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Pete Combs
Radio News Anchor
Pete Combs came to WSB Radio News in October 2006 a 30-year broadcast news veteran. His enterprising journalism and easygoing delivery have earned him awards from the AP UPI Society of Professional Journalists and the Radio and Television News Directors Association of the Carolinas. Pete anchors afternoon drive. Born in Arlington Virginia Pete has a 16year old son Daniel who lives with his mother in the Puget Sound area of Washington.
Latest from Pete Combs
Woman lived with dead father for days
At first, authorities said it was bad enough. Cherokee County deputies were called to a house in the 500 block of Northridge Rd. near Ball Ground Tuesday to check on the welfare of 77-year old James Reece. He’d been in failing health and was being cared for by his 45-year ...
Rape suspect caught after 30 years
It’s a case that’s been brewing for the better part of three decades. Now, Atlanta police believe they finally have indictments in the case of the “Maintenance Man Rapist.” It began as a string of rapes at apartment buildings along I-85 from downtown all the way to Lenox Road in ...
Police identify woman charged in bank robbery, chase
One woman is in custody after a bank robbery at the Sun Trust branch on Mars Hill Road around 11 a.m. Monday. “The suspect showed a demand note and with that demand note there was the possibility that there were some explosives,” said Cobb Police officer Michael Bowman. Bowman said ...
Kits could help find missing children
Fingerprints are one of the two best ways to identify a missing child. DNA is the other. This weekend, Marietta Police will offer parents free child ID kits that can sample both. “What this allows the parent to do is to have the child’s fingerprints, DNA, full biographical data and ...
Georgia college student charged in classmate's death
“It was very shocking. Of course, we were very hopeful, optimistic, that we would get better news.” Destiny World Church Pastor Wilbur Purvis said his congregation is stunned at news 19-year old Jmaal Keyes, a Middle Georgia State College student from Austell who had been missing for two weeks, has ...
Narconon investigation intensifies
The affidavit for a search warrant executed at Narconon of Georgia in Norcross last month shows investigators are zeroing in on allegations of both insurance and identity fraud involving hundreds of claims worth millions of dollars. Based on information uncovered in a WSB News investigation, agents from the State Insurance ...
Canton woman describes near kidnapping on Reservoir Rd.
Canton Police are on the lookout for a would-be kidnapper who may be lurking along Reservoir Road. One woman is telling officers she barely escaped her encounter with him. The woman, whom police did not identify, said she was walking along a remote stretch of Reservoir Road about 10:15 Thursday ...
Belk smash and grab stuns employees
It was over in seconds, leaving employees at the Belk’s Store in Phipps Plaza stunned. “Two males entered the store. One produced a hammer and smashed a display case,” said Atlanta Police Officer John Chaffee. The second suspect then reached into the shattered case and hauled out a tray of ...
Scrap scam leaves one suspect at large
One man is in jail and authorities are looking for another who police say together stole at least 29 vehicles and sold them for scrap. When detectives checked the vehicle identification numbers they got a surprise. “Twenty-three of those stolen cars had been recycled twice,” said Atlanta Police Major Darryl ...
Man who threatened Cobb courthouses arrested
A man accused of threatening to blow up two north metro courthouses is behind bars this afternoon. The suspect is well known to many of those were evacuated from one of the courthouses because of the bomb threats. The suspect is 45-year old Jody Wilson, owner of the Starlight Café ...
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