Haralson County deputies responded to the interstate on Wednesday morning after a Good Samaritan truck driver spotted a child, pulled over and call 911.

The boy told deputies that he was on his way to school and got sick, so they stopped on the side of the road. He said when he got out, the car drove away.

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Mary Dudley, 47, of Ranburne, Alabama later contacted Carroll County deputies and told them she had accidentally left her stepson.

While talking to her, deputies say her speech was slightly slurred. She later admitted to having taken Xanax before driving.

Dudley told investigators that her stepson had been sick the night before, so when he started feeling sick again on the way to school, she pulled over. When she heard the door close, she assumed he was back inside and drove off. It wasn’t until later that she realized he was not in the car.

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She was arrested and charged with DUI, cruelty to children, reckless conduct and more.

“This is a kind of case that shocks the conscious,” stated Sheriff Stacy Williams. “I have said many times that driving under the influence is murder on the highways. This woman left a small child on the side of the interstate due to her altered state of mind, and we could have had a devastating outcome.”

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A handful of Georgia standouts were already drafted in Thursday night’s first round and are heading to the NFL. But now, even more are joining them.

The 2026 NFL Draft continues with rounds four through seven on Saturday, LIVE on Channel 2, starting at 12 p.m.

Early on in the second round, metro Atlanta natives hit big as two locals were taken back-to-back.

First up, the Houston Texans drafted Suwanee native and former North Gwinnett High School standout, Ohio State defensive tackle Kayden McDonald.

He was the fifth pick of the night and No. 36 overall. He’ll join Georgia Tech Guard Keylan Rutledge who the Texans took in round one.

One pick later, the New York Giants drafted Tennessee cornerback Colton Hood as No. 37

Hood played at Eagles Landing Christian Academy in Henry County.

The first Bulldog to be drafted on Night Two was former Cedar Grove High School standout, defensive tackle Christen Miller.

The New Orleans Saints drafted him as the overall No. 42 pick.

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Just a few picks later, the Baltimore Ravens brought it back to metro Atlanta, selecting Missouri and Westlake High School’s Zion Young.

With their first pick of the 2026 NFL Draft, the Atlanta Falcons chose to keep it in the family.

At No. 48, the Falcons chose cornerback Avieon Terrell. His brother, AJ Terrell, is already a Falcons cornerback.

He’s also a metro Atlanta native who attended Westlake High School.

Linebacker CJ Allen wasn’t going to let his teammate be the only Dawg getting drafted in the second round.

The Lamar County native was drafted by the Indianapolis Colts as the overall No. 53 pick.

It’s “Georgia on My Mind” for the Houston Texans!

They pick up their third Georgia native with Michigan tight end and Rabun County native Marlin Klein.

Heading into Round 3, the New Orleans Saints weren’t done with the Bulldogs. After drafting Christen Miller, they chose UGA TE Oscar Delp as the overall No. 73 pick.

Why make some of these players move across the country when the talent is already in the state?

That’s the Atlanta Falcons take as they draft UGA wide receiver Zachariah Branch with their second and final selection of the night as the overall No. 79 pick.

Georgia State University isn’t going to let UGA and Georgia Tech have all the fun at the NFL Draft.

GSU wide receiver Ted Hurst is heading to The League too after being picked up by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers as the No. 84 overall pick.

With the very next pick, the Pittsburgh Steelers brought it back to Athens, drafting Daylen Everette as the overall No. 85 selection.

The 2026 NFL Draft continues on Channel 2.

Officers say they were called to a hit-and-run on the Buford Highway Connector near Sidney Marcus Blvd.

Channel 2 Action News is heading to the area. All the latest details on WSB Tonight at 11 p.m.

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Georgia Department of Transportation crews in the area show a large amount of flashing lights from first responders.

Police confirmed that the pedestrian died in the accident.

That person has not been identified.

Investigators have not commented on what led up to the crash.

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Jerry Ross, 72, of Woodstock is charged with two counts of aggravated assault, hit and run, reckless driving, aggressive driving and failure to maintain a safe distance from a bicycle. He was booked into he Cherokee County jail with no bond.

“This guy was angry,” Scott Hager, one of the cyclists who was hit but not seriously hurt, told Channel 2’s Bryan Mims.

The man who fell off the bike was treated on the scene by paramedics.

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Cell phone video shows a Honda Pilot, with its horn blaring, passing dangerously close to the group of cyclists, despite having no traffic in the opposite lane. The video captured the license plate number, leading deputies to the driver’s home.

