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Richard Elliot

Richard Elliot joined the Channel 2 Action News Team in July 1999.

An Atlanta native, Richard attended the University of Georgia before accepting his first TV job in Columbus, Georgia.  While there, he covered Georgia troops in the Gulf War and Mogadishu, Somalia.  He also covered the 1988 Republican and Democratic national conventions, the 1996 Olympics and Olympic Park bombing.  After Columbus, Richard worked as the Greenville, SC bureau chief for WLOS-TV.

Since joining WSB-TV, Richard has earned several regional Emmy and Associated Press Awards.  He’s covered six former, current and soon-to-be presidents and survived four hurricanes.

Richard lives in Atlanta’s historic Grant Park neighborhood with his wife Hollie, a professional trumpet player.  Richard is an amateur historian who also enjoys biking, hiking, iPhone photography and writing (the ever-elusive Great American Novel).

Latest from Richard Elliot

Several road projects set for this weekend

The Georgia Department of Transportation will be working on several road construction and maintenance projects over the weekend. Crews are trying to make up for several rainy weekends and get as much finished as they can before the Memorial Day weekend. Drivers can expect to see construction and maintenance delays ...

DeKalb judge upset with DA's delivery of subpoena

A DeKalb County Superior Court judge is upset the district attorney's office served him with a subpoena while he was involved with jury selection in his own courtroom. Judge Mark Anthony Scott is asking another judge not only to toss out that subpoena, but to grant him a protective order ...

Since the Boston bombings, metro Atlanta bomb squads report a marked increase in the number of calls they've received.  The vast majority of them are false alarms or hoaxes, but they have to take each one seriously.

Spike in bomb threats putting strain on law enforcement resources

Many metro Atlanta bomb squads report the numerous suspicious package and bomb threat calls have taxed their resources, but so far, they said they're able to handle them. Since the Boston bombings, metro Atlanta bomb squads report a marked increase in the number of calls they've received.  The vast majority ...

No early release for man who killed 3 Georgia Power workers

A man who pleaded guilty to killing three Georgia Power employees in a 2009 car crash will not be released from jail early. James Miles asked a DeKalb County judge to be released from the county jail's work release program nine months early.  His attorney told Judge Johnny Panos that ...

Lawyers in the case of Athens cop killing argued May 2 over whether the suspect, Jamie Hood, should wear a shock belt.

Prosecutors want Jamie Hood to wear shock belt

A judge will decide if Athens cop killing suspect Jamie Hood will have to wear a 50,000-volt shock belt during his upcoming capital murder trial. Hood is accused of killing Athens-Clarke County police officer Elmer "Buddy" Christian and wounding Officer Tony Howard in March 2011. Deputies feel Hood is a ...

The Georgia Department of Health confirms it was notified by Piedmont Healthcare that for two years, it failed to properly clean equipment used after colonoscopies.

Piedmont patients asked to get tested after cleaning mishap

The Georgia Department of Health confirms it was notified by Piedmont Healthcare that for two years, it failed to properly clean equipment used after colonoscopies. As a result, the hospital sent out letters for 456 patients advising them to get tested for hepatitis B, C and HIV. Piedmont Healthcare said ...

Witnesses: Jamie Hood meant to shoot officer

Two witnesses testified that Jamie Hood, accused of killing an Athens police officer, confessed to shooting two officers but only showed remorse for one of them. Hood was in court Tuesday for a hearing to decide if statements he made while in custody can be used during his trial. His ...

Deputies said Edwin Huizar, 17, brought his brand-new BB gun to school to show it to his friend Jesse Reyes, 17.

Student shot with BB gun at Hall County school

Hall County deputies charged two Johnson High School seniors with felonies after they said the teens brought a BB gun to school and accidentally shot another student. The incident happened in the school library at 9 a.m. Monday. Deputies said Edwin Huizar, 17, brought his brand-new BB gun to school ...

A Gwinnett County judge ordered DragonCon co-founder Ed Kramer held without bond until his trial after she ruled he had violated his initial bond restrictions by visiting movie sets in other states.

DA: DragonCon founder faking ailments to avoid trial

A Gwinnett County judge ordered DragonCon co-founder Ed Kramer held without bond until his trial after she ruled he had violated his initial bond restrictions by visiting movie sets in other states. Gwinnett County District Attorney Danny Porter went even further and accused Kramer of faking the physical ailments that ...

Gwinnett clinic mum on MRSA investigation

A Gwinnett County medical center is not talking about a county health investigation into possible drug-resistant bacteria at their facility. Channel 2 Action News broke the story two weeks ago when epidemiologists from the county health department visited the Premier Aesthetic Center in Lilburn.  An attorney for the center said ...

 
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