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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 ...
KSU student, 19, on life support after hit-and-run
A 19-year-old Kennesaw State student is fighting for her life after being run over by a hit-and-run driver in Athens Saturday. Family members say Emily Bowman, of Woodstock, is unconscious and on life support at Athens Regional Medical Center. "Her head almost looks like a basketball," says Emily's dad Dale ...
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 ...
Smyrna Police searching for missing boy
Through the night and early morning, Smyrna Police have been looking for an 11-year-old boy missing since Monday night. Mitaire Oseragbaje was last seen at his Spring Creek Place home in Smyrna between 9pm and 10 pm. Police spokesman Michael Smith told WSB's Richard Sangster they don't believe the boy ...
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 ...
Friends: Man, 22, killed for pulling into wrong driveway
A Gwinnett County man is in jail, accused of shooting and killing a man who pulled into his driveway. Friends of Rodrigo Abad Diaz say the 22-year-old was trying to get to a friend’s house Saturday night. Instead, his GPS took him to Phillip Walker Sailors’ house on Hillcrest Road ...
Alleged DUI driver causes a string of crashes in Gwinnett, DeKalb
One Gwinnett County police officer says he’s never seen anything like it. An alleged DUI driver is responsible for a string of hit-and-run accidents in Gwinnett and DeKalb Counties. One of the victims is dead and several others are in the hospital. "He intentionally tried to hit me so that's ...
Dangerous drug concoction may have killed Georgia Teen
Lamar Co. Sheriff's investigators don't know what killed Ryan Lovic, but they suspect a mix of codeine syrup and promethazen, used in treating motion sickness, mixed with a beverage may have killed the 19 year old. His mother found him dead in his bedroom. Investigators claim, Lovic was abandon by ...
Hosea Feed the Hungry at GWCC
Volunteers were lined up at the Georgia World Congress Center before the sun was up ready to help feed more than 10-thousand people. at the Hosea Feed the Hungry Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Dinner Event. Volunteers were already in the kitchens at the DeKalb County Jail preparing and cooking ...
GSU's marching band heading to inauguration
With just a little more than a month to rehearse, the Georgia State marching band is the only band from Georgia to get an invitation to perform in President Barak Obama's inaugural parade Monday in Washington D.C. GSU's marching band has only been performing for three years. Band Director Chester ...
Tree falls in Marietta; injures driver
Whitlock Avenue home owner Sonny Hemming was asleep when this huge oak tree came crashing down into his front yard and a good portion of this busy street, just west of the Marietta Square. "I'm a real light sleep and I heard this crack, and I said something's going on, ...
Two of three bodies identified in Union City
A Union City officer was patrolling near the I-85 north exit ramp at Flat Shoals Road early Sunday morning when he saw an idling car on the shoulder. Inside the car, the bodies of two men. One of those men is identified as 33-year-old Quinones King of Montgomery Alabama. The ...
Soldier charged with child molestation in Henry Co.
The U.S. Marshals Service says it arrested an Army soldier who had just returned to Hawaii from deployment overseas. Thirty-seven year-old Shane Sanders was arrested at Pearl Harbor returning from Afghanistan. The active duty soldier is based in Hawaii. He's accused of molesting a child under 16 years old back ...
Metro Atlantans chase $500M Powerball jackpot
For half a billion dollars, it seems people will deal with some software issues. Strong ticket sales in Georgia and across the country have upped Wednesday night’s Powerball jackpot to $500 million. At least for now. With the way ticket sales are going, it wouldn’t surprise anyone to the jackpot ...
Computer glitch slows up Lottery machines as Powerball approaches
As the Powerball jackpot soars, the Georgia Lottery on Monday said it was making progress improving the performance of some of its machines that were taking a long time to process tickets, angering some customers eager to place their bets. "We are aware of it. We're working on it," said ...
Suspected Wal-Mart shoplifter dies after confrontation with workers
A man suspected of shoplifting DVD players at a Wal-Mart died Sunday after a confrontation with workers at the store in Lithonia. "This is truly a sad situation," Wal-Mart spokeswoman Dianna Gee told News/Talk WSB. “No amount of merchandise is ever worth someone’s life.” According to a police report showed, ...
Autopsy: Valdosta St. student from Gwinnett was murdered
The death of a Valdosta State University student from Lawrenceville is being called a homicide. Seventeen-year-old Jasmine Benjamin's body was found in Georgia Hall dormitory on the VSU campus Sunday. The coroner had ruled out foul play, but an autopsy showed otherwise. "Jasmine had a lot of friends which makes ...
Autopsy shows college student was murdered
The death of a Valdosta State University student from Lawrenceville is being called a homicide. Seventeen-year-old Jasmine Benjamin's body was found in Georgia Hall dormitory on the VSU campus Sunday. The coroner had ruled out foul play, but an autopsy showed otherwise. "Jasmine had a lot of friends which makes ...
Atl. restaurant stays open 24 hours to feed city’s first responders
The owner of an Atlanta restaurant famous for its sandwiches is staying open all Thanksgiving day to make sure the city's first responders have a meal. Woody's Cheese Steak sandwiches are well known in Atlanta and the sandwich stand on Monroe Dr. across from Grady High School is a Midtown ...
Holly Springs officer, wife to stay in Texas for now
Holly Springs police officer Shane Ladner and his wife, Meg, will remain in west Texas for the time being. They were in Midland for "The Hunt for Heroes" event honoring soldiers wounded in action. The couple was hurt when the flatbed trailer carrying veterans and their wives was hit by ...
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