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Nelson Hicks

Nelson Hicks is the Nelson in Nelson's News on wsbtv.com.

Nelson's News covers the odd, entertaining and unique events happening in and around Atlanta.

Nelson came to WSB-TV in 1999 as a weekend news editor. Three months later, he moved to the sports department where he was named the weekend sports producer and eventually, the weekday sports producer.

In 2007, Nelson became the station's first Internet reporter/photographer. He currently covers stories across Georgia that appear exclusively on wsbtv.com and AccessAtlanta.com.

Nelson has covered numerous concerts, sporting events, feature stories and a wide variety of entertainment stories. He has visited Ann's Snack Bar for a ghetto burger, gone hang gliding in Lookout Mountain, attended Dukesfest, driven a microcar in Madison, toured the Elvis Museum in Cornelia, flew in a Blackhawk with the Atlanta Falcons and interviewed Ludacris, Nikki Taylor, John Travolta, Peyton Manning, the Junkman Artist and a 106-year-old bowler, to name a few.

Nelson worked for WGXA-TV in Macon and for a cable TV news operation in the Atlanta area prior to joining WSB-TV.

Latest from Nelson Hicks

Tour Grant Park's best homes on home and garden tour

One of Atlanta's most historic and diverse neighborhoods will be on display this weekend for the 39th annual Grant Park Home and Garden Tour. Eighteen of Grant Park's top spots will be on display. "You have Victorian houses, you have the craftsman bungalows, but you also have newer houses as ...

A bear, tiger and lion live together in Ga. sanctuary

Where can you find a bear playing with a tiger, a lion confiscated from a drug dealer, a monkey named Elvis and more than a thousand other animals? All of them call Noah's Ark Animal Sanctuary home. "All of Noah's Ark's animals are rescued in one form or another," Allison ...

Here are some more photos from the LEGO Master Builder Competition at Phipps.

12 contestants compete for LEGO dream job

What's your dream job? For 11 men and one woman at Phipps Plaza Sunday, their dream job was to play with LEGOs, all day, every day. "Growing up, you always joke and imagine and dream that this could be a real possibility to play with LEGOs forever," contestant Matthew Riggs ...

 
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Photos: Ludacris in ATL for 'Fast & Furious' screening

The rapper-actor showed off his most recent film, "Fast & Furious 6," at a theater in Atlanta.