Craig Lucie
Craig Lucie joined the WSB-TV family in 2011. He anchors Channel 2 Action News at 6 and the Channel 2 Action News Nightbeat on weekends and reports in the field during the week.
Before moving to Atlanta, Craig worked at Orlando’s WESH-TV as a reporter and weekend anchor for four years. Craig covered everything from hurricanes and shuttle launches to the Casey Anthony case. He has contributed reports to NBC News, CNN, HLN, and Fox News Channel on numerous occasions. He was recently part of a team that received the prestigious Edward R. Murrow award for a newscast following a tragic police shooting. The Associated Press has also recognized Craig with a “Best Reporter” and “Best Feature News Story Award.”
Craig has been working in TV since he was 19 years old. Before WESH, Craig worked at KTBC in Austin, Texas. He interviewed Texas Governor Rick Perry on multiple occasions and toured military bases with U.S. Senator John Cornyn. Before KTBC, Craig worked at KZTV in Corpus Christi, Texas as an anchor and reporter where he covered the most active hurricane season in recorded history.
Craig is looking forward to becoming active in the Atlanta community and helping in numerous organizations. He says he is always available to our viewers, so never hesitate to contact him to discuss or pitch a story idea.
Craig is a Jacksonville, Florida native and received his B.A. in Broadcast Journalism and minor in Spanish from Southern Methodist University. SMU is also where he met his beautiful wife, Alexandra.
Latest from Craig Lucie
Whistle-blower speaks out after settlement in hospital kickback scheme
The whistle-blower in one of the largest kickback cases in Georgia's history has talked to Channel 2 Action News. Monday afternoon, a judge ordered C.R. Bard to pay out after Julie Darity, from Macon, said she was eventually fired by Bard after she started noticing kickbacks for hospitals involving cancer ...
Medical equipment company ordered to pay $48 million in lawsuit
Channel 2 Action News learned later Monday afternoon, a judge ordered a local medical equipment manufacturer to pay out more than $48 million in a whistle-blower lawsuit. A judge ordered C.R. Bard to pay out after Julie Darity, from Macon, said she was eventually fired by Bard after she started ...
Buckhead man crawls out of home after tree crashes on house
A Buckhead man said he had a tree specialist and an Atlanta arborist come look at his tree before it destroyed his neighbor's house. Channel 2's Craig Lucie lives nearby and heard a loud snap as he was getting in his car to head to work Tuesday morning. Lucie looked ...
Couple accused of stealing from their foreclosed home
A Walton County couple said they were wrongfully arrested for stealing custom cabinets out of their home that went into foreclosure. One year ago, Jeremy Brown admitted to Channel 2's Craig Lucie that he went into his wife's home and stripped out the cabinets, granite counter-tops and appliances. "I had ...
Metro-Atlantans react to naming of new pope
Atlanta's auxiliary bishop is talking about what it means having the world's first non-European pope. Bishop Luis Zarama from the Atlanta Catholic Diocese said Pope Francis appears to be a simple man capable of making great change. "We saw how humble he was asking the people to bless him and ...
Local Catholics await decision on new pope
The world will have to wait at least another day to find out if Roman Catholic cardinals will pick a new pope. Black smoke poured from the Sistine Chapel’s chimney Tuesday afternoon signifying they have not elected a new pope, and metro Atlanta Catholics are all watching the process. Father ...
Doctors say patients' confidential letters getting lost in mail
A Roswell postal inspector is starting an investigation after Wednesday afternoon reports where doctors reported that their mail with private patient information is getting lost. North Roswell Internal Medicine is one of at least four businesses in the Roswell complex off Crabapple Road where their mail is getting delivered to ...
Woman blames DeKalb students for repeated burglaries
A Lithonia woman says thieves have targeted her home three times and she thinks they are DeKalb County students. Felicia Shorter alleges that her neighbors saw the supposed students breaking into her home and then stealing her car. “I’m a prisoner in my own home,” Shorter said. Shorter, who’s a ...
Man discusses brother killed in freak accident
In just a matter of seconds, a local family lost their loved one in a freak accident on Interstate 20 in Rockdale County. “When it’s your time to go, it doesn’t matter where you are or what you’re doing,” Anthony Arndt told Channel 2’s Craig Lucie. Arndt said the way ...
More police, fire jobs approved in DeKalb budget
DeKalb County now has half a billion dollars in its 2013 budget, which includes dozens of new positions for the police and fire departments. DeKalb County firefighters have been lobbying commissioners to have four firefighters on each of their trucks when they respond to a call. The 2013 budget allows ...
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