The sheriff’s incident report says Ross “was very frustrated with the cyclists” and had repeatedly called 911 on them and filed complaints with the sheriff’s office. He said it wasn’t “reasonable” for cyclists to take a whole lane, so “he drove them.”

“I told him I had video of the incident and offered to show it to him, which he stated he didn’t want to see because he knew he did nothing wrong,” the report says.

Shaune Huysaman, owner of Whitetail Bicycles and Coffee Company, organized the 33-mile ride.

“Even when you ride solo and not impeding any traffic, people are still super angry toward cyclists for some reason,” he said.

Huysaman said he keeps his groups to no more than 25 riders to avoid hindering traffic. No law mandates the size of cycling groups on the road, but law enforcement recommends no more than 10.

He also said his groups stay as close to the right side of the road as possible and have no more than two cyclists riding side by side, as required by law.

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“Show some grace,” he said. “I know cyclists will make mistakes, same as drivers. The difference is, when cyclists make mistakes, they’re not going to kill another driver. In a car, you’re going to kill another person.”

Bicyclists do have a legal right to use the road and are considered vehicles, subject to follow the same traffic laws and motor vehicles. Motorists are required to provide at least three feet of clearance when passing bicycles.

“I know you’re upset,” Hager said. “We’re out here to have fun. We’re out here to get exercise. Just give us a little bit of time, you’ll be able to get around us.”

Channel 2 Action News has a photographer headed to the scene. See more on this story on WSB Tonight at 11 p.m.

The shooting and stabbing happened at 844 Vedado Way NE.

The second victim is being taken to the hospital in stable condition.

The circumstances and identities of those involved is currently unknown.

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Paulding deputies were recently called out to a car that went off the road and into a small, shallow lake.

In bodycam video, the deputy gets out of his cruiser and runs over to the car to make sure everyone is OK.

When he got there, the driver, a woman, was already out of the car and on her cell phone.

“Hello… Hello…” the woman said, trying to answer the phone.

“You gotta put that down real quick,” the deputy told the woman.

“I’m sorry. I’m sorry, it’s my dad,” she tells the deputy and then goes back to talking on the phone.

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“I’m sorry, Dad, I’m drunk as f***. They can get the car.” The woman continues to tell her father.

“Uh, where are you taking me? Where you taking me?” she asks the deputy.

“Just come on, please,” the deputy said as he tried to guide her to dry land

“I gotta tell my dad. Where you taking me?” the woman continues on as they finally reach safe land.

The sheriff’s office said that because the vehicle went off the road, the Georgia State Patrol was called in to investigate the incident and likely would seek charges.

“Your daddy nor the Sheriff can get you out of this,” the Paulding County Sheriff’s Office said in their post on Facebook.

GSP’s crash report identified the woman as Nia Johnson of Dallas. Law enforcement said Johnson failed to maintain the lane on Lake Road, struck a fence and landed in a private lake.

She was taken to Wellstar Paulding for her injuries.

According to the crash report, Johnson was also cited for failure to maintain lane and driving under the influence.

K-9 Buster, a 2-year-old golden retriever, was donated by the nonprofit Defenders for Children. The organization works to prevent child abuse, trafficking and pornography.

Buster will work with its handler, Detective Sean VanLoo, to help investigators locate hidden electronic storage devices and uncover possible hidden evidence of crimes.

The dog also has been trained to give emotional support to crime victims, families and investigators during difficult cases, as well as helping offer online safety education.

“We are excited to welcome Buster to the Fairburn Police Department and Fairburn community. A huge thanks to Defenders for Children for making this happen!” the police department said in a social media post.

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The center, inside Emory University, has been in the works for five years. it finally opened this spring.

Channel 2’s Jorge Estevez spoke to the doctor who made it happen.

Marisa Diaz is one week into recovery from brain surgery.

“All of my nurses, doctors, surgeons have been wonderful,” she said.

A scan shows her brain tumor diagnosed as Stage 3 before her 20th birthday.

At age 23, she has run to raise money that will go to help the Winship Cancer Institute’s Brain Tumor Center at Emory University.

“It’s got to be such a gift to know that there is a team of people devoted to patients just like you,” Estevez said.

“Yes, and they care more than I could ever imagine,” Diaz said.

Leading her team is Dr. Edjah Nduom, who is also the center’s director.

“I know that we’re not just focused on their care, we’re focused on the quality of life,” he said.

Nduom has spent the past five years recruiting specialists for this new comprehensive brain tumor center.

