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Police say Kennesaw man was shot
Cobb County police now confirm that a man found dead Monday morning in his carport had been shot. A family member called police to a home in 3500 block of Paul Samuel Road, near Kennesaw, around 7:45 a.m., according to Sgt. Dana Pierce with Cobb police. When they arrived, officers ...
WSB legal expert: Tough road for APS defendants
The former superintendent of Atlanta Public Schools and nearly three dozen other administrators, teachers, principals and other educators have been indicted in one of the nation's largest test cheating scandals. And mounting a legal defense will be tricky, according to WSB legal analyst Ron Carlson. "These cases will be difficult ...
Crash with school bus leaves one dead
The Georgia State Patrol is investigating a Friday afternoon fatal crash involving a school bus. The accident happened in Newton County, on Highway 36 around 2:30 p.m. Investigators say it appears the driver of a car pulled out of a driveway and into the path of the school bus. The ...
Leader of SACS says education at breaking point
The current system of education in this county "is no longer suitable or effective for students," and has reached "a breaking point," according to the chief executive officer of the parent firm of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. Dr. Mark Elgart says the current struggles in education are ...
Sofia Vergara's video message to Aimee Copeland
One of the stars of a hit comedy TV series is offering up words of encouragement and support for Aimee Copleland, who continues her battle to recover from a flesh-eating bacteria. Sofia Vergara, one of the cast members of "Modern Family" on ABC, has posted a heartfelt video. “We always ...
One dead in Clayton shooting
A shooting at an apartment complex near Riverdale has left one person dead, according to Clayton County police. The shooting happened at the Garden Wood apartments off Garden Walk Blvd., around 10:30 a.m., and residents say it is the latest in a string of violent incidents at the complex. "This ...
2012 a "bloody year" in Gwinnett
It has been a bloody year in Gwinnett County. Add to the Norcross spa killings, the robbery-home invasion earlier this month on Autry Street that included the fatal shooting of Norcross High freshman football player Nick Jackson and make it 6 people shot and killed in the city limits of ...
Storage Facility Fire
Among the items destroyed in a stubborn fire at a storage facility in Henry County is memorabilia from the classic movie "Gone With The Wind." The blaze at Hudson Self Storage on Hudson Bridge Road near I-75 in Stockbridge broke out late Thursday night and crews spend much of the ...
Erick Erickson On Perry Withdrawal
Rick Perry says he's dropping out of the GOP presidential race. And WSB talk show host and RedState.com editor Erick Erickson says Perry's endorsement of Newt Gingrich adds fuel to the momentum of the Gingrich campaign. "If Newt Gingrich gets out of South Carolina with some positive support, he could ...
Beware of the fake iPads
New this morning: scammers peddling fake iPads in convenience store and shopping center parking lots. Atlanta poilce apparently working more than 30 cases and police in Florida and Texas are seeing this too. The thieves approach potential victims, convince them to make the purchase, then are given a fed-ex box ...
Health Care Job Hiring Down
It's long been looked at as a growth industry, but now in Georgia, there's new evidence the health care field is not immune from the depths of the recession. While not close being placed on life support, a closer look at new unemployment numbers released this week shows jobs at hospitals, nursing homes and health ...
750 Energy Watch: Price-Fixing at the Pump?
The feds suspect something more than supply and demand may be at play at the gas pump. An investigation into possible price-fixing is underway as the Federal Trade Commission explores whether the oil industry colluded to keep gasoline prices high--and whether the industry lied about doing so. The FTC points out ...
Woman Torched in Car at Kennesaw Gas Station
Police are looking for a man who may have deliberately torched a car with a woman still behind the wheel. WSB's Richard Sangster reports from Kennesaw, the woman had just pulled up to a pump at the BP gas station on Barrett Parkway near I-75 about 2 a.m. when a ...
Bin Laden: Fallback Plan, Fondness for Coke
Call it bin Laden's fallback plan if he ever got into a jam. There are now reports that the 9/11 mastermind had 500 Euros ($742) and a pair of phone numbers sewn into the clothes he was wearing when the Navy SEALs barged into his hideout and shot him ...
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