Local Stories for January 2013
Stories for Monday, January 28
House committee chair wants answers over extravagant bathroom makeover
Channel 2 Action News is getting results after the head of a powerful House committee saw the story of an expensive bathroom makeover for a government official. Channel 2's Scott MacFarlane broke the story earlier this month and now the U.S. House Oversight Subcommittee wants hearings into the agency responsible. ...
String of Buckhead businesses held up
Some Buckhead business owners said a man has held up several of their employees at gunpoint, getting away with cash. Several businesses along Peachtree Road have been hit, the most recent being at a Subway restaurant. Employees said the robber came in with a bandana over his face, pointed the ...
Mom delivers baby on Ga. 400
An Alpharetta mother and her newborn baby are resting comfortably after she gave birth to him on Georgia Highway 400 early Monday, officials said. The baby’s father, Jose Francisco, called 911 just before 5 a.m. “I need an ambulance,” he told the dispatcher, before a Spanish-speaking interpreter could ...
Complaint filed over tax credit scholarship program
A group keeping tabs on a Georgia student scholarship program claims there is widespread abuse of the program, costing the state millions in taxpayer dollars. The Southern Education Foundation is filing a complaint Monday with the state Department of Revenue, calling for an investigation into the matter. Channel ...
Authorities investigate Flowery Branch H.S. threat
Channel 2 Action News crews saw parents picking up their children Monday morning after learning of a threat that was sent to a Hall County high school. Hall County school officials assured parents and students that there was no danger, but more than half the students in the school decided ...
$65K in chicken wings stolen amid high Super Bowl demand
Police say two storage warehouse workers stole $65,000 worth of chicken wings. Gwinnett County police investigators said they believe Dewayne Patterson and Renaldo Jackson used a rental truck on Jan. 12 and took 10 pallets of frozen wings from Nordic Cold Storage. The theft comes at a time when demand ...
Manager questions Groupon's decision to stop gun-related deals
The operations manager of Range, Guns & Safes on Pleasantdale Road in DeKalb County told Channel 2’s Shae Rozzi that Groupon, the popular social coupon website, backed out of a promotion that was supposed to start running on Monday. “It has to be political,” David Aldea told Rozzi. “If it ...
Burglars drive into front of Foot Locker store
Atlanta police are investigating after thieves drove a vehicle into the front of a closed Foot Locker store Monday morning. The crash happened around 3 a.m. at the Foot Locker store on Metropolitan Parkway. Jonathan Colin of Atlanta’s Profession Door was called in to repair the door. He told the ...
DeKalb Co. blames 50-year-old pipe for water main break
A water main break interrupted a busy DeKalb County road for hours Sunday night. Channel 2 has followed repairs of the break near Panthersville and River roads since 6:30 p.m. Sunday. Overnight, workers made from DeKalb’s Watershed Management completed repairs, but residents said this is not the first time they’ve ...
1 killed in I-285 crash
One driver was killed in a crash Sunday night that blocked Interstate 285. Southbound lanes of the interstate were shut down at Campbellton Road from 9 p.m. until 2 a.m. Investigators said a sedan left the roadway, hit the guardrail and then swerved back into traffic and was hit by ...
Stories for Sunday, January 27
Metro residents mourn victims of Brazil nightclub tragedy
Flames raced through a crowded nightclub in southern Brazil early Sunday. The fire killed more than 230 people as panicked partygoers gasped for breath in the smoke-filled air while stampeding toward a single exit partially blocked by those already dead. It appeared to be the world's deadliest nightclub fire in ...
Security guard shot at Newton Co. birthday party
Covington police are investigating after a house party shooting that left two people injured, including the security guard who was hired for the event. The shooting happened around 2 a.m. on Sunday at 355 Emerson Trail on Brown Bridge Road outside of Covington. Police said an adult birthday party with ...
Suspect sought in house party triple shooting
DeKalb County police said three teens were shot at a house party on Creekside Place off Covington Highway in Decatur. Police said the teens were between ages 16 and 19. The shooting stemmed from a fight at the residence around 12:30 a.m., police said. A neighbor, who did not want ...
Stories for Saturday, January 26
Family mourns woman killed in Snellville hit-and-run
For the first time, the family of a woman killed in a series of hit-and-run crashes is speaking out about their grief. Police said Michael Snider, 70, may have been responsible for at least 1o accidents in DeKalb and Gwinnett counties on Wednesday night. One of those crashes involved a 73-year-old woman ...
1 injured in Sandy Springs apartment shooting
Police are working to find whoever fired shots at a Sandy Springs apartment complex, possibly injuring one person. Police said the Colonial Grand Apartment complex shooting near Roswell Road happened Saturday, shortly before 1:30 p.m. Two men flagged down an ambulance asking for help. A third man was inside of ...
Neighbor injured with olive jar during dispute
A woman is facing charges after allegedly hitting a man with a jar of olives during an argument. Athens-Clarke County police said the incident happened Thursday at a residence on College Avenue. Darrell Gene Meadows told police his neighbor, Tammie Elaine Johnson, struck him with an unknown object during an ...
Gun ban opponents stock up on firearms this weekend
Hundreds of gun enthusiasts have gathered at a Lawrenceville gun show, which offers attendees a chance to buy, sell and trade an array of guns. The event comes amid a widespread debate about gun control in the United States. "I'm here to sell a few guns and to buy anything ...
Stories for Friday, January 25
Sen. Chambliss won't seek re-election
Just hours after he announced his retirement, Channel 2 Action News tracked down Sen. Saxby Chambliss, R- Georgia, who told Channel 2's Lori Geary it was a difficult decision. Chambliss told Geary the decision was not about ducking what could have been a tough primary. Chambliss said if he had ...
Chicken truck overturns on icy road
A tractor-trailer transporting more than 1,000 chickens to a processing plant skidded on an ice-covered bridge in Gilmer County and overturned Friday. The crash happened just outside downtown Ellijay on Old Highway 5. An unknown number of chickens were killed in the crash, and the driver suffered slight injuries, according ...
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