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Wrestling coach accused of molestation is missing
A youth wrestling coach in Titusville, Florida is facing charges of child molestation in Roswell. 51-year-old John Hackney, who used to coach wrestling at Astronaut High School in Titusville, allegedly molested two minor boys during a stop-over in Roswell on his way back from summer sports camp in Boone, North ...
Widow: Carroll Co. 911 error costs husband his life
The widow of the man whose death prompted an investigation of the Carroll County 911 system says things might be different if the ambulance wasn’t sent to the wrong city. Reba Langley tells Channel 2 Action News, "I thought maybe if they'd gotten here earlier, maybe he would be alive ...
Grand jury to investigate Carroll Co. 911 after death
A special grand jury will be empanelled to investigate Carroll County's 9-1-1 system. Coweta Judicial Circuit District Attorney Pete Skandalakis tells WSB, he hopes to have the grand jury in place next month. "We will be talking to witnesses, we will be gathering information and we'll be looking to see ...
Perimeter resurfacing begins tonight
Northside motorists who rely on I-285 brace for months of road-work disrupting traffic nights & weekends. Mark McKinnon of the Georgia DOT says resurfacing work starts tonight. “We’ll be paving this weekend in the left lane between the Chattahoocie River and Ashford-Dunwoody. So it will be on the eastern end ...
AJC Poll: Atlantans oppose tax for a new Falcons stadium
An overwhelming percentage of Metro Atlantans oppose using a hotel-motel tax to finance a new football stadium for the Falcons. The team's negotiating with the Georgia World Congress Center Authority for a new retractable roof stadium downtown to replace the Georgia Dome. 67 percent of metro Atlantans in an AJC ...
The great turtle escape
Call it Summerville's version of the Great Escape. About 1600 turtles are fugitives from David Driver's turtle ponds in Summerville in Chattooga County. Someone tore down the sheet metal fencing around his ponds on Harrisburg Road. Driver suspects it was a prank. "We had refused some people a right to ...
Austell woman arrested trying to smuggle pot to inmates
An Austell woman faces felony drug counts after she allegedly attempted to smuggle pot to inmates working at the Floyd Recycling Center in Floyd County. 27-year-old Regina Renee Fullins of Austell was arrested Tuesday during the attempted drug transfer. The marijuana was hidden in flattened cardboard boxes brought in for ...
Man files complaint with Justice Department after Six Flag incident
A Metro Atlanta man fights back after Six Flags Over Georgia removes him from a ride because he's missing a leg. Torrence Bellamy tells Channel 2 Action News, he's been to Six Flags before and his prosthetic leg was no problem on the rides. But a park employee made him ...
Man robbed and shot on way to work
A metro Atlanta man is shot in the leg while offering a co-worker a ride to work. It happened about 6:00 this morning at the Hidden Colony apartment complex on Aztec Road in Doraville. DeKalb police spokeswoman Mekka Parish tells WSB, the 44-year-old man had gotten out of his car ...
Early Friday home invasion leaves one suspect dead
Atlanta police shoot two intruders after a terrifying early morning home invasion on Richland Road in southwest Atlanta. Five women were in the home when the four men burst in. Crystal McKnight tells the AJC's John Spink, they tried to hide in a closet, but the suspects threatened to shoot ...
Georgia Make-A-Wish running low on money
Georgia's Make-A-Wish Foundation is short the money it needs to make hundreds of kids' wishes come true. A Cobb County leukemia patient has waited more than a year to go with his family on a dream vacation to Hawaii. "I won't feel bad on the trip," 17-year-old Wesley Crusselle ...
Report: Schools aren’t challenging students
Does your kid think school is too easy? If so, they have company. A new report from the Center for American Progress, a Washington think tank, says millions of kids don’t find school very challenging at all. The group analyzed three years of Department of Education's National Assessment of Educational ...
Composites released on fake cops in Paulding Co.
The Paulding County Sheriff's Office has released new composites of the suspects accused of impersonating police and robbing a woman last week. She was driving alone in Paulding County and says she was pulled over by a black Ford Crown Victoria with a blue light on the dashboard. "The male ...
Norcross tobacco ban goes up in smoke
Norcross snuffs out a citywide tobacco ban. The city council approved the ban on all tobacco use in May; it was due to take effect Monday, July 2nd. The tobacco ban covered all city property including sidewalks and parking lots. The ordinance drew immediate protest. Residents and business owners complained ...
How to enjoy the 4th of July on a budget?
Americans celebrate the 4th of July on a budget this year. Kathy Grannis of the National Retail Federation says 68 percent of Americans will be satisfied with a mid-week cook-out. "Americans may have had a rough year; there are still a lot of Americans unemployed," she says. "This is really ...
Celebration cutbacks this summer
Americans celebrate the 4th of July on a budget this year. Kathy Grannis of the National Retail Federation says 68 percent of Americans will be satisfied with a mid-week cook-out. "Americans may have had a rough year; there are still a lot of Americans unemployed," she says. "This is really ...
Atlanta home prices still suffering
Atlanta continues to lag when it comes to home prices. The S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Index shows monthly improvement in most of the cities it tracks, including Atlanta. But Maureen Maitland, Vice-President of S&P Indices, points out Atlanta is the only city still posting a double-digit negative annual rate of return. ...
ATL Mayor Reed: Future of city depends on transportation
Recent polling indicates metro Atlanta voters are divided on T-SPLOST, the transportation special purpose local option sales tax. Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed, an outspoken proponent of T-SPLOST acknowledges next month's vote will be close. "I don't know anyone who thought the vote on the transportation referendum was not going to ...
Cops nab suspect who hit officer
Roswell police collar a suspect who clipped two officers with his car early this morning at an apartment complex on Preakness Drive. Lieutenant James McGee tells WSB the officers were responding to a domestic call from the complex when they spotted the man they were seeking in his late-model Saab. ...
Pop-up crooks arrested
Atlanta police pop a couple pop-and-rob bandits in Midtown. A male victim told officers a man popped out of the trunk of a Ford Taurus early this morning and robbed him at gunpoint near Piedmont Avenue. A purse and two cell-phones were stolen. Officers spotted the Taurus nearby on Juniper ...
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