Sandy Springs: Heads up, if you're heading out the door, TT crash shuts down several left lanes on I-285 EB at Roswell Rd. Only one right lane is open. Try Hammond Dr. or I-75 as an alt.
#Fox5atl
Bunnie Jackson-Ransom, a well-respected Black entrepreneur, public relations specialist, and the ex-wife of Atlanta’s first Black mayor has died. She was 82.
Good Thursday morning!
While it will be wet off & on all day, the heaviest rain should happen tonight. By the time it wraps up in the pre-dawn hours of Friday AM, many spots will have picked up near or over an inch of rain.
Finally, a stretch of dry weather begins tomorrow!
A soggy day ahead!
Light showers are already here...and the rain will get steadier and heavier at times this afternoon through tonight. I'm tracking how much rain we'll get on
TEEN KILLED IN GUNFIGHT: Double shooting in NW Atl leaves 16 or 17 yr old dead, sends 19 or 20 yr old to Grady. Detectives say it started as argument inside Sunset Ave home, escalated into shootout between the two.
H.E.R.O. Units, wreckers, and GSP on scene as this crash is dealt with. The wreck is off the roadway but use caution and slow down when passing the incident.
Today 🌥️versus tomorrow 🌧️
After some lingering fog and showers early this morning, today will be a decent lull in the rain. But Thursday will be a washout!
Good Wednesday morning! Here's what to expect over the next 24 hours:
🔵A few areas of fog & light rain this morning
🔵Staying cool with mostly cloudy skies this afternoon
🔵Rain picks back up late tonight!
reach deal to pull construction permits for controversial 1st responder training facility. Move comes as protesters continue to fight the project, which they call #COPCITY.
Hear from both sides on
A Santa Fe district attorney has filed involuntary manslaughter charges against actor Alec Baldwin in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer on the set of the Western movie “Rust.”
Two suspects are being sought after leading police on a chase in a stolen vehicle and then fleeing on foot, carjacking two separate vehicles in an apparent attempt to evade authorities.
SCHOOL BUS DRIVER CHARGED: A Paulding County substitute school bus driver is facing a criminal charge and is out on bond after a confrontation between her and a group of parents was caught on camera.
UGA Football player Warren McClendon speaks out for the first time since the crash that killed his teammate and UGA staffer. Hear from him tonight at 6pm.
Update on SWAT stand-off story: Brookhaven police say they were serving warrants against 31-year-old Evan Sieli for kidnapping & aggravated assault with the intent to rape. We’ve also learned the intended victim was a 10 yr old girl.
SWAT SITUATION
Gwinnett County police are on scene of active SWAT standoff at Sugar Hill home.
Responders say Brookhaven police were trying to serve warrant when man, armed, refused to surrender.
Neighbors heard gunshots. They’ve been evacuated.
Police: Only that man inside.