HONOLULU ( KHNL /Gray News) - Two homes were reportedly swept away after torrential rainfall from Hurricane Lala triggered a flash flood emergency Saturday night in the Kau District of Hawaii Island. ‘Particularly dangerous situation’ According to the National Weather Service, ra...
Sandy Springs council members have pushed back on traffic alleviation and connectivity plans from their own consultants, staff, and the Georgia Department of Transportation throughout the year. Whether proposed roadway projects interfere with Sandy Springs businesses and homeowne...
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — Intense heat will continue across north Georgia for most of the week, with increased rain chances finally arriving Friday. Sunday Through Monday: 5 First Alert Days SUNDAY — Oppressive heat continues with afternoon “feels like” temperatures in ...
The Atlanta Fire Rescue Department says two people were found dead after a house fire along Valley Ridge Drive SW. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks ] Firefighters responded to the home being on fire shortly after 4:15 a.m. Sunday. Upon arrival, they found...
(Gray News) - More than 1 million attic stairway ladders, including those sold at home improvement stores such as Home Depot and Lowe’s, have been recalled after reports of falls and injuries. Which attic ladders were recalled? Louisville Ladder Inc. recalled 1,770,000 ladders, w...
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — Two people were found dead overnight in a raging house fire, Atlanta Fire Rescue said. The blaze occurred early Sunday in the 1700 block of Valley Ridge Drive in southwest Atlanta. When crews arrived at the home, which was engulfed in flames, t...
In late September, Cherry Street Energy will begin installing a 227-panel solar array on the roof of the Spanx Global Headquarters building to power operations within Jamestown’s Buckhead Village District. Cherry Street Energy is an Atlanta-based company and one of the leading pr...
At the August 11 DeKalb County Board of Commissioners regular business meeting District 1 Commissioner Robert Patrick recognized two outstanding members of the District 1 community — a young scholar making his mark on the national stage and a longtime aviation advocate whose serv...
YAVAPAI COUNTY, Ariz. ( AZFamily /Gray News) - Thanks to his phone’s emergency text feature, an 88-year-old driver and his dog were rescued after they got stuck in muddy conditions in a remote area of Arizona. Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office Forest Patrol deputies got an urgent r...
LAMBERTVILLE, Mich. ( WTVG /Gray News) - As a Michigan family mourns the sudden loss of their 13-year-old daughter, the kids in their neighborhood are supporting them the best way they know how. Lainey Scroggs, 13, was a cheerleader and rising 8th grade student at Bedford Junior ...
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — Loganville police are searching for a hit-and-run driver who allegedly fired a gunshot Saturday morning. Around 11:35 a.m., officers responded to a vehicle accident on Highway 81 near Tara Commons Drive, according to the Loganville Police Depar...
Kimberly Jones is not one to let sorrow stop her mission to save lives. “Thank you, everybody, for coming. Thank you all,” Jones said. Dozens gathered in Douglasville’s Hunter Memorial Park Saturday afternoon to join Jones’ cause, in memory of her daughter, Channel 2’s Berndt Pet...
A Gwinnett County mother charged in the hot car death of her son was allowed to leave jail Saturday to grieve her 1-year old son. Police arrested the mother after they say she left her son, Daniel Coleman Jr., in the car while she worked a hospital shift. Channel 2’s Susan Hendri...
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — Through the next few days, North Georgia will continue to see intense heat and pop up storm chances. Tonight and Sunday: Heat Advisory Continues A Heat Advisory remains through 8 PM Sunday for most of the region, with heat index values climbing...
ATLANTA, Ga. (AP) — Nolan Arenado had two home runs and four RBIs, Eduardo Rodriguez threw six strong innings and the Arizona Diamondbacks routed the Atlanta Braves 10-3 on Saturday night. Arenado reached 20 home runs for the ninth time in his career. Ildemaro Vargas hit a three-...
Morris Brown College is welcoming its incoming class of students this week ahead of the fall 2026 semester, capping off orientation with a keynote address from U.S. Rep. Nikema Williams....
Police arrested a 19-year-old found hiding in a dormitory closet at Virginia State University on Saturday in connection with an overnight shooting on campus that left five people wounded, including one with critical injuries. Camron Harris of Henrico, Virginia, is not a student o...
The City of Brookhaven’s Stormwater Division is seeking participants for its annual Storm Drain Marker Volunteer Event on Aug. 15, beginning at 8 a.m. This year the project will focus on the Brookhaven portion of the Pine Hills neighborhood in District 4, according to a release f...
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — Police said a man was hospitalized after a shooting on Atlanta’s westside Saturday afternoon. Officers responded to a person shot on the 2400 block of Martin Luther King Jr. Drive NW, according to the Atlanta Police Department. The gunshot vict...
Atlanta police are investigating a shooting that left one person hospitalized Saturday afternoon in northwest Atlanta.
Bedbugs are sometimes called the vampires of the insect world — hiding during the day and coming out at night to feast on human blood. Generations of children have been told: “Sleep tight. Don’t let the bedbugs bite.” Well, bad news: Bedbug infestations are increasing. This is th...
