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Veronica Waters
Anchor/Reporter
Veronica Waters is the morning news anchor on KISS 104.1 and B-98.5FM. She is also an anchor and reporter for AM750 and now 95.5FM News/Talk WSB. She is also the staff expert on legal affairs and the courts. In 2007, the Radio-Television News Directors Association named Waters' series on "Snaring Internet Predators" best in the region with an Edward R. Murrow award for Investigative Reporting.
She has been honored by several professional organizations for news and sports feature reporting, and was named in 2003 as the Atlanta Press Club's Radio Journalist of the Year. Waters has covered an assortment of high-profile cases from Mayor Bill Campbell's corruption trial to the murder trials of activist-turned imam Jamil Al-Amin and of former DeKalb County, GA Sheriff Sidney Dorsey.
She served as the station's correspondent for the murder trial of accused "Black Widow" Lynn Turner, and the death penalty case of double murderer Stacey Humphreys. One of the biggest legal cases in Atlanta history involved the notorious Gold Club racketeering trial. Waters covered this unfolding drama not only for WSB Radio and radio stations throughout America, but also for a worldwide audience on BBC Radio. Waters joined WSB in 1997 as an anchor and reporter. She began her journalism career at the Southern Urban Network and Mississippi Network in Jackson, MS. Waters attended Alcorn State University and Mississippi State University, and enjoys cheering for the NFL's Tennessee Titans.
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Teacher Indicted for Student Sex; Teaching Black Kids to Swim; Exonerated of Rape He Didn't Commit
A former Tucker Middle School teacher is under indictment for sex with a student. The DA says the 15-year-old girl's father found out about the alleged relationship and confronted Almarcus Dwayne Thomas, leading to the arrest. Thomas is 42. He is also accused of sticking a camera under a teacher's ...
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How Champion 'Crossed Bus C;' Unemployment Rate Keeps Dropping
The family of Robert Champion Jr. disputes the contention that the 26-year-old asked to go through the hazing ritual of "Crossing Bus C" last fall, but a fellow drum major says Champion had wanted to do it all season long. Jonathan Boyce, who faces a felony charge in Champion's hazing-linked ...
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Usher's Emotional Custody Battle; Defendant Says FAMU Drum Major 'Wanted' Hazing
Usher's custody battle gets emotional in court. Tuesday, the 33-year-old testified that his ex-wife, Tameka Foster Raymond, spit at and tried to fight his girlfriend during one visit with their two sons. He explained that the reason he didn't have her arrested after she hit him was because "I didn't ...
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Residents Oppose East Point Cop Cuts; Prostate Exams Not Worth Risk, Says Panel
Despite opposition from many residents, the East Point City Council is moving forward with a budget plan that includes cutting back the police department. Even as Mayor Earnestine Pittman insists East Point is a safe city, Police Chief Woodrow Blue says some crimes--including robbery, burglary, and auto theft--are on the ...
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Woman Allegedly Ran Over Boyfriend; Kids At Cardiac Risk
It was thought to be a hit-and-run; now Fairburn Police have charged a woman with vehicular homicide after they say she ran over her boyfriend on purpose. Police believe 30-year-old Sharees Dennard and Dwayne Frances got into a fight around 2:00 Sunday morning, and that he jumped on top of ...
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Mixed Bag of Evidence in Trayvon Martin Shooting; Pleas in FAMU Band Hazing Case
When George Zimmerman tries to convince a judge or a jury that he shot Trayvon Martin in self-defense, the evidence in the second-degree murder case appears to be a mixed bag. More than 200 pages of photos and eyewitness accounts released by prosecutors Thursday show he and Martin were in ...
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Reports: Donna Summer Dead (GALLERY); 'Minorities' Surpass Whites in US Births; 'Bubba Bombers' Arrested
For the first time, racial and ethnic minorities make up more than half the children born in the U. S. People of color made up roughly 2.02 million, or 50.4%, of American births in the 12-month period ending July 2011. The Census defines "minority" as anyone who is not single-race ...
Index finds Atlanta residents are cash-strapped
Metro Atlantans are the fourth-most financially distressed big market residents in the U.S., largely because of the weak employment situation and ongoing housing problems here, CredAbility, the Atlanta-based non-profit credit counseling agency, reported. The area had an overall score of 62.5 out of 100 on CredAbility’s quarterly Consumer Distress ...
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New ATL Airport Terminal; Zimmerman Had Broken Nose, Head Fracture; More Education, Money = Better Health
The new international terminal is open for business at Hartsfield-Jackson Airport. About 11% of metro Atlantans make international flights. To get there, drive I-75 South, and follow the signs. The main terminal will still be accessed from I-85 South. In some cases, you may not be able to check in ...
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APS May Slash Jobs; Mississippi Highway Murders
Atlanta Public Schools may slice hundreds of jobs for the 2012-13 school year, as it faces down a $47 million budget shortfall. Among those are up to 230 teachers, 90 custodians, and 14 transportation staffers. Some job cuts may come through attrition, and some may come as those implicated in ...
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