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Atlanta Traffic from the WSB 24-hour Traffic Center
Major Interstate Incidents: Interstates are moving well. DeKalb Co.: Vehicle Fire Doused...I-285/wb (Inner Loop) east of Bouldercrest Rd., in the right lane. Major Highway & Surface Street Incidents: Drive safely and listen to 95.5FM or AM-750 News/Talk WSB for live updates. Atlanta: Tree Down...Ponce de Leon Ave. is blocked at Clifton ...
Atlanta officer shoots burglary suspect in Buckhead
A man suspected of multiple crimes in the Buckhead area was shot by an Atlanta police officer Wednesday afternoon after pointing a gun at the officer, police said.“The individual was riding a bicycle when the officer noticed him,” Major Darryl Tolleson with Atlanta police said. “We think he’s a suspect ...
Police dog found dead inside handler’s patrol car
A 3-year-old police dog died from a heat stroke after being left in his handler’s patrol car, Woodstock police said Tuesday.Spartacus, a Belgian Malinois, was found dead inside the patrol car around 9 p.m. Monday at the officer’s Pickens County home, according to Brittany Duncan, Woodstock police spokeswoman.Spartacus, a certified ...
DeKalb CEO Burrell Ellis charged with 14 felonies
DeKalb CEO Burrell Ellis has been indicted by a DeKalb grand jury today on charges he illegally pressured contractors into giving him campaign contributions. The 15-count indictment includes 14 felonies. Among them, four counts of extortion, two counts of theft by taking and several conspiracy charges. DeKalb District Attorney Robert ...
Cops: College student hid 13-year-old girl in his room for a month
For three months, a Cobb County college student communicated with a 13-year-old girl he met online, according to police. Then on May 2, Joshua Measroch allegedly took the relationship further. The 21-year-old allegedly drove 50 miles from his east Cobb home to pick up the girl at her Newton County ...
Ga. Power: All service now restored after Thursday’s storms
Power has been restored to all metro Atlanta homes that lost it after Thursday’s storms toppled trees and spawned two tornadoes. By early Saturday evening, Georgia Power crews had completed round-the-clock cleanup work needed to turn the lights back on in homes across the area, said Mark Williams, a company ...
Bus stop flasher could be linked to other crimes
A man accused of exposing himself at a bus stop could be linked to other crimes, DeKalb County police said Friday. The most recent incident happened June 6 around 11:45 p.m., when a woman told police a man approached her while she was at a bus stop at the intersection ...
Severe storms roll through metro Atlanta
Heavy rain, high wind and fierce lightning left tens of thousands without power as severe storms tore across metro Atlanta Thursday evening. Power is out all over. Georgia Power reports more than 100,000 were in the dark as of 2 a.m. About 58,000 of those are in metro Atlanta. Many ...
Atlanta Storms
Pictures from our listeners and staff members from all over Metro Atlanta showing the storms that rolled thru Thursday night and some of the damage they caused.
Ex-Falcons running back fined, sentenced to probation for reckless driving
Former Falcons running back Michael Turner was sentenced to probation and fined $1,000 on Wednesday for the reckless driving charge he pleaded guilty to on Feb. 28 — a day before the team released him. In September, a Gwinnett County police officer arrested Turner on DUI and speeding charges after ...
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