“So these are oncologists, cancer doctors, that all they do day in and day out is try and come up with new treatments for patients dealing with brain tumors,” he said.

It’s one place where patients can get what they need from diagnosis to treatment to recovery.

“(It’s) something that would make sure that no one would ever feel they need to leave the state to get the best brain tumor care that’s possible,” Nduom said.

Nduom also treated Channel 2 Action News’s friend and colleague Jovita Moore, who lost her seven-month battle with a glioblastoma.

Her legacy lives on. She donated her tumor to research.

“And try and see if there are things that are unique about that tumor versus the landscape and also whether that information changes how we think about tumors all together,” Nduom said.

Jovita’s fight was also a source of inspiration for patients like Marissa.

“I remember seeing it on the news about her. It was still shocking ,” Diaz said.

Jovita’s fight led to the North Georgia National Brain Tumor Walk, and Diaz plans on going.

And continuing Jovita’s legacy, Channel 2’s parent company Cox Media Group offers the Jovita Moore Memorial Scholarship, which awards $25,000 to students pursuing journalism careers.

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As Channel Action News reported, officers found the woman dead in the 3100 block of Atlanta Highway on Jan. 27.

Athens-Clark County Police Department identified the woman as Rosalinda Gurley, 74, of Statham.

Police said the Georgia Bureau of Investigation helped identify Gurley.

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Channel 2’s Tom Regan spoke to a woman who said she nearly died from their stings.

“The Asian needle ant is only 3/16 of inch long. But its sting can be life threatening, particularly to those who have bee or ant allergies. There are people who have been stung, wound up in the hospital, and didn’t know what happened to them,” said Dan Suiter, an Orkin Distinguished Professor of Urban Entomology in the UGA College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences and UGA Cooperative Extension.

A woman in north Fulton County was stung by one or more Asian needle ants while relaxing by her pool on Memorial Day two years ago.

Soon after feeling the painful stings, she felt her lips swelling and went inside her house.

“I went upstairs, and by the time I got to the bathroom, I was in trouble. I lost all movement of my muscles. I tried to stand up and I kept falling, short of breath, heart racing, just in and out of consciousness,” said Melissa Hairston.

Her husband Deno called 911 for help.

“I didn’t know what exactly was going on, but the blood curdling scream she let out, let me know something wasn’t normal,” said Deno Hairston.

When paramedics arrived, they quickly realized Melissa was having a major medical emergency, but they didn’t know what triggered it.

“When EMS got here, my blood pressure was 60 over 40. I had broken ribs and a concussion just from falling. I was dying. They told me if they hadn’t come when they did, I would have died,” said Melissa Hairston.

She fully recovered. She suspected that her medical crisis could have been an allergic reaction to a bug bite or sting.

She asked her exterminator to collect ant samples near her hot tub. He sent the samples to be tested at the University of Georgia.

“That’s when we found out it was the Asian needle ants that stung me,” said Melissa Hairston.

The couple says they wanted to tell their traumatic story to warn people about the dangers of Asian needle ants.

“We can now be more aware and tell our story to others so they can be aware and hopefully prevent this from happening to someone else,” said Deno Hairston.

The Asian needle ant was first discovered in Decatur in the 1930’s. Each year a growing number of people are getting stung by the ants and can suffer severe medical complications, as Channel 2 reported.

Suiter says the Asian needle ant population is quickly growing in Georgia, increasing the threat against people and the native ant populations.

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GBI arrested Justin Ferguson, 41, of Clarkesville, the former assistant chief of the Baldwin Police Department.

He is charged with felony theft by taking and violation of oath of office.

GBI said the investigation began April 7, when Baldwin PD called them to investigate missing money from the evidence room.

Investigators say Ferguson was the primary person in charge of the evidence room and was responsible for the money disappearing.

Ferguson was arrested April 24 and booked into the Habersham County Detention Center.

The Habersham County Sheriff’s Office said he was released on a $4,000 bond.

The investigation is active, and anyone with tips is encouraged to reach out to GBI Regional Investigative Office in Cleveland at 706-348-4866.

Anonymous tips can also be submitted by calling 1-800-597-TIPS(8477), online or by downloading the See Something, Send Something mobile app.

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All seven rounds from Pittsburgh are airing LIVE on Channel 2. Rounds two and three continue at 7 p.m.

Here is what to know about the 2026 NFL Draft.

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What days and times are the NFL Draft?

On Friday, the draft begins at 7 p.m. ET and on Saturday, it starts at noon ET.

