Stories for July 2011
Stories for Sunday, July 31
Woman Refuses Home After Vandals Spray 'KKK' On It
A Bartow County woman says she's afraid to move into a home after vandals left a racist message on the house in more than one spot.The woman said she was in the process of buying the home, but someone painted the letters KKK on the garage door and the back ...
Ga. Tech Fan Claims Strip Search Over Sandwich
A Georgia Tech football fan has filed a lawsuit after she says she was strip searched over a chicken sandwich.A federal lawsuit accuses Georgia Tech officers and its private security company of unlawful arrest and unlawful imprisonment, among other things.Mary Clayton said she never thought a chicken sandwich would result ...
Alcohol May Be Factor In Wreck That Killed 3
The Georgia State Patrol says three people were killed in a two-vehicle, head-on wreck in Barrow County.It happened just before 11 p.m. Saturday along Georgia Highway 82, near Holdenbeck School Road.GSP identified the people killed in the crash as David Michael Varnum, 53, of Winder; John Willis Collins, 61, of ...
A+ lunches
White bread bologna sandwich. Cookie. Apple. White bread peanut butter and jelly sandwich. Cookie. Banana. Sometimes a bag of chips. That, in a nutshell, was the dietary equivalent of the school lunches my mother put together as she rushed four kids to the bus stop every day. Usually, the sandwich ...
Ch. 2 Special: APS Cheating Scandal- July 31
A Channel 2 Action News special looks into the weeks developments in the APS cheating scandal. This week Justin Farmer discusses how the district is hiring 109 new teachers amid the news APS is facing an $8 million deficit and will have to pay $1 million a month for teachers ...
Ga. Sen. Urges Plan As Deadline Looms Over Debt Ceiling
One late proposal to help end the debt showdown came Saturday afternoon from Sen. Johnny Isakson, R-Georgia.He urged compromise, saying he's worried Congress is about to default on the country.Isakson surprised more than a few people with his proposal on the Senate floor, pleading with the divided Congress to find ...
1 Dead, 1 Seriously Injured After Shooting
Police are trying to figure out why someone opened fire inside a southwest Atlanta home, killing one person and critically injuring another.Channel 2 Action News was there late Saturday night as one of the homicide detectives walked around the front porch trying to work out the series of events.Officers said ...
Stories for Saturday, July 30
Residents Reel As Husband Charged in Wife's Death
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Shank Found Wrapped In Uniform At Jail
The Fulton County Jail locked down for hours Saturday afternoon after reports of a weapon inside the jail.The scare came about a month after an inmate was shot inside by another inmate.Atlanta police and sheriff's deputies surrounded the main gate of the jail while it was on lock-down for several ...
Neighbor: Son 'Acting A Little Crazy' After Shooting Mother
Police have arrested a young man after they say he shot and killed his mother inside their Marietta home.Investigators said the shooting happened late Saturday morning in a home off of Tritt Springs Trace.Shaun Simms, who lives nearby, said the suspect knocked on his door Friday night looking for a ...
Man Shot, Killed During Robbery At Hotel
Police are trying to identify a man killed in a robbery at a south Fulton County hotel.It happened Saturday morning at the Skyway Inn on Frederick Drive.Officers won’t say much about their investigation, but Channel 2 Action News has confirmed a man in his mid-30s was shot and killed in ...
Stories for Friday, July 29
Man Injured When Girlfriend Accidentally Hits Motorcycle
Police said a woman accidentally slammed into the back of her boyfriend’s motorcycle as they were pulling out of a gas station at the same time on Friday.The man ended up under her tire and was treated at the scene.The accident happened on Anvil Block and Bouldercrest roads in Henry ...
Gwinnett Parents Group Says Benchmarks Based On Race
A local parent coalition says the Gwinnett County School District is setting academic performance benchmarks based on race.This month, Gwinnett STOPP, or The Coalition to Dismantle the School to Prison Pipeline, filed a civil rights complaint with the U.S. Department of Education."When you set the bar very low, you're sure ...
Student Collapse Keeps Football Team Off Field
Locust Grove High School football players remained off the field on Friday, five days after a teammate collapsed during volunteer practice.School officials told Channel 2’s Craig Lucie they aren’t sure if heat exhaustion caused the 10th-grader to faint while walking back to the locker room. Temperatures on the field have ...
No Debt Deal Could Affect Mortgage Rates
Some metro Atlanta homeowners could be facing higher mortgage payments if the U.S. misses a Tuesday deadline and defaults on its debt. "The interest rates will definitely go up," Silverton Mortgage loan originator Jasmine Krnjtin told Channel 2's Richard Elliot. Krnjtin believes a U.S. debt default will mean a lowering ...
Campaign Begins To Push Transportation Sales Tax
A multi-million dollar marketing plan is in the works to promote the proposed 1-cent special local option sales tax for transportation in Georgia, and it will be run much like a political campaign, Channel 2 Action News has learned."The candidate is the project list," said Paul Bennecke with Red Clay ...
Woman Warns Others Of New AT&T Charge
Channel 2 got results for a Cherokee County woman who is ringing a warning bell about what you may have missed on your AT&T home phone bill.Cindy Holtzman, of Woodstock, found a new charge for an old-fashioned service she and thousands of other Georgians no longer use.Consumer investigator Jim Strickland ...
Vandals Trash Restrooms At Alpharetta Park
Officials want to know who vandalized the restrooms at an Alpharetta city park, leaving behind $8,000 in damage. Vandals Target Restrooms At Alpharetta Park Channel 2's Mike Petchenik got a firsthand look at the damage. Officials believe someone caused the damage between Tuesday night and Wednesday morning.The damage included shattered ...
Missing Woman's Husband Charged With Murder
The husband of a missing Winder woman has been charged with murder. Channel 2 Action News learned James Lynn was officially charged with murder Saturday morning, after the Georgia Crime Lab confirmed a body found in a well Friday was that of James Lynn's wife, Tonya. Channel 2 Action News ...
Police: Woman Threatening Fire Barricaded In Apt.
A Clayton County SWAT team is trying to talk down a woman barricaded at a Riverdale apartment complex, police said.Clayton County police Officer John Schneller said the woman called 911, threatening to burn down her apartment. She lives at the Chase Ridge Apartments on Chase Ridge Drive.News Chopper 2 flew ...
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