A 26-year-old man was taken to the hospital Saturday afternoon after being shot in the leg in Forest Park, according to the Clayton County Police Department. Officers responded at approximately 2:40 p.m. to the 400 block of Sylvia Drive following a report of a shooting. Upon arri...
Indiana authorities said at least five people have died as a result of severe storms and flooding across the state this week, as first responders used boats to rescue more people Saturday from rising waters in neighborhoods along the White River in Indianapolis. The state has bee...
Police in Virginia have arrested a 19-year-old Saturday in connection with a shooting outside Virginia State University residence halls that left five people injured....
Atlanta police said a man was driven to the hospital after a shooting in southwest Atlanta on Saturday. Police responded to a call of a person shot at 2423 Martin Luther King SW Saturday afternoon. But when officers arrived, the shooting victim had already left for the hospital i...
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — The mother accused of leaving her 1-year-old son in a hot car for nine hours did not attend his funeral Saturday, surprising family members, her attorney and funeral home staff who had expected her to be there. Deja Coleman was held at the Gwin...
This summer, the Atlanta Hawks Basketball Academy continued its commitment to investing in communities across Metro Atlanta through its 2026 Community Court Tour, an eight-week initiative that engaged more than 1,600 young athletes with free basketball clinics and wellness-focuse...
A teenage boy and four adults were killed Friday in shootings that prompted a wide search for the fleeing gunman, whose body was ultimately found in a wooded area alongside one of his victims, authorities said. A teenage girl survived and was in stable condition, police said. Cha...
A 26-year-old man was injured after a shooting in Forest Park on Saturday afternoon, according to the Clayton County Police Department.
The Georgia Department of Transportation is planning to start an intersection safety project at Dallas Highway and Mount Calvary Road in Cobb County, the county announced Friday. State officials notified county authorities of the project, which aims to reduce crashes at the locat...
Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens wants the Olympic cauldron to stay where it is, in Summerhill, according to a letter posted on social media. As Channel 2 Action News has reported , the Summerhill neighborhood is fighting against a proposal to move the cauldron from where it has been ...
A LaGrange council member has resigned after pleading guilty to public indecency earlier this week.
The Gainesville Police Department announced the passing of retired K-9 Dax, who died on Wednesday just days after his 11th birthday following seven years of service to the community....
NEW ORLEANS ( WVUE /Gray News) - A 17-year-old boy died early after falling from an open stairwell inside the derelict Plaza Tower in downtown New Orleans, police said. New Orleans Police Department Supt. Anne Kirkpatrick said a group of teens -- the exact number unknown -- broke...
LARGO, Md. (Gray DC) - Barbara Ross turned 100 years old, and a ballroom full of guests traveled to Largo, Md. Saturday to mark the occasion for the trailblazing educator who taught during and after the era of school segregation. Ross was born in 1926 and lived for many years in ...
HATTIESBURG, Miss. ( WDAM /Gray News) - Authorities in Mississippi are investigating a shooting at Forrest General Hospital. An apparent murder-suicide was said to have occurred at the hospital on Friday. Forrest County Coroner Lisa Klem reported the victims were a 67-year-old wo...
A full closure of Interstate 285 is complicating travel in the area. But the Georgia Department of Transportation says the pain is for a good cause. GDOT warned earlier in the week about the closure of I-285 in southwest Atlanta this weekend between Exit 7 (Cascade Road) and Exit...
A convicted felon is now facing federal drug trafficking charges after law enforcement seized more than 275 pounds of meth, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office....
( FDA /Gray News) - Hundreds of bags of dog food are under recall over possible salmonella contamination. Oma’s Pride announced one lot of Woof Complete Canine Chicken Recipe in 6-pound bags is being recalled. The affected lot, BB012729, was distributed in Arizona, California, In...
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — A Covington police officer was dragged by a suspect’s car on Friday. During a traffic stop at the QuikTrip on Highway 142, the officer was dragged a few hundred yards until the car turned, throwing the officer off the vehicle, a spokesperson wi...
ANCHORAGE, Alaska ( KTUU /Gray News) - Authorities say a woman was sent to the hospital after being attacked by a brown bear, but it could have been worse. According to the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, the woman was trail running alone on the Wolverine Bowl trail Thursday ...
ETTRICK, Va. ( WWBT /Gray News) - The Chesterfield County Police Department said a 19-year-old Henrico man is behind bars after a mass shooting at Virginia State University on Saturday morning. Just before 1:30 a.m., officers were called to a reported shooting along Boisseau Stre...
The annual Summer Shade Festival is just around the corner, returning to Grant Park on Saturday, Aug, 22, and Sunday, Aug. 23. The free two-day festival will once again fill Atlanta’s oldest park with live music across the Main Stage and Gazebo, more than 140 artists and makers, ...
TRENTON, Ohio ( WXIX /Gray News) - A 16-year-old boy is dead after falling from the top of a moving vehicle in Ohio. It happened about 10:30 p.m. Friday in Trenton, about 40 minutes southwest of Dayton. Trenton police and fire crews responded to reports that a teenager fell while...
