Rodney Thrash
Rodney Thrash joined The Atlanta Journal-Constitution as a breaking news specialist in November 2013. He previously worked at the Detroit Free Press, the St. Petersburg Times (now Tampa Bay Times) and AOL’s Patch.com.
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A new staffer faces disciplinary action after a tweet from the Atlanta City Council’s verified account created a political firestorm early Wednesday. The erroneous tweet, which indicated Mayor Kasim Reed vetoed a measure intended to reduce penalties for possession of small amounts of marijuana, was pushed out to thousands of the...
A pedestrian was struck and killed Tuesday in southeast Atlanta, police said. A car struck the pedestrian at Moreland Avenue and Gracewood Avenue, Atlanta police Officer Kim Jones said. The pedestrian died on the scene. At one point, Moreland Avenue was shut down in both directions and drivers were urged to use Boulevard or Flat Shoals as...
Fulton County Commissioner Marvin Arrington Jr. was arrested Friday on a misdemeanor battery-family violence charge after he allegedly grabbed and shoved his wife, according to Channel 2 Action News. Arrington, the son of former Fulton County Superior Court Judge Marvin Arrington Sr., made his first court appearance Friday in connection with...
A man will remain in the Douglas County Jail after he allegedly cut the neck and thumbs of a Douglasville woman who opened her home to him. Kenny Wayne Oliver, 20, was denied bond during a hearing Wednesday morning, according to Channel 2 Action News. Oliver was staying with Sandy Archer and her family at the time of the Aug. 5 attack, Douglas...
Westbound lanes of I-285 reopened Tuesday just before 2 p.m. after “a major accident” at Moreland Avenue in DeKalb County closed them for nearly four hours, according to the Georgia Department of Transportation. A cement truck overturned, blew a tire and hit the freeway median around 10 a.m., DeKalb fire official Kevin Cavanaugh...
Two people were killed Monday in a head-on collision in Hall County, the Georgia State Patrol said. About 7:25 a.m., a northbound Mitsubishi Galant and a southbound Ford Escape were on Ga. 11, just south of Walden Pond Road. For unknown reasons, the Galant went into the southbound lane and struck the Escape, the GSP said. Earlier, officials...
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation is reviewing what happened during a shootout with police officers in south Fulton County. No one was hit in the gun battle, which occurred early Friday on Meadow Glen Parkway, interim Fairburn police Chief Vernal Sutherland told Channel 2 Action News. However, a man identified by police as Louberto B. Barbers...