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After more than two decades behind bars, Danyel Smith walked out of prison Tuesday following a judge’s decision to grant him bond as he continues his fight for a new trial in the death of his infant son . [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks ] Channel 2 Actio...
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Authorities say a Cartersville man jumped into Weiss Lake in Alabama while trying to avoid arrest.
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An overnight crash left part of DeKalb County without power after a vehicle reportedly struck a utility pole.
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A large law enforcement investigation into a fatal shooting is underway in Warm Springs.
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One person was taken to the hospital after an overnight shooting at a home in northwest Atlanta.
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Brice Williams returned home after working a 10-hour shift Monday to find an apartment with bare floors and blank walls. “I walked into my apartment, and I saw that everything was missing,” Williams said. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks ] The televisions...
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The Powers Ferry Road bridge over the Chattahoochee River is closed for three days of maintenance starting Tuesday morning.
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Marietta police launched a voluntary registry to speed up searches for missing vulnerable individuals who have trouble communicating.
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South Fulton police and firefighters have shut down a 1-mile stretch of Flat Shoals Road near Buffington Road.
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A retrial of a former police officer accused of sexually assaulting a teenager and another woman continued Tuesday, with jurors hearing new testimony about DNA evidence and police policies. Former East Point police officer Richard Goodine is facing the same charges from his first...
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A metro Atlanta woman says she is the victim of a romance scam. But when she went to report it to police, she was told she also might have committed a crime. A Sandy Springs woman says she fell fast for a man she met on Muslim dating app. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alert...
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DeKalb County will resume construction on the West College Avenue water main replacement project in Decatur on Tuesday, Sept. 8.
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Fulton County health officials detected West Nile virus in mosquito traps at Roswell Area Park and Garrard Landing Park.
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Rockdale County deputies need help locating missing 43-year-old Marlena Perrin.
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ST. LOUIS, Mo. ( First Alert 4 /Gray News) - Two kittens were discovered in a duffel bag after being thrown from a moving pickup truck Monday afternoon in Missouri. A good Samaritan who saw the duffel bag being thrown out the window of the vehicle near Manchester Road and Knox Av...
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ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — A metro Atlanta film studio wants DeKalb County to allow it to build a data center. Shadowbox Studios filed a lawsuit in August alleging that the county’s moratorium on construction, in effect since July 2025, was illegal. The company said the ...
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ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — An Atlanta woman has been arrested in Florida and accused of keeping two girls and two boys in her semitruck while they were beaten and sexually abused. Keysha Monique Epps, 51, of Atlanta, and Tamra Marshon Stewart, 37, of Jacksonville, Florid...
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Monroe police search for Charvis Grant after a shooter wounded a 36-year-old man at a local store Friday.
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An Atlanta woman was sentenced Tuesday for intentionally hitting and killing with a rental car the mother of a woman with which she was arguing. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks ] Authorities said the women were arguing over a man. Talisha Moore-Real, 35,...
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Three Hall County Sheriff's Office deputies resigned while under active investigation during an ongoing audit of the agency's Flock safety system.
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An aspiring Atlanta Police officer, who was halfway through the police academy, died Tuesday morning when the motorcycle on which he was riding crashed into car at the intersection of Moreland Avenue and McDonough Boulevard in southeast Atlanta. At the time, Moses Russ, 24, was e...
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The city of Norcross opened its new public safety building Friday along Buford Highway. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks ] As Channel 2’s Gwinnett County bureau chief Matt Johnson reports, it opens at a time when police surveillance is under a national sp...
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Butts County Sheriff Gary Long says his crime suppression unit responded to the 911 call at one of the county’s many truck stops, leading to the discovery of millions of dollars in marijuana. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks ] The truck driver told law en...
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. ( WSMV /Gray News) - Dolly Parton’s star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame appears to have been vandalized. The Hollywood Historic Trust, which maintains the stars on the Walk of Fame, confirmed Tuesday that “it does appear the star was vandalized with scratches.” Th...
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A man once accused of armed robbery and two other crimes said he spent more than 30 days in jail for crimes he did not commit. He said he and his six friends were arrested along with five others in July. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks ] Last week, durin...
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ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — There is a large police presence in a South Fulton neighborhood Tuesday night. Officers have responded to the 3000 block of Flat Shoals Road. “The South Fulton Police Department is currently managing an active scene in the Flat Shoals Road area...
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The Douglas County Board of Commissioners voted to approve a new one-year lease for the local history museum in downtown Douglasville.
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Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport expects 2.3 million passengers during the Labor Day travel period, marking a 1% increase over last year....
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Updated guidelines now list 19 modifiable dementia risk factors, expanded from the original 12.
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Police in South Fulton told Channel 2 Action News a man has barricaded himself in a home in the City of South Fulton and wounded his wife. Channel 2 Action News has a reporter headed to the scene. See more on WSB Tonight at 11 p.m. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as ne...
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An anonymous whistleblower warns an untested online system for mail-in ballots could cause severe election disruptions as a legal battle over the Trump executive order plays out in federal court....
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ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — Hancock Memorial Hospital closed in 2001. Twenty-five years later, a healthcare CEO who grew up here says new federal money alone won’t fix what rural Georgia lost. Faris Flournoy, CEO of Flournoy Health Systems, grew up in Hancock County. He r...
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The murder case against the Utah man accused of assassinating conservative activist Charlie Kirk last year is headed for trial, and the defendant could face the death penalty if he’s convicted. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks ] Utah District Judge Tony G...
