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More than 2,000 residents have signed a petition seeking to dissolve the City of Mableton over concerns regarding the cost of establishing a new city public safety division. The opposition stems from potential tax increases to fund services that are currently provided by Cobb Cou...
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A 7-year-old west Georgia boy is in a medically induced coma with major injuries after being hit by a car last week. Aiden was catching the school bus on Friday morning when he was hit by a Ford F-150, his family says. Rome police say a Floyd County police officer was driving on ...
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ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — Some e-scooters across Atlanta were temporarily placed in “park” this week after scooter companies placed restrictions around the city to prevent a scooter takeover. A scooter takeover is when a large group of people ride scooters together, som...
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ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — A standing-room-only town hall meeting was held at Milford Recreation Center in Cobb County Thursday as dozens of eager and passionate residents gathered to hear from the Cobb County Police Department about its use of Flock cameras. Some reside...
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ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — In this week’s episode of Aging Better, host Cyreia Sandlin talks all things GLP-1 with board-certified internist Dr. Paul Bradley. Dr. Bradley is a practicing board-certified internist and co-founder and Chief Medical Officer of Scripta Insigh...
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ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First/WALB) — A Coffee County teenager has made history after being named Miss Teen USA. Kiran Reddy, 18, was crowned Miss Teen USA 2026 in Miami Wednesday, making her the first Indian-American to hold the title. Following Wednesday night’s win, Reddy s...
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The Americas will have the best seat in the house as 96% of the moon’s surface is masked by a near-total lunar eclipse tonight. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks ] This happens when the Earth moves directly between the sun and the moon and casts a shadow o...
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MADISON, Wis. ( WMTV /Gray News) - A student and football player died after a farming accident Thursday morning, according to school and law enforcement officials. According to the Richland County Sheriff’s Office, deputies received a 911 call just after 7 a.m. about a farming ac...
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Health officials added Georgia, Tennessee and Texas to a massive iceberg lettuce parasite outbreak that has sickened 11,458 nationwide.
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Cobb County police held a town hall Thursday night to address growing public concerns over Flock license-plate reader cameras.
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WASHINGTON (Gray DC) - On Thursday night, a federal judge issued a temporary restraining order, that once again blocks the Trump administration’s mail-in voting restrictions for the November midterm elections. Massachusetts U.S. District Court Judge Indira Talwani issued the 14-d...
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ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — Rome police are investigating after a child was badly injured by a truck while he was reportedly trying to catch a school bus last Friday. The 7-year-old was airlifted to Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta’s Scottish Rite Hospital, where he is in...
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ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — A judge has denied bond for a teenager accused of shooting another student at Warner Robins High School, according to documents. At a bond hearing Thursday morning, Judge Katherine Lumsden denied bond for the 14-year-old suspect. The teen is ac...
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The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals is sending a lawsuit over Georgia’s 2021 congressional maps back to a lower court after the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision on the Voting Rights Act. New Georgia voting district maps were passed in 2021 but declared unconstitutional by an Atla...
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LAS VEGAS ( FOX5 ) — The defense team for Duane “Keffe D” Davis has rested its case after calling three witnesses on Thursday, clearing the way for closing arguments next week in the Tupac Shakur murder trial. Defense attorneys for Duane “Keffe D” Davis began presenting their cas...
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A man accused of arranging the fatal shooting of a Microsoft design manager on a Florida road was convicted Wednesday in a murder-for-hire scheme.
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Tony Romo, who was arrested on suspicion of OWI in Milwaukee back on July 23, faces three new citations related to the traffic stop and arrest.
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TEMPE, Ariz. ( KPHO /Gray News) — The city of Tempe announced this week that it has turned off its Flock cameras with plans to end its contract with the company. Tempe Mayor Corey Woods said the cameras have helped law enforcement, but the city’s decision followed reports of prob...
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A Marietta man faces multiple felony charges in Cobb County after allegedly impersonating a law enforcement officer.
