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Sunday storms bring flood damage to metro Atlanta
Monday is shaping up to be a much better day and after the constant rain Sunday, we’ve probably earned it. As much as eight inches of rain fell north of Atlanta, flooding several neighborhoods, blowing up a dam and washing away a large chuck of a road in Hall County. ...
Two shot; no one's talking
APD detectives are not having an easy time connecting the gunfire in two separate shooting. The victims are refusing to cooperate and people living along Lakewood Ave. where a man was found shot in both his legs and along Phillips Dr where a man was found shot twice in the ...
Phony cop demanding money in Roswell
Someone is impersonating a Fulton Co. Sheriff's deputy in Roswell and using the telephone to demand money from his victims. The phony cop tells his victims, there's a warrant for their arrest for speeding through the GA 400 toll booth and the warrant will be voided if they pay the ...
Police: Grandson, girlfriend drove around with dead grandfather
Casey Ryan Collins and his girlfriend Sarah Elizabeth Cook robbed, strangled and stabbed Collins’ grandfather Edward Smith to death. Then after killing him, Collins and Cook went shopping in Smith’s truck, with his body still inside, police said. “This is a nightmare. It’s a complete nightmare,” Smith’s daughter, Lisa Stitley, ...
Grandson, girlfriend charged with killing grandfather
A 30-year-old man and his girlfriend are charged with murdering the suspect grandfather after he was found dead inside his truck. Edward Smith, 78 of Lilburn, had been missing since Thursday. He was found dead Tuesday night inside his truck on Kemolay Road in Mableton, Sgt. Dana Pierce with Cobb ...
Allatoona flooding causes park closings
Lake Allatoona is already 7 feet above full summer pool thanks to this week's record rain. The concern is more rain this weekend and bacteria at unsafe levels. Floating debris in the lake makes it unsafe for boaters and forces a big clean up once the water level drops. Campgrounds, ...
People warned to stay out of Chattahoochee after record rain
The record rainfall has certainly helped bring area lakes back to full pool and bring us out of the drought. But there is one major downside when it comes to Atlanta’s major river. “For right now, don’t touch the water,” says Sally Bethea with the Chattahoochee Riverkeeper Organization. Bacteria levels, ...
Flood watch continues NW suburbs, more rain possible Monday
Metro Atlanta’s wet weekend leads to one more day with some rain in the forecast. The National Weather Service has extended the flood watch for Bartow and Paulding counties in metro Atlanta until 8 p.m. Monday and WSB meteorologist Kirk Mellish is calling for more scattered showers mid-day through tonight. ...
Injured Holly Spring officer's military record in question
The Holly Springs officer injured in a parade float crash last November is now in trouble with the law. In an email sent to WSB’s Richard Sangster, Holly Springs Police Chief Ken Ball says Officer Shane Ladner is no longer employed by the department. Apparently, he is unable return to ...
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. ...
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