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Toddler taken during suspected car theft found safe
Hours after a suspect drove away in a car with a toddler in the backseat, the vehicle was found abandoned in a Clayton County neighborhood Wednesday morning with the 17-month-old girl inside, asleep in her car seat. Now, Forest Park police are hoping the suspect left behind enough evidence to ...
Train strikes MARTA bus, but no one injured
MARTA is investigating after a freight train slammed into a bus near downtown Decatur before daybreak Wednesday. There were no injuries, thanks in part to a quick-acting bus driver. A bus on Route 123 was hit by the train about 6:30 a.m. at the McDonough Street crossing near East College ...
Firefighters battling large business blaze just west of downtown
Atlanta firefighters were battling a large blaze Wednesday morning at an auto repair shop just west of downtown. The two-alarm fire broke out just before 7 a.m. at United Transmissions in the 300 block of Marietta Street. Atlanta fire spokeswoman Janet Ward told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution that the building was ...
MARTA bus hit by train in Decatur; no injuries
MARTA is investigating after a freight train slammed into a bus near downtown Decatur before daybreak Wednesday. There were no injuries, thanks in part to a quick-acting bus driver. A bus on Route 123 was hit by the train about 6:30 a.m. at the McDonough Street crossing near East College ...
Scattered strong storms forecast for afternoon commute
Scattered strong thunderstorms are forecast for metro Atlanta just in time for Wednesday’s afternoon commute, and forecasters warned that those storms could turn severe across the northwest corner of the state. The National Weather Service said there is slight risk of severe weather, particularly damaging straight-line wind gusts to 60 ...
Child abducted by car thief found safe after nearly 7 hours
Hours after someone drove away in a car with a toddler in the backseat, the suspect abandoned the car in a Clayton County neighborhood. The 17-month-old girl was found asleep in her car seat shortly before 7 a.m.Now, Forest Park police are hoping the suspect left behind enough evidence to ...
Metro Atlantans helping out Oklahoma tornado victims
Despite being more than 800 miles away from the path of the deadly storm, metro Atlantans wasted no time Tuesday coming to the aid of Oklahoma tornado victims.Volunteer groups mobilized, companies pledged monetary donations, and Gov. Nathan Deal pledged to support those affected by Monday’s tornado.“We stand ready to respond ...
Police ID suspect in child’s shooting
Atlanta police on Wednesday identified the person believed responsible for shooting a child in the leg. Police are looking for 32-year-old Jacobe Antoine Gilbert. The 8-year-old girl was struck late Monday night in the 1200 block of Gun Club Road, police said. The child was conscious and alert when officers ...
Washed-out Hall County road traps residents, wedding guests
Guests who attended a Flowery Branch wedding on Saturday were left scrambling to reschedule flights, a job interview and make it to work after they were trapped Sunday by a washed out road. The 6 to 7 inches of rain that fell across Hall County Sunday morning washed out several ...
Ticket sold in Florida matched all six numbers in Saturday’s record Powerball drawing
Unless you bought your Powerball ticket a few hours south of Atlanta in Florida, you didn’t win Saturday night’s record $600 million jackpot.According to the Powerball website, a ticket sold in the Sunshine State matched all six numbers drawn Saturday. Those numbers were 10, 13, 14, 22 and 52, and ...
Rain, thunderstorms could put damper on weekend events
There’s no shortage of outdoor events around metro Atlanta this weekend, but Mother Nature might not cooperate.Channel 2 Action News meteorologist Karen Minton said there’s a 60 percent chance of rain Saturday, decreasing slightly to 50 percent Sunday.While no severe storms are expected, the National Weather Service said a few ...
Increased staffing helps firefighters battling house fire in northwest Atlanta
Fire investigators are trying to determine what sparked a fire that heavily damaged a vacant house in northwest Atlanta. Electricity and gas to the house on Thurmond Street had been disconnected, leading authorities to suspect that vagrants set the fire, which broke out around 9 a.m. Friday. “Even though it’s ...
Cartersville man who allegedly torched neighbor’s home being treated at Grady
The Cartersville man accused of torching his neighbor’s home in a dispute over an unkempt lawn was being treated in the Grady Memorial Hospital burn unit Friday. Cartersville police Capt. Mark Camp said in an e-mail that Phillip Rodger Bennett, who surrendered to authorities in Murphy, N.C., Thursday morning, was ...
Rain, thunderstorms could put damper on weekend
There’s no shortage of outdoor events around metro Atlanta this weekend, from Braves games, concerts in Centennial Olympic Park and a big street festival along Peachtree to the ubiquitous weekend road construction projects, but Mother Nature might have other plans. Channel 2 Action News meteorologist Karen Minton said there’s a ...
Four wounded in overnight shootings outside businesses in Atlanta and south Fulton
Four people were recovering from gunshot wounds Thursday after a pair of overnight shootings outside businesses in downtown Atlanta and south Fulton County. Robbery was the apparent motive in the Wednesday night shooting outside a closed bar at the corner of Auburn Avenue and Bell Street, that sent two men ...
Woman killed, son badly hurt in Cobb County wreck
A Paulding County mother was killed Wednesday and her teenage son critically injured when she turned left in front of a pickup truck in Cobb County, police said. Delores Sibert, 46, of Hiram was driving a Toyota Avalon eastbound on Dallas Highway just before 1 p.m. when she attempted to ...
Gas leak forces evacuation of Life University buildings
A natural gas leak forced the evacuation of some buildings on the campus of Life University in Marietta late Thursday morning. A gas line was punctured about 9:30 a.m., Cobb County fire dispatchers said. Dispatchers told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution that two buildings adjacent to the leak were evacuated. Channel 2 ...
Weekend rain in the forecast — again
If it’s almost the weekend, it must be time for rain to come creeping into the forecast for metro Atlanta – again. Channel 2 Action News meteorologist Karen Minton said there’s a 20 percent chance of rain on Thursday, increasing to 30 percent Friday and 40 percent Saturday as a ...
Pedestrian killed on Clayton County interstate
A pedestrian died after being struck by several vehicles on a Clayton County interstate Wednesday night.The woman, whose name is being withheld until relatives can be notified, was hit just after 10:30 p.m. on I-285 at I-75, Clayton County police spokeswoman Danielle Rosa said.The incident was the second pedestrian fatality ...
Four wounded in two overnight shootings outside businesses in Atlanta and south Fulton
Four people were recovering from gunshot wounds Thursday after a pair of overnight shootings outside businesses in downtown Atlanta and south Fulton County.A shooting Wednesday night outside along Auburn Avenue sent two men to the hospital with gunshot wounds.Robbery was the apparent motive in the shooting outside a closed bar ...
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