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Chief Bess Simpson-Baugh was sworn in Thursday morning as the new chief of police for the Henry County Police Department.
parks
City officials remind residents that hunting deer on public property like parks is illegal in Milton.
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Milton residents can clean out hazardous garage and basement chemicals at a free city collection event on Saturday, Sept. 26.
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ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — Nearly 200 Cobb County teachers are facing scrutiny after walking out of a district-wide back-to-school kickoff speech by Superintendent Chris Ragsdale. According to the Cobb County Association of Educators (CCAE), teachers walked out of the Ju...
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Walmart plans to build a $1.3 billion, 1.5 million-square-foot automated fulfillment center in Carnesville, creating 1,000 jobs.
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Deputies are investigating an illegal dumping incident near Pope's Ferry Landing after human waste was reported in the river Tuesday.
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ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — Georgia economic leaders say the state’s businesses are being caught in the middle of an escalating trade war between the United States and Canada, as new tariffs from both countries threaten industries from agriculture to manufacturing. The U....
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A 49-year-old man was sentenced to 53 years in prison after confessing to shooting a Newnan plant manager while high on methamphetamine in 2023.
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DULUTH, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — The timing of an upcoming Democratic Party event is drawing criticism from Jewish constituents and lawmakers. The Bluetopia event, put on by the Gwinnett Democratic Party in Duluth, is scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 12. That’s right in the middle...
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. ( WAVE /Gray News) - Weeks after nearly 250 neglected dogs were rescued from a wooded 5-acre property, charges were filed against the owners. Kentucky State Police charged Michael and Natasha York with second-degree animal cruelty and failing to vaccinate the anim...
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Willie H. Smith Jr., 78, died after driving his Chevrolet Equinox into the roof of a Macon home on Woodland Drive.
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ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First/WTOC) — State regulators have officially approved a contract for Georgia Power to serve a massive new OpenAI project in Effingham County. Georgia Power announced Wednesday that the agreement has cleared the Georgia Public Service Commission (PSC) ...
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Key points: • Sandy Springs has approved a $4.33 million incentive package for Woodfield Development as part of its overhaul of the North River Shopping Center, helping to secure a new park at 8830 Roswell Road. • Woodfield Development is set to acquire the shopping center in Oct...
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A mother says her son went out with friends then returned home, where someone shot and killed him as he sat in his car in his driveway. Now Michelle Williams is asking for the public’s help finding her son’s killer. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks ] Will...
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A massive fire swept through a home in Paulding County early Wednesday morning, killing a man. Neighbors called 911 around 6 a.m. to report flames and smoke on Compound Road near Rockmart. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks ] “My daughter in law got up to g...
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GREEN BAY, Wis. ( WBAY /Gray News) - Green Bay Packers running back Josh Jacobs has been formally charged with two misdemeanors stemming from an arrest earlier this year. Jacobs was taken into custody in May on suspicion of domestic abuse, but at the time, the Brown County distri...
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The Brookhaven City Council at its Aug. 25 meeting eliminated a planned multi-use path from the Windsor Parkway path project, but opponents to the project say that the installation of a roundabout will still result in the destruction of hundreds of trees. According to Brookhaven’...
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The FBI Atlanta and the Atlanta Police Department are asking for the public’s help to locate a man wanted in a mass shooting that left one person dead and 10 others injured in 2025....
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A full closure on Interstate 285 in southwest Fulton County was postponed, rather than starting on Friday. The Georgia Department of Transportation had earlier planned to shut down I-285 between Cascade Road and Langford Parkway from 9 p.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Monday. [DOWNLOAD: Fre...
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A French tourist died this month after becoming stranded in California's Death Valley National Park amid sweltering temperatures.
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Workers in an IRS building in DeKalb County say management is now blaming them for the rodent problem. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks ] Channel 2’s Tyisha Fernandes say there is an active Occupational Safety and Health Administration complaint on the bu...