What picks do the Atlanta Falcons have?

The Atlanta Falcons do not have any first round picks this year unless they trade up. As of now, the Falcons have the following selections:

• No. 48 pick in Round 2
• No. 79 pick in Round 3
• No. 122 pick in Round 4
• No. 215 pick in Round 6
• No. 231 pick in Round 7

ROUND 1 DRAFT ORDER:

1. Oakland Raiders
2. New York Jets
3. Arizona Cardinals
4. Tennessee Titans
5. New York Giants
6. Cleveland Browns
7. Washington Commanders
8. New Orleans Saints
9. Kansas City Chiefs
10. New York Giants
11. Miami Dolphins
12. Dallas Cowboys
13. Los Angeles Rams
14. Baltimore Ravens
15. Tampa Bay Buccaneers
16. New York Jets
17. Detroit Lions
18. Minnesota Vikings
19. Carolina Panthers
20. Dallas Cowboys
21. Pittsburgh Steelers
22. Los Angeles Chargers
23. Philadelphia Eagles
24. Cleveland Browns
25. Chicago Bears
26. Buffalo Bills
27. San Francisco 49ers
28. Houston Texans
29. Kansas City Chiefs
30. Miami Dolphins
31. New England Patriots
32. Seattle Seahawks

Also planning a return trip to the zoo are giant pandas. A previous contract expired back in 2024, sending a family of pandas back to China.

But now, two new pandas are coming soon.

“I mean, it’s exciting to get them back. That’s one of the things I was missing from the zoo was the pandas,” Kelso said.

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Giant Pandas Ping Ping and Fu Shuang are moving in soon.

“No animal generates the same level of enthusiasm as a panda bear,” Zoo Atlanta CEO Raymond King said.

King says the big announcement was 25 years in the making. That’s how long Lun Lun and Yang Yang stayed here, from 1999 until their return trip to China in 2024. During their time at Zoo Atlanta, they had seven cubs.

King says relationships make the world go round.

“There are only three zoos in the country that have the honor of displaying these pandas for the public, so it’s a win for the Zoo Atlanta, but also a win for the city and the state,” King said.

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State and city leaders are celebrating that win.

“Everybody loves the pandas, and grew up anticipating them. We’re gonna get two,” Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens said.

Ping Ping is a 6-year-old male and female Fu Shuang will turn 6 later this year.

“Ava, why are you sad? Is she sad to be going home?” Channel 2’s Berndt Petersen asked at the zoo’s exit.

“Right, she didn’t want to leave! She didn’t want to leave,” her father said.

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Facebook friends responded when a woman was helping an aging relative sell cars and jewelry to pay for a nursing home.

The problem was that it wasn’t her.

The hackers took advantage of all those pictures saved onto the Facebook page and used AI to create new fake photos that fooled Kelly McCormack’s friends, she told Channel 2 Consumer Investigator Justin Gray.

The photo had her face and a flight attendant uniform like the one she wears to work, but it was not her loved one in the bed or her Gucci purse.

“They said it was my uncle, was not my uncle. I don’t even know this man,” she said.

The AI picture was posted by a hacker to McCormack’s Facebook page just days after her father died.

In a post, the imposter told friends her uncle was moving into a personal care facility, so she was selling the cars from his used car dealership and his watch collection.

“My friends were texting me saying, ‘Hey, are you selling this car?’ ‘Are you selling these Rolexes? I didn’t know you had 10 Rolexes.’ Neither did I,” she said.

David Schofield sent his friend a $3,000 deposit through Zelle.

“She had just lost her father a week before this. And we’re like wow, you know, this is terrible. What else is she gonna go through? So be glad to help her out,” he said.

McCormack now knows multiple friends paid those $3,000 deposits to the hacker after exchanging messages with who they thought was a trusted friend

“You’re taking advantage of friends that you would never want to take advantage of,” she said.

“I mean, if this was Facebook Marketplace, I would never put down a deposit. Absolutely never. Right? But now these evil people are even getting us to not trust our friends,” Schofield said.

McCormack says she got nowhere with Facebook.

Even friends who reported the fraud were told by Facebook it did not violate community standards.

“There’s no one to talk to, to say this is not me because you can’t get in because your email is not associated,” McCormack said.

Justin Gray reached out to Facebook, and a contact there is working to resolve it.

Multiple police reports have been filed, with at least three different people who lost $3,000 to the hacker.

