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Sunday’s Final Four concerts fill Centennial Park to capacity
So far, everyone is calling Atlanta’s Final Four a big success. The weather has been great, fans from all over the country are enjoying themselves and crowds for the free concerts at Centennial Olympic Park have been gigantic. But Sunday they got as big as Atlanta Police could let them. ...
A view from the very last row at the Final Four
It really is something. “This is an unbelievable experience,” Michigan student Matt Charboneau said as walked to his seat on the floor of the Georgia Dome. Standing on the ground floor, with 75,000 people looking down at you, can take your breath away. “I’ve never seen a court in the ...
Final Four Saturday: What's going on
Atlanta is the center of the sports and entertainment world this weekend. Now the games really begin. The two national semi finals take place at the Georgia Dome Saturday. But there is a day full of activities leading up to it. 10 a.m. - 8 p.m. - Bracket Town ...
Free concerts, basketball headline Final Four events
There are plenty of ways for you to enjoy the final four this weekend besides the games and they are a lot cheaper than the tickets to the Dome. In fact, many of the events will require you to just show up. “Most of the events are free,” says Sharon ...
Georgia natives power Wichita State to Atlanta’s Final Four
Rockdale County’s Kevin Ware is the local player who will get the most attention during this weekend’s Final Four. But unfortunately his broken leg will sideline him for the next year. But Ware’s Cardinals will have their hands full with the other Georgia boys in the Final Four. Both of ...
First APS educator turns herself in
The 35 educators indicted in the Atlanta Public Schools cheating scandal have until the end of the day Tuesday to turn themselves in. Tameka Goodson, Donald Bullock and Theresia Copeland did not wait that long. Goodson was booked into the Fulton County jail at 12:30 a.m. Tuesday. Her bond is ...
Metro Atlanta unemployment drops in February
Jobs are going up and more metro Atlantans are finding them. The Georgia Department of Labor announced Thursday that metro Atlanta’s unemployment rate dropped to 8.3 percent in February. That is down 0.4 percent from January and a full percentage point from a year ago. “There were few layoffs ...
Flurries, high winds, cold temps return to forecast
This is more like Christmas weather. Not Easter. News/Talk WSB meteorologist Kirk Mellish says it will turn cold enough for some snow showers in the north Georgia Mountains Monday. The rest of us will just get to enjoy a cold and windy day. The rain is gone, but Mellish ...
Damage left behind by strong afternoon storms, cold weather follows
For the second time this year, Gordon County in northwest Georgia takes another hit from severe weather. At least 10 homes are damaged near I-75 and Ga. 53 near the Calhoun Premium Outlets. But Gordon County Chief Deputy Sheriff Robert Paris tells News/Talk WSB no one is hurt. “There have ...
Clayton Co. wants new Falcons stadium
If negotiations between the City of Atlanta and the Falcons over new stadium goes south, then the team might be able to find a new palace. Clayton County says it has plenty of land just begging for a new stadium. "There's almost 200 acres virtually untouched inside the perimeter,” Clayton ...
Morning rain leads to a windy day
So the morning commute could be a little complicated. But WSB meteorologist Kirk Mellish says we won’t have to put up with the rain for much longer. “The rain is not going to be lasting all day,” says Mellish. Most of the rain held off yesterday also, staying to the ...
Another flood watch for metro Atlanta
Sunday was a nice change of pace for the middle of winter, but today is a different story. Atlanta started with a flood watch, but now just a lot of rain. WSB meteorologist Kirk Mellish says the rain will increase overnight. “A few scattered showers will develop during the day. ...
Rainy morning commute and a flood watch this afternoon
Good thing it’s Friday. Otherwise this day would be miserable. Rain and thunderstorms moved in Thursday night and WSB meteorologist Kirk Mellish says they are going to hang in there for a while. The rain will be on and off throughout the day and into Saturday. Temperatures won’t move much ...
Underground explosion lifts manhole covers in downtown Atlanta
They said it sounded like a bomb went off in downtown Atlanta. A loud boom. Fire. Smoke. Manhole covers flying off on Peachtree Street. “There was fire,” witness Desiree Bennett told Channel 2 Action News. “We could not believe what we saw.” Georgia Power says what Bennett saw was the ...
Falcons CEO: We will play in new stadium by 2017
The Atlanta Falcons are giving the City of Atlanta an ultimatum. Make sure we have a new stadium by the time the Georgia Dome’s lease is up in 2017, or we are off to the suburbs. That’s what Falcons CEO Rich McKay told Atlanta City Council members Wednesday at their ...
Flash flood watch posted for metro Atlanta
It was pouring down rain when you went to bed last night. Guess what? There's more in the forecast. Metro Atlanta is under a flash flood watch until 1 p.m. Monday. The watch area extends north of a line from Columbus to Macon to Warrenton. “Past rain has saturated the ...
Atlanta flights already cancelled as northeast waits for blizzard
Atlanta flights already cancelled as northeast waits for blizzard If you were hoping to take a nice trip to the Big Apple or New England this weekend, it’s probably not going to happen. Dozens of Friday flights have already been cancelled from Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson Airport into the northeast ahead of ...
Congressman Broun first to jump in Senate race
So the first one in the Senate starting block is the Congressman from Athens. Republican Paul Broun will announce today that he is running to take over for retiring U.S. Sen. Saxby Chambliss. Broun is the first person to officially declare he’s in the 2014 race. He will make that ...
Study: Atlanta traffic 7th worst in nation
At 5 p.m. on a Friday afternoon, few places feel worse than some interstates in Atlanta. Like maybe I-285 across the north side or the Downtown Connector. But the good news is it could be worse. Atlanta had the seventh worst commute in the nation in 2011, according to a ...
Smoke rises behind GA Dome as warehouse burns
That smoke you saw coming from behind the Georgia Dome Sunday afternoon is the end result of a fire that consumed an abandoned warehouse. As of late Sunday night, firefighters were still putting out hotspots that were flaring up at the old building on Mayson Turner Road in northwest Atlanta. ...
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