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ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — A former Covington police officer has been arrested for allegedly misusing his department’s Flock camera system, according to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI). On Wednesday, the GBI arrested 29-year-old Michael Canty on charges of misu...
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ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — A man was sentenced Wednesday to 53 years in prison without parole for a 2023 shooting at a Newnan manufacturing plant, Coweta County District Attorney John Herbert Cranford Jr. said. Sylvester Florence Jr., 49, shot the manager at Global Power...
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For Michael J. Dennis, the quest to restore “Riverbend” started with a simple goal: Keep the long-lost relic of Black cinema from ever disappearing again. Weeks ago, he succeeded. At the Aug. 15 Atlanta premiere of “Riverbend” at the Plaza Theatre, Reelblack Renaissance released ...
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ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — A few showers and storms remain possible today into Friday. It won’t be a washout, but it’s a good idea to have the umbrella nearby. This Afternoon & Tonight: Storms Still Possible Morning precipitation may limit additional storm development la...
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Former Covington police officer Michael Bernard Dante Canty faces felony charges after state law enforcement officers arrested him Wednesday evening in Newton County....
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SNELVILLE, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — Two Minnesota men have pleaded guilty to charges stemming from a 2022 shooting in Snellville that left one man dead and another seriously injured. Abdulrahman Haji-Sufi and Salih Abdi, both 24, pleaded guilty to two counts of violating the Ge...
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Former East Point police officer Richard Gooddine is on trial for a second time at the Fulton County Courthouse in downtown Atlanta on charges of raping at least five women, including two minors, while on duty. The first witness called Wednesday said she was 15 at the time she wa...
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Researchers in Atlanta are testing a new skin stamp in a first-of-its-kind trial for people living with peanut allergies. Channel 2’s Lori Wilson spoke with Dr. Brian Vickery, chief of allergy and immunology at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, about phase one of the study. Vicke...
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An Atlanta elementary school teacher went viral after coming up with a creative fix for a common classroom distraction.
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NEW YORK (Gray Media) - Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the alleged mastermind behind the September 11 terrorist attacks, is scheduled to stand trial in June 2028, a U.S. military judge announced. The trial date comes just over two weeks before the 25th anniversary of the historic attack...
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COLUMBUS COUNTY, N.C. ( WECT /Gray News) - A former Baptist preacher has been arrested after authorities say he stole thousands of dollars from a North Carolina church to cover personal expenses. The new charges against Devin Carroll, who was also an in-school suspension aide at ...
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Georgia’s rural healthcare system is getting a major financial infusion. The state is distributing funds to modernize dozens of rural hospitals.
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Two employees died after contracting a rare form of malaria linked to mosquitoes at a major German travel hub.
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ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — The trial of the remaining defendant in the case of Morgan Bauer’s murder continued on Thursday. Katelyn Goble is facing charges of concealing a death and tampering with evidence in the disappearance and murder of Bauer, the 19-year-old South D...
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Investigators say a stranger went after a family with a knife inside a grocery store. It happened at the Mableton Supermarket along Mableton Parkway. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks ] Police say he got the knife from a shelf in the store, unpackaged it a...
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A 27-year-old Lithonia resident was arrested Wednesday in connection with a July barbershop shooting, the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office said. Authorities said he was found with three guns in his vehicle at the time of his arrest. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as new...
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A massive OpenAI data center that’s been approved could be one of Georgia Power’s largest customers once it is completed. And it may help drive down power bills for the utility company’s customers. The Georgia Public Service Commission approved the contract between Georgia Power ...
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Fall flavor season is arriving earlier than ever, but pumpkin spice may have some new competition.
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Eric Hafner, who is serving time in a New York federal prison, has advanced in the primary for Alaska's lone U.S. House seat.
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Every great second album answers a different question than the first. Actor doesn’t ask whether Annie Clark can write beautiful songs. She’d already settled that on Marry Me . It asks whether beauty can survive distortion, whether a carefully composed performance can reveal more ...
