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Korean community shaken up after 5 fatally shot inside spa
Channel 2 Action News has learned more details about the murder-suicide inside a Gwinnett County spa Tuesday night. Gwinnett police said at least 20 people were at the Su Jung Health Sauna on Buford Highway when shots rang out around 9 p.m. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation is also assisting ...
2 injured after airport hangar collapses
Two construction workers were injured, one critically, when an aircraft hangar collapsed at the Paulding County Airport Wednesday afternoon, Channel 2's Richard Elliot discovered at the scene. Officials did not release the names of the injured workers, but they did confirm that one was taken to Kennestone Hospital in Cobb ...
Ch. 2 uncovers safety concerns after explosion at battery recycling plant
A Channel 2 investigation has uncovered serious questions about the safety of workers at a north Georgia plant. One woman said her job made her sick, and federal investigators found unsafe conditions there, but investigative reporter Jodie Fleischer found those investigators cannot go back to recheck the plant. The federal ...
School mourns death of 8-year-old killed in car crash
Classmates are mourning the loss of an 8-year-old girl killed Monday afternoon in a Hall County crash. Flags at World Language Academy Charter School where Aylin Rodriguez was a second-grade student, were flown at half-staff, Channel 2’s Diana Davis said. Davis spent the day speaking with school leaders who called ...
Police: Woman stabs sister to death
A woman stabbed her sister to death in front of their family, Cobb County police said. Police said the stabbing happened on Monday night at a home on Gallant Circle in Mableton. Kourtney Dyches, 21, was found dead at the scene. Police said Dyches and her sister, Chakaya Folborg, 21, ...
Standoff near DeKalb elementary school ends
DeKalb County authorities swarmed an area around Buford Highway on Wednesday morning in light of a SWAT standoff. The incident stemmed from a shooting around 5:30 a.m. DeKalb County officers heard shots fired and zeroed in on an apartment at the Tempo Cabana apartments on Buford Highway. Officers at the ...
Hines Ward reaches plea deal in DUI charge
A judge sentenced Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Hines Ward to 12 months’ probation Wednesday, stemming from a DUI charge from last summer. In addition to his probation, with credit for one day served, the former University of Georgia football star is ordered to pay a $2,000 fine, plus court costs ...
Gainesville school board reexamines valedictorian decision
Gainesville school board members may reverse a principal's decision to have two students share the honor of valedictorian. Parents packed the school board meeting Tuesday night. They're upset that Gainesville High School senior Cody Stephens is being asked to share the title. Stephens has the highest GPA at the school. ...
Standoff near DeKalb elementary school ends
DeKalb County authorities swarmed an area around Buford Highway on Wednesday morning in light of a SWAT standoff. The incident stemmed from a shooting around 5:30 a.m. DeKalb County officers heard shots fired and zeroed in on an apartment at the Tempo Cabana apartments on Buford Highway. Officers at the ...
Korean community shaken up after 5 fatally shot inside spa
Channel 2 Action News has learned more details about the murder-suicide inside a Gwinnett County spa Tuesday night. Gwinnett police said at least 20 people were at the Su Jung Health Sauna on Buford Highway when shots rang out around 9 p.m. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation is also assisting ...
Military supplier seeks to dismiss fraud charges
A Kuwaiti military food supplier is asking a judge to dismiss charges that it defrauded the U.S. government on a multibillion-dollar contract to feed soldiers in the Middle East. The Public Warehousing Co., also known as Agility, filed a motion late Tuesday that claims the charges are a "contract dispute ...
Police: Taco Mac waitress skimmed customer credit cards
A local couple is under arrest in a credit card skimming operation that may have victimized dozens of restaurant customers. Channel 2's Tom Regan spent the day at the Taco Mac restaurant in Sandy Springs, where police are still trying to determine the number of victims in this case. Police ...
Woman fights for veteran husband's pension to save home
The clock is ticking for the wife of a veteran to save her home from being sold at a foreclosure auction. Army Veteran Byron Womer died in 2009. Since then, his wife has been fighting the Department of Veterans Affairs to get his pension to help save their home. “I ...
Buckhead bicyclist hit by SUV
Atlanta police are investigating after a bicyclist in Buckhead was struck by an SUV early Wednesday. PHOTOS: Buckhead byclist struck by SUV The crash happened around 1 a.m. on Roswell Road near a three-way split with West Paces Ferry and Peachtree roads. Channel 2 Action News was at the scene ...
Family of missing man found in well has sense of peace
The family of a missing man whose body was found at the bottom of a well in Oglethorpe County said the discovery has given them a sense of peace. Channel 2's Carl Willis spoke to the wife and brother of the victim, Charles Steven Parker, who went missing in January ...
Woman says son didn't know he hit teacher with car
The mother of the man charged in a hit-and-run crash that killed a school teacher said her son had no idea he hit a human. Jamonta Smith, 20, faces vehicular homicide, failure to render aid and leaving the scene of an accident charges. He turned himself in a day after ...
Dozens of day care providers overcharging the state
Georgia will spend nearly a quarter of a billion dollars helping low-income families pay for day care this year. But a Channel 2 Investigation has found that dozens of day care providers are overcharging the state. The state says some of those are intentional violations, including those of a day ...
Church members fuming over water leak problem
As members of a northwest Atlanta church prepared for Ash Wednesday, they walked by a water leak that has been a source of frustration for months. Water is flowing from the ground along Northside Parkway, right next to St. Anne's Episcopal Church. "It's beyond frustrating," said Lee Dudley, a church ...
Child molestation case against former scout leader delayed again
Channel 2 Action News has learned the judge presiding over the case against a former Boy Scout leader accused of child molestation has been disqualified. Channel 2’s Kerry Kavanaugh pulled the court file and obtained the order, which was filed on Friday. Last Thursday, Harry Brett Taylor was back in ...
Teen in custody after chase
A teen was arrested after a police chase across at least two counties Tuesday afternoon. Duluth police said they began chasing a stolen pickup truck, which eventually crashed in Forsyth County. News Chopper 2 flew over Peachtree Parkway around 12:30 p.m., where a pickup truck missing a tire was resting ...
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