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Channel 2’s Wendy Corona spoke to leaders at Atlanta Watershed who walked her through millions of dollars in new investments to upgrade the heart of the water system and repair problematic pipes before a main breaks.

“We have breaks almost every single day, if not several a day,” said Atlanta Watershed commissioner Greg Eyerly.

Despite the constant battle, Atlanta’s Department of Watershed Management is working hard to prevent as many outages as they can.

The city is detecting leaks then making repairs to some of the city’s oldest pipes before they become a problem.

With visitors coming to Atlanta for the FIFA World Cup this June, city officials hope the work they’re doing now could help prevent a serious emergency when visitors are in the city.

“Will we have a water main break during that period?” Eyerly asked. " Yeah, we will; but will it impact the World Cup? No. We’re going to do everything we can to mitigate that possibility of a break."

The Atlanta Department of Watershed began working near downtown Atlanta and Mercedes-Benz Stadium, the epicenter of the World Cup.

“We feel the stress of the world coming to Atlanta,” Eyerly said. “All eyes are on us.”

The new wave of work began by identifying leaky pipes using a fleet of sound-based tools that can help them identify the condition of a pipe. The devices, called FIDO units, detect sound waves and interpret pitches to collect data on a pipe’s condition.

Hundreds of FIDO units were deployed starting downtown near the stadium and working their way out. Eventually, similar projects will extend to the rest of Atlanta Watershed’s service area.

While not every break starts with a leak, Eyerly said it gives the team a starting point to identify the worst pipes. From there, they can make targeted repairs that let them mitigate any breaks that may occur.

“Breaks are something that we live with, every city does,” Eyerly said. “Every system has breaks, so it’s our ability to reduce those breaks and reduce the impacts of those breaks and repair them more quickly when we have them.”

In many cases, that starts with working on valves that let the city isolate breaks and keep the city moving. Valve work is at the heart of projects like the one near the Georgia Tech campus on 8th Street.

When old valves fail, the ability to limit a break’s impact can fail.

That’s what happened two years ago when a wave of breaks disrupted struck Midtown, closing streets and damaging local businesses.

Those breaks started a domino effect that those who work in Midtown remember all too well.

“The water shot asphalt through the windows and then water started pouring in the bar,” said Jay Carter, a bartender at Eleventh Street Pub. “Almost all the equipment had to be replaced.”

Only a reclaimed wood table remains from the original furniture and equipment. Carter had to wait nearly two months before repairs were made and he could return to work.

The pub is just feet from one of the worst water main breaks from the wave of outages that hit the city in May and June of 2024.

According to Atlanta Watershed leaders, that outage was made worse by failing valves.

“I go back to the situation that happened almost two years ago,” said Hugh Smith, an assistant commissioner for the Department of Watershed Management. “The ability to isolate segments of the system is paramount when you’re dealing with main breaks. That is your lifeline.”

Smith showed Channel 2 Action News around the project on Georgia Tech’s campus near the intersection of 10th Street and Hemphill Street where valve replacements were underway.

“This line stop is being used to allow us to replace some valves that are broken,” Smith said. “The goal of this project was to go in and replace a broken 36-inch-main valve.”

The finished project will let the city contain water main breaks in that area, limiting their impact on the customers.

And an even bigger investment is happening at the Hemphill Water Treatment Plant at the heart of Atlanta Watershed’s service area. For more than 130 years, the water treatment plant in Midtown has provided safe drinking water while also collecting and treating wastewater.

Now, an $18 million investment into improvements at the facility aims to keep power on, pressure in the pipes and water flowing ahead of the World Cup.

Quinton Fletcher is the deputy commissioner for the Office of Water Treatment and Reclamation. He explained how the investments will help the city provide reliable water service through their pumped water system.

“These automatic generators will come on within three minutes and provide backup power to the water treatment plant and pump station,” Fletcher said.

And along with the valve replacement across downtown, Atlanta Watershed is transforming their water system: both for the FIFA World Cup and for growth in the years ahead.

Both are quick solutions to respond to disruptions under pressure both literally and psychologically.

“You have to have pressure in your system,” Fletcher said. “You don’t want to have to move forward with a boil water advisory.”

It’s all part of updating the city’s historic infrastructure for the modern world.

“I’ve seen what almost would be artwork in regards to the bricks and how they’re laid by craftsman from years ago,” Smith said.

“Those changes that we’re investing in now, we’ll continue to do those investments for the next several decades ahead of us,” said Eyerly. “The changes we’re making for FIFA, getting ready for the world, they’re for Atlanta.”

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