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A mother is facing an aggravated assault charge after Newnan police said she handed a golf club to a 16-year-old who used it to strike another teenager during a fight. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks ] The 14-year-old victim, identified by her mother as ...
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(Gray News) - A popular game show announcer has reportedly been suspended. According to multiple outlets, Sony Pictures Television has suspended Jim Thornton, the “Wheel of Fortune” announcer who has been with the show since 2010. “We have recently been made aware of allegations ...
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ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — Atlanta’s historic Fox Theatre has opened a new backstage content studio to preserve the city’s artistic stories. The studio, built inside an old rehearsal space, gives the Fox a permanent place to record interviews, podcasts and videos with ar...
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An 18-year-old is facing felony charges after being accused of sexually assaulting a girl, according to arrest warrants and the Cobb County Sheriff's Office....
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Ryan Bassham, 35, turned himself in over the weekend after being charged with two counts of first-degree murder in last week's blast at Solos Extracts near Tulsa, Oklahoma, authorities said....
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Tiger Woods has pleaded guilty to a lesser charge after his DUI crash arrest in Florida earlier this year.
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A Gwinnett County judge has granted a $100,000 bond with strict house arrest conditions for Danyel Smith, weeks after vacating his 2003 murder conviction in a once-presumed "shaken baby syndrome" case....
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Dale Sanders completed the 2,193-mile Appalachian Trail hike to reclaim his spot as the oldest thru-hiker.
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ST. CLAIR COUNTY, Ala. ( WBRC /Gray News) - An Alabama man flew to Thailand to avoid prosecution on state charges accusing him of sexually abusing a child for years. Lance Michael Beck was charged on Aug. 24 with sexual torture/abuse, first-degree sodomy, first-degree rape, first...
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DECATUR, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — A Decatur father of two is in ICE custody in south Georgia after being arrested at his home last month, and students at Decatur High School have raised nearly $20,000 to support his family. Angel Ivan Chavez Salas arrived in the United States i...
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ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — Two Newnan teens and their mother were arrested, and a 14-year-old girl was released from the hospital after being beaten in the head with a golf club during a fight. Kiera Harps now has staples in her head. Her family told Atlanta News First s...
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The woman who, along with her boyfriend, killed and dismembered her friend was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole Tuesday. A Newton County jury deliberated about 30 minutes before fiding Katelyn Goble guilty on all charges in the 2016 killing of 19-year...
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Video captured police detaining multiple people within 30 seconds after a fight broke out at an East Coweta High School football game.
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A man who has spent 24 years behind bars in the death of his 2-month-old son was granted bond Tuesday while the state appeals the ruling that threw out his conviction. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks ] Gwinnett County Superior Court Judge Kimberly Gallan...
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WASHINGTON PARK, Ill. ( First Alert 4 /Gray News) - Officials in Illinois set out traps Monday to capture a pack of dogs that killed a 68-year-old man last week. Attack details James Gibson, of East St. Louis, was mauled to death last Thursday night on North 49th Street after the...
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Channel 2 Action News has obtained an audit of the state’s voter rolls and found that the state’s election system is generally effective in preventing non-citizens from registering to vote. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks ] The audit found no evidence of...
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ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — A Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC) special agent was arrested Tuesday for allegedly misusing a Flock license plate reader system, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) said. Robert “Bobby” Michael Keim, 45, was charged with misuse of...
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For two weeks this fall, one of Tucker’s favorite gathering spots is going all in on its local spin of the annual Oktoberfest festivities. Credit: Tucker Brewing Company Tucker Brewing Company’s ninth annual Tucktoberfest returns September 19 – October 3, bringing live music, gam...
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MEMPHIS, Tenn. ( WMC /Gray News) - A Memphis-area bank teller has been arrested following accusations of stealing thousands of dollars from customer accounts. The Memphis Police Department arrested 24-year-old Demeries Coplin Brooks this week. Authorities said Brooks made several...
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Douglas County deputies arrested two teenagers Monday after receiving reports of suspects armed with a firearm near a local facility for at-risk youth....
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GWINNETT COUNTY, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — A Forsyth County man is expressing relief and offering a message of forgiveness after police arrested a driver accused of killing his unborn child during a street racing crash last summer. Dorin Lupas was arrested recently and charged w...
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Smoke is seen billowing from a manufacturing facility in Mississippi after a chemical fire broke out.
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ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — Firefighters responded to an apartment fire in Roswell Tuesday, officials said. Officials said units responded to the Aspen Pointe apartments at 1300 Gran Crique Drive just before 4 p.m. Firefighters remained on scene as of 5:30 p.m. The extent...
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WASHINGTON (Gray DC) - The United States struck targets tied to Iran hours after Iran attempted to attack American targets in the Middle East. President Donald Trump confirmed the renewed fighting in a post on Truth Social Tuesday. “The strikes are large and powerful, and in reta...
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South Fulton experienced a significant 16% drop in crime compared to last August, driven by strategic police staffing adjustments and reduced response times....
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PLEASANTON, Kan. ( KCTV /Gray News) - A longtime pastor with a decades-long ministry spanning several states is facing multiple felony sex abuse charges. According to Linn County jail records, Wade Booth, 70, was booked into the Linn County Justice Center on Monday night. Booth f...
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ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — Afternoon highs were above 90 degrees for almost 80% of the month of August. The average high temperature for the month of August in Atlanta checked in just over 92 degrees, at 92.3 degrees. Almost 80% of days saw highs above 90 degrees, with 7...
