Ross Cavitt
Ross Cavitt has been chasing news since his first job in high school at a local radio station. He graduated from the University of Illinois-Urbana, and received his master's degree at the University of Illinois-Springfield.
A native of Normal, Illinois, Ross has worked at television stations in Illinois, Alabama, Florida and now at WSB.
At WSB's sister station in Florida, he covered the space shuttle program and anchored the weekend news.
Here at WSB, Ross has won two regional Emmy awards for spot news coverage, and an Associated Press award for covering Hurricane Hugo.
Ross lives in Marietta with his wife and two daughters.
Latest from Ross Cavitt
School paper Obama joke touches on race, Naziism
Parents are upset after an article meant to be an April Fools' Day joke in a school newspaper ended up calling President Barack Obama a Nazi. The article was published in the newspaper at Sprayberry High School in Cobb County. Students told Channel 2's Ross Cavitt the article, entitled, "Top ...
Third suspect arrested in Cobb fatal shooting
Police have captured a third suspect accused of fatally shooting a well-known father of six found outside his Kennesaw home. Cobb County police caught Jalin Collins off Canton Road on Wednesday after an all-day search for the 18-year-old they considered "armed and dangerous." The other two suspects, Percy Burdine, 29 ...
Man accused of trying to abduct child from Walmart had violent past
Channel 2 Action News has learned that the man who allegedly attempted to kidnap a 7-year-old girl from a Bremen Walmart in West Georgia is a confessed killer. Investigators said Thomas Woods, 25, of Austell, came up behind Brittney Baxter in the toy aisle of a local Walmart and grabbed ...
Brunn: 'I regret everything I did' in Rivera death
Channel 2 Action News has obtained a chilling interview with a child killer, just moments after he admitted his crime in court. Now insight from the interview is giving investigators help on how to save other children. Investigators grilled Ryan Brunn for three hours after he pleaded guilty to killing ...
Counselor speaks out after being cleared of sex assault allegations
A former Lassiter High School counselor has been cleared of charges that he sexually assaulted a student. He talked publicly for the first time to Channel 2's Ross Cavitt Friday, telling him the whole ordeal left his life in shambles. It happened in December 2009, when a 17-year-old girl said ...
Teen uses Craigslist to lure women, attack them
Some metro women who thought they were looking at a cute dog to adopt were actually looking at phony online ads and soon found themselves under attack. Deputies in Paulding County told Channel 2's Ross Cavitt the attacks involved mindless violence. Investigators said they ads were listed on the popular ...
Thieves busted in string of Target robberies using fake checks
Surveillance video from a Cobb County Target store has led to the arrests of a group on a multi-state crime spree which police say used fake checks to steal hundreds of thousands of dollars. "They were able to beat the check verifying system that Target has now," Lt. Brian Acree ...
Manhunt for cross-dressing bank robber turns up empty for second time
For the second day this week, police sealed off and searched a neighborhood looking for a bank robber they consider armed and dangerous. And for the second time this week, Marietta police said they have come up empty handed! "Police were able to confirm through video footage that he was ...
Hospital backs guard accused of killing patient
A metro Atlanta hospital is standing behind a security guard who is charged in connection with the death of a patient. WellStar Cobb Hospital security guard Jerry Evans is charged with involuntary manslaughter and reckless conduct after a skirmish with a patient that left the man dead. Cobb County police ...
Man fights death sentence for double murder
A Cobb County man who was convicted in a double murder is fighting to dodge the death penalty. On Monday, a Cobb County jury took just 30 minutes to find Joshua Drucker guilty of four counts of murder. His sentencing hearing began at 11 a.m. Tuesday. Drucker, 33, killed Andrew ...
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