Follow us on

Listen live to Atlanta's breaking news, severe weather, & traffic online

recent on-air advertisers

Now Playing

News/Talk WSB
Listen live to ...

Breaking News

689 items
Results 11 - 20 of 689< previousnext >
Chris Kelly of Kris Kross performs at the Fox Theatre in Atlanta during the So So Def 20th Anniversary Concert Saturday, Feb, 23, 2013.

Cocaine, heroin suspected in Kris Kross rapper’s death

Former Kris Kross rapper Chris Kelly had taken a mixture of cocaine and heroin the night before his death and had a history of drug abuse, according to a police report released Thursday. Kelly, 34, was unresponsive on his couch and had no signs of life when paramedics arrived at ...

Quentric Williams is escorted from a DeKalb County courtroom during a break in his murder trial. Williams is accused of killing martial arts expert Mitt Lenix in the early morning hours of May 15, 2012, at the Starlight Drive-in theater on Moreland Drive. Then, prosecutors say, he led police on a high-speed chase through DeKalb County to Gwinnett.Quentric Williams, right, sits with his attorney Russell Z. Hetzel as a police officer testifies during Williams’ murder trial. Williams is accused of killing martial arts expert Mitt Lenix in the early morning hours of May 15, 2012, at the Starlight Drive-in theater on Moreland Drive. Then, prosecutors say, he led police on a high-speed chase through DeKalb County to Gwinnett.

Murder trial begins in Starlight Drive-in shooting

Quentric Williams’ attorney said the gunshot that killed a man last May at the Starlight Drive-In Theater was only supposed to be a warning shot. “Was he attempting to protect himself and his girlfriend when he fired that gun?” attorney Russell Z. Hetzel asked the jury. “Quentric thinks the man ...

Powerball ticket worth $1 million sold in Atlanta

Better check your Georgia Lottery tickets, especially if you bought a ticket on Roswell Road in Atlanta. Someone is holding a winning ticket worth $1 million that was sold from last Saturday’s Powerball drawing. No one has come forward yet to claim the prize, according to Georgia lottery officials. Someone ...

Former Braves pitcher Rick Camp, then 56 seen in this  Feb. 21, 2008 photo, at his home in White.

Former Braves pitcher Rick Camp dead at age 60

Former Braves pitcher Rick Camp died Thursday at his home in Bartow County, authorities said.“Our sympathies go out to his family, friends and former teammates,” the Braves said in a statement Thursday afternoon.Bartow Deputy Coroner Brandon Duncan confirmed to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution that Camp, 60, died Thursday morning at his ...

Fire at SW Atlanta elementary school

An early morning fire at an Atlanta elementary school caused some anxious moments for firefighters, staff and students. It all began in a kindergarten bathroom of Continental Colony Elementary School. "A roll of toilet paper was set on fire in that bathroom," says Atlanta school spokesman Stephen Alford.  "It tripped ...

This still frame from video shows Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev visible through an ambulance after he was captured in Watertown, Mass., Friday, April 19, 2013. The 19-year-old college student wanted in the Boston Marathon bombings was taken into custody Friday evening after a manhunt that left the city virtually paralyzed and his older brother and accomplice dead.  (AP Photo/Robert Ray)

Scenes from the past 48 hours in Boston

Here is a gallery of photos looking back at the past 48 hours in the search for the Boston Marathon bombers.

Authorities identify two shot to death in northwest Atlanta

Authorities have identified a man and woman shot to death Wednesday afternoon in northwest Atlanta, while the alleged gunman remained on the loose hours later, according to police. The shootings happened around 4:50 p.m. in the 500 block of Holly Street, off Donald Lee Hollowell Parkway, according to Officer John ...

Angela Jennings (left) arrives at the DeKalb County jail to turn herself in to be processed and bonded Thursday, Apr. 18, 2013 with attorney, Stephen Roberts. Jennings, who was principal at Rock Chapel Elementary, allegedly removed students temporarily from enrollment records so their 2010 CRCT tests wouldn't count against the school's average scores.  JOHN SPINK / JSPINK@AJC.COM

Second of three DeKalb educators indicted on Wednesday turns herself in

Former DeKalb County Principal Angela Jennings turned herself in at the DeKalb County Jail Thursday morning to face charges that she allegedly removed students temporarily from enrollment records at Rock Chapel Elementary School so their 2010 Criterion-Referenced Competency Tests wouldn’t count against the school’s average scores.Her lawyer, Stephen Roberts, called ...

Possible suspect ID'd in Boston bombings

Police and investigators told CNN’s John King they believe that they have identified the suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings around 1p.m. Wednesday. Officials say the ID was made in part from surveillance video from a Lord and Taylor department store and TV cameras. No further details have been released, ...

DeKalb DA Robert James announced the indictments April 16, 2013, of three former DeKalb County educators. The DeKalb County grand jury accused former DeKalb County School District employees Angela Jennings, Agnes Flanagan and Derrick Wooten of manipulating records.

Three former DeKalb County school administrators accused of cheating

Three former school administrators were indicted Tuesday by a DeKalb County grand jury on charges they manipulated tests or attendance records to improve measures of school performance. Just two weeks after a Fulton County grand jury indicted 35 former Atlanta Public Schools educators in an alleged cheating conspiracy, the DeKalb ...

689 items
Results 11 - 20 of 689< previousnext >