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Giant jackpots for Georgia’s largest lottery games
It’s probably going to be a pretty good week to be a Georgia Lottery ticket vendor. Both the Mega Millions and Powerball jackpots are reaching rare air. The two jackpots combined are worth $550 million. No one matched all six numbers (6-10-12-28-32, Mega Ball 38) in Tuesday night’s $170 million ...
Fourth carjacking in less than two weeks in NW Atlanta
For the fourth time in less than two weeks, someone's been carjacked in northwest Atlanta. The latest incident happened Monday night when Brian Farnsworth agreed to give two black teenagers a ride from the Kroger on Howell Mill Road. But the teens couldn’t decide on where they wanted to go. ...
Gwinnett charter school ranked third best in country
The Gwinnett School of Mathematics, Science and Technology in Lawrenceville is the best high school in Georgia and the third best in the country, according to the latest survey by US News and World Report. According to the survey, every student in the Gwinnett charter school exceeded expectations on math ...
19-year-old Milton man killed in own driveway
Milton police are trying to determine a motive behind the shooting of a 19-year-old in his driveway. Captain Shawn McCarty tells WSB the teen had just returned to his home on 320 Silhouette Court in the Avensong subdivision when the suspect approached him just before 7:30 p.m. Tuesday. "The ...
Groundbreaking for College Football Hall of Fame
This could be the first step in ensuring Atlanta is college football’s capital. The ceremonial shovels will be thrown into the ground Monday to start construction of the College Football Hall of Fame in Downtown Atlanta. The $66 million interactive museum is moving from South Bend Indiana to an area ...
Same suspects may be responsible for Edgewood carjackings
In less than 48 hours, a woman and a married couple were held at gunpoint in the Edgewood retail district. All watched helplessly as their cars were stolen. Now Atlanta police think the same suspects may be responsible for both carjackings. “I feel frightened,” said the first victim, who does ...
Fulton police: Suspect takes Jeep with little girls in backseat
A south Fulton carjacking suspect is the focus of a manhunt after he allegedly stole a 2012 Jeep Wrangler with two young girls in the backseat. Police tell News/Talk WSB the carjacking occurred around 7 p.m. Sunday near the intersection of Halligan Point and Bethsaida Road in Riverdale. A police ...
13-year-old charged with murdering her newborn daughter
A 13-year-old Cobb County girl is being charged with murder after her newborn daughter was found dead in a shoe box in Mableton. The girl was found in the box under some leaves behind the Sierra Forest Apartments on Mableton Parkway Wednesday afternoon. News/Talk WSB has learned the infant's father ...
Two die in early morning Athens house fire
A house fire in Athens claims the lives of a mother and her adult son. The bodies of the 84-year-old woman and the 54-year-old man were found just after 9 o'clock Thursday night as Athrns-Clarke County firefighters searched the burning home on Martin Circle just east of downtown Athens. The ...
DeKalb schools superintendent pushes reorganization plan
The DeKalb County school board will vote in a week on whether to close a dozen schools that are slated for renovation. Superintendent Cheryl Atkinson is pushing for the closures and attendance line changes. She wants to use the money to speed up reconstruction of eight other schools. Atkinson also ...
Powerball jackpot swells to $325 million
This would cover some of your Thanksgiving losses. No one hit all six numbers in Wednesday night's $262.9 million Powerball drawing, so the Saturday night's jackpot will be worth an estimated $325 million. If you choose the cash option route, it will pay a lump sum of $213 million. A ...
Dunwoody wants separate school system
Dunwoody City Councilman Terry Nall is spearheading an effort to create a new school system in DeKalb County. Some residents of the city that was created four years ago out of a desire to break away from control by the county government now want to do the same thing because ...
Fulton Co. boy, 8, hit in drive-by shooting
An 8-year-old boy is wounded after taking a bullet during a drive-by shooting. The boy was asleep in his bed when a bullet came through the home and hit in the back. The shooting happened at a home on Hassana Lane in Fairburn around 11:45 p.m. Tuesday. Investigators confirm the ...
Fox 5 anchor arrested for in wrong-way crash
An Atlanta TV anchor faces multiple charges following a wrong way crash in Midtown. Fox 5’s Amanda Davis was arrested just before 12:30 a.m. Sunday after she allegedly drove her car north in the southbound lanes of Piedmont Avenue before hitting another car head-on. Neither driver was hurt, but both ...
Dollar address congregation after shooting
Even though Wednesday services were originally cancelled following the shooting at World Changers Church, Pastor Creflo Dollar said he needed to feed his congregation the word of God. "That's not God's will for a husband to be taken away from his wife and family. That's not God's will," Dollar said. ...
Copper thieves posing as AT&T workers in NW Atlanta
If you see someone who looks like an employee of AT&T in northwest Atlanta, he or she may not be there to fix the phone. Police are looking for a group of thieves that are pretending to be AT&T workers, but are actually stealing copper. The suspects come equipped with ...
67-year-old pedestrian dies from hit and run injuries
Sandy Springs Police are searching for the hit and run driver who struck and killed pedestrian on Roswell Road. The victim, 67-year-old Lanzhen Pan, died overnight at North Fulton Hospital severe head injuries. Police say the woman was hit around 8 p.m. Tuesday on Roswell Road near Hightower Trail. “She ...
Search continues for man presumed drowned in Lake Lanier
Authorities will head back to Lake Lanier Monday to search for a 44-year-old man is believed to have drowned. 44-year-old Jeffrey Nause was last seen just after midnight Saturday morning when he jumped off a sailboat near Lake Lanier Islands. Three others were on the boat. They say Nause was ...
Statewide computer glitch causes ‘chaotic scene at driver’s license office
Wednesday’s incredibly long lines at the Georgia Department of Driver Services had nothing to do with the new requirements that have already slowed down the process. This time it was statewide computer glitch. Offices across the state could not access the national driver’s registry, where officials check to see if ...
After deadly wreck, a safe holiday on Lake Lanier
Increased patrols on Lake Lanier appear to be paying off a little more than two weeks after two brothers were killed in an accident involving an accused drunk boater. 13-year-old Griffin Prince and his 9-year-old brother Jake were killed when a fishing boat rammed a pontoon boat carrying their family ...
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