The nonprofit Atlanta Land Trust (ALT), which is dedicated to preserving permanent affordable homeownership opportunities throughout metro Atlanta, appointed David Ogunsanya as its new executive director. A longtime leader in the community land trust movement, Ogunsanya brings mo...
Construction workers in Belgium this week uncovered $10.4 million in gold while building a new sewer below a former brewery, according to local police....
Being a firefighter sometimes means climbing up a ladder to rescue someone. And sometimes it means heading down into a manhole to rescue a cat. Hall County Fire Rescue said in a social media post that Station 17 headed out to a call Monday night to retrieve a kitten from a storm ...
MANILA, Ark. ( KAIT /Gray News) - An Arkansas family says they are grateful for their friends who have helped fill the void left by the tragic death of a young family member. It’s been eight months since the Curtwright family lost their son, Brady, in a crash. Ashley Curtwright s...
Democrats seeking the party’s presidential nomination in 2028 will need to prove themselves early on in states where Black and Latino voters and union members are key supporters, under an election-year calendar approved Saturday. The primary lineup pushes Iowa from the traditiona...
(Gray News) - A group of construction workers in Belgium made a surprising discovery while laying new sewage pipes in a building’s cellar. Local media reported that the group found a stash of gold bars and coins sealed in the cellar’s wall. According to the BBC , the stash is est...
The University System of Georgia generated a record $25.1 billion economic impact for the state in Fiscal Year 2025, according to a report released Thursday. The total represents an 8.9% increase over the previous fiscal year. The study shows the University System of Georgia supp...
Michigan State Police are investigating after six people were found dead at three locations in northern Michigan Friday.
A traffic stop in coastal Georgia took an unusual turn when a driver tried to identify himself with a booking sheet from a recent stay in jail, according to the sheriff’s office. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks ] The Bryan County Sheriff’s Office shared ...
LAGRANGE, Ga. (WTVM) - LaGrange City councilman Marquavious “Quay” Boddie has resigned his position days after pleading guilty to a misdemeanor public indecency charge. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation began looking into a complaint filed in March following Boddie’s dismissal ...
PORT ARMSTRONG, Alaska ( KTUU /Gray News) - A multi-day search involving state and federal agencies has been called off for a missing hiker after a body was found. Alaska Wildlife Troopers identified the deceased as Ben Le. They said his body was found at the base of a cliff near...
Downtown Atlanta is growing with investment and construction in the new Centennial Yards. Neighbors and visitors can now get cheese fries and burgers from Shake Shack. “We were the first to sign the lease at Centennial so we’re super excited about that,” Will Stringer, the Area D...
Hot weekend Saturday, Aug. 15 — There’s another full lane closure on I-285 this weekend between Cascade Road and Martin Luther King Jr. Drive. The lanes won’t reopen until 5 a.m. on Monday. Mostly sunny and hot with temperatures hovering in the mid-90s. A heat advisory remains in...
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — Volunteers in Brookhaven are reminding their neighbors to protect local waterways from pollution. Equipped with signs and glue provided by the city, members of the Pine Hills Civic Association spent Saturday morning marking local storm drain in...
(Gray News) - Granola marketed to breastfeeding mothers has been recalled because it may be contaminated with Salmonella. Hampton Grocers has recalled its Lacnola Lactation Granola. The granola is promoted as helping support “healthy lactation” and providing “key minerals for pos...
An Atlanta man has pleaded guilty to federal charges after prosecutors say he distributed thousands of fentanyl pills, participated in a scheme involving stolen U.S. Treasury checks and fraudulently obtained a COVID-era relief loan. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as n...
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HONOLULU ( KHNL /Gray News) - Two homes were reportedly swept away after torrential rainfall from Hurricane Lala triggered a flash flood eme…
Sandy Springs council members have pushed back on traffic alleviation and connectivity plans from their own consultants, staff, and the Geor…
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — Intense heat will continue across north Georgia for most of the week, with increased rain chances finall…
The Atlanta Fire Rescue Department says two people were found dead after a house fire along Valley Ridge Drive SW. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV Ne…
(Gray News) - More than 1 million attic stairway ladders, including those sold at home improvement stores such as Home Depot and Lowe’s, hav…
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — Two people were found dead overnight in a raging house fire, Atlanta Fire Rescue said. The blaze occurre…
In late September, Cherry Street Energy will begin installing a 227-panel solar array on the roof of the Spanx Global Headquarters building …
At the August 11 DeKalb County Board of Commissioners regular business meeting District 1 Commissioner Robert Patrick recognized two outstan…
YAVAPAI COUNTY, Ariz. ( AZFamily /Gray News) - Thanks to his phone’s emergency text feature, an 88-year-old driver and his dog were rescued …
LAMBERTVILLE, Mich. ( WTVG /Gray News) - As a Michigan family mourns the sudden loss of their 13-year-old daughter, the kids in their neighb…
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — Loganville police are searching for a hit-and-run driver who allegedly fired a gunshot Saturday morning.…
Kimberly Jones is not one to let sorrow stop her mission to save lives. “Thank you, everybody, for coming. Thank you all,” Jones said. Dozen…
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