and forth for months over the Downtown jail’s lease. Co...
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Seasonal changes are affecting Metro Atlanta area drinking water, impacting the taste and odor of drinking water. Gwinnett County addressed concerns that customers may be having about the changes in their water. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks ] Despite ...
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The Democratic and Republican nominees for Georgia governor hit the campaign trail in metro Atlanta Wednesday, laying out their priorities for Georgia voters. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks ] Republican nominee and healthcare founder Rick Jackson campai...
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Throughout the day, locals and law enforcement officers stopped outside the Warm Springs Police Department to place bouquets of flowers and balloons in honor of the small-town officer killed on the job. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks ] “I just wanted to...
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Atlanta police are working to track down suspects and a motive in a deadly shooting Wednesday morning at a southeast Atlanta park . Police don’t believe the crime was random. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks ] An officer doing routine patrol around 9 a.m....
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WASHINGTON (Gray DC) -Bill Hoover, a 99-year-old World War II veteran, traveled to Washington on an Honor Flight after seven years on the waiting list. The trip marked the first time he saw the memorial built to honor his fellow service members. Hoover was greeted in Washington b...
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Last week, Channel 2 Action News told you about a measles outbreak at a metro Atlanta childcare center . Pediatricians say ever since, they’ve been fielding a slew of calls from parents about protecting their kids. At Dr. Pip Spandorfer’s Focus Pediatrics office, they’re taking p...
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Douglas County sheriff's investigators arrested a man on child molestation and aggravated sodomy charges following a referral from state child welfare officials....
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ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — A Gilmer County man was sentenced to 40 years in prison for sexual exploitation of children, the DeKalb County District Attorney’s Office said. Ronald Richardson, 49, was found guilty of 118 counts of sexual exploitation of children. Richardson...
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Whitfield County narcotics investigators arrested a man overnight on 10 drug-related charges, including felony cocaine trafficking and intent to distribute multiple controlled substances....
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A Clayton County deputy faces criminal charges after state investigators say he misused a law enforcement license plate reader system for personal reasons....
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Georgia Tech athletics and Atlanta-based Veritiv have announced a multi-year partnership that makes Veritiv the first jersey patch sponsor in Georgia Tech football history and the official sustainability partner of Georgia Tech Athletics. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alert...
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The Georgia Bureau of Investigation is probing a fatal officer-involved shooting after a man attacked a Grovetown investigator on Monday.
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Atlanta Public Schools is moving into the next phase of a complex redistricting plan which includes the closure of schools and sale of property due to a $100 million budget shortfall, low enrollment, and dwindling birthrates. APS Forward 2040 is the district’s roadmap for the nex...
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ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — For a second time on Thursday, the Joint Election Equipment Specifications and Standards Committee will meet to hear testimony and discuss the next steps for Georgia’s ballot counting. Through legislation passed in 2024, state lawmakers self-im...
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PIEGON FORGE, Tenn. ( WVLT /Gray News) - Dollywood officials announced what’s next for the park following the death of its co-founder and country music icon Dolly Parton. Dollywood President Eugene Naughton announced Wednesday that the upcoming renovations and current plans will ...
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Several teachers at Sequoyah Middle School in DeKalb County say they began experiencing health problems after returning to campus from summer break and are questioning whether asbestos abatement work completed over the summer may be connected. One teacher told Channel 2’s Tyisha ...
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The city of Forest Park approved a data center application moratorium to give them time to adjust their zoning laws. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks ] The city council approved a 90-day pause in a special called meeting on Monday, Javon Anthony Lloyd, th...
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ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — Residents of an Atlanta high-rise say they have been without air conditioning for two weeks, with temperatures inside some apartments reaching 94 degrees or higher. Marcia Jones, who lives at Bethel Towers, said one box fan is not enough to kee...
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WASHINGTON (Gray DC) - President Donald Trump said Wednesday he plans to travel to Alaska to campaign for Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) ahead of the November midterm elections. Sullivan, a two-term Republican, finished second in last month’s primary. He will face former Congresswo...
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Editor’s note: The video above is from previous coverage. ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — The Fulton County Board of Commissioners has agreed to a price tag for purchasing the Atlanta City Detention Center (ACDC)— possibly inching closer to bringing a yearslong disagreement b...
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A 14-year-old girl is home recovering after being struck in the head with a golf club in Newnan.
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Georgia Bureau of Investigation agents arrested a Clayton County Sheriff’s Office deputy Tuesday, charging him with misuse of the Flock license plate reader system. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks ] Deputy Errol Farrell Jr., 40, of Lithonia, surrendered ...
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ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — The 40th annual Dragon Con officially begins Thursday in downtown Atlanta and runs through next Monday, but the festivities unofficially kick off Wednesday night. At its unofficial midnight start, organizers intend to honor Dolly Parton’s contr...
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A prominent Atlanta attorney is pushing back as the Georgia Supreme Court prepares to decide the fate of DeKalb Superior Court Judge Yolanda Parker-Smith....
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A 35-year veteran of the Hall County Sheriff’s Office has resigned after being accused of an inappropriate relationship with a a woman while he was on duty. An internal affairs investigation concluded that it happened but found insufficient evidence to support the woman’s claims ...
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JACKSON, Miss. ( WLBT /Gray News) - The mayor of Mississippi’s state capital released a statement Wednesday after the death of Cassandra Wilson, a 70-year-old Jackson native and Grammy Award-winning jazz vocalist. “Jackson has lost an extraordinary native daughter, and the world ...
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BEREA, Ky. ( WKYT /Gray News) - A man died after a machine-related incident at a manufacturing plant in Kentucky on Wednesday morning, authorities said. The Madison County Coroner’s Office was called to the Astemo Americas plant on Mayde Road in Berea. Coroner Jimmy Cornelison id...
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The former East Point Police Chief took the witness stand on Tuesday, testifying that former officer Richard Gooddine breached core departmental policies on the night he was accused of sexually assaulting a minor....
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ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — A man has been sentenced to 30 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to running a drug ring from a Georgia state prison, the U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Georgia said. Ismael Guerrero-Moya, 51, ran a methamphetamine traffi...
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ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — In the season two premiere of ‘Jackets All Access,’ we turn our attention from the baseball diamond to the football field. Tech’s season will begin with a rare Thursday night home game against Deion Sanders and the Colorado Buffaloes. Tech beat...
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A couple who lost their unborn son after police say a driver hit them at 94 mph. They say they forgive him and have moved to start over. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks ] Symeon and Samantha Izaguirre were turning into a shopping plaza on Satellite Boule...
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ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — Another Hall County deputy has been fired after being accused of misusing the agency’s Flock camera system, according to the sheriff’s office. An ongoing audit of the department’s Flock automated license plate reader system found that Melissa W...
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DOUGLAS COUNTY, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - An investigation into a multi-state animal rescue organization operating out of residential properties in Georgia and Tennessee has uncovered allegations of severe neglect, with animals found dead and dozens more living in filthy, hazard...
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Leaders at Dollywood announced projects to honor country music artist Dolly Parton following her passing.
