Car dealer faces charges after complaints
Cartersville police say Terry Spruell, 64, took money from numerous customers, but didn’t give them the vehicle titles. CARTERSVILLE, Ga. –Cartersville police are looking for a car dealer they say took money from both investors and customers of his dealership, but didn’t make good on payments or titles for the vehicles. North Georgia Financing is […]
Police: Gunman planned for hostage situation
FOX 5 has confirmed the name of the man, who police say, held Gwinnett County firefighters hostage for hours on Wednesday. Police say 55-year-old Lauren Brown was the gunman, and apparently had been planning the incident for weeks. Brown lived alone, and apparently inherited the home and other debt last year. The home went into […]
Tuesday brings snow flurries to north Georgia – Atlanta News, Weather, Traffic … – MyFox Atlanta
More snow on Tuesday! Photo from a FOX 5 viewer. ATLANTA – Some areas in northwest Georgia, as well as the metro area, are seeing snow flurries on Tuesday. FOX 5 Storm Team Meteorologist Joanne Feldman says minor accumulations of ½” to 1″ will be confined to the higher elevations of the north Georgia mountains. […]
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A chance to dry out before the next round – Atlanta News, Weather, Traffic … – MyFox Atlanta
A FOX 5 viewer submitted this photo of the Yellow River near the Lilburn-Lawrenceville border swelling its banks on Saturday. ATLANTA – The rain has left the area, but it was replaced Saturday night and early Sunday morning with dense fog. That fog will burn off allowing the sun to shine through and a chance […]
Girlfriend’s mom: Why did he do this? – Atlanta News, Weather, Traffic, and … – MyFox Atlanta
By GERALD IMRAY and JON GAMBRELL Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) – The family of Oscar Pistorius’ slain girlfriend wants answers, her mother told a Johannesburg newspaper, as South Africans braced to hear why prosecutors believe a national hero murdered the model who was shot multiple times. June Steenkamp, Reeva Steenkamp’s mother, told The Times in […]
Winter storm brings freezing rain, sleet – Atlanta News, Weather, Traffic, and … – MyFox Atlanta
ATLANTA – Freezing rain made its way through Georgia on Friday. It didn’t impact the entire state, but it did cause some headaches for those living in portions of north Georgia. The cold temperatures mixed with moisture to bring in a wintry mix fall late Thursday evening. The temperatures started dropping Friday morning and the […]
Butts Co. authorities locate missing man – Atlanta News, Weather, Traffic, and … – MyFox Atlanta
BUTTS COUNTY, Ga. – Authorities say missing man in Butts County has been located. Mark Oliver Ball, 71, was last seen Saturday on Collins Road in Jackson. According to the Butts County Sheriff’s Office, Ball was located at a hospital in Thomaston in Upson County on Monday morning. Deputies did not say how Ball ended […]
Senate approves fiscal cliff legislation 89-8 – Atlanta News, Weather, Traffic … – MyFox Atlanta
By DAVID ESPO AP Special Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) – Hours past a self-imposed deadline for action, the Senate passed legislation early New Year’s Day to neutralize a fiscal cliff combination of across-the-board tax increases and spending cuts that kicked in at midnight. The pre-dawn vote was a lopsided 89-8. Senate passage set the stage for […]
Atlanta News, Weather, Traffic, and Sports | FOX 5 Rain aids battle against … – MyFox Atlanta
By RAQUEL MARIA DILLON and SUE MANNING Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) – Rain arrived Wednesday to help in the assault on a 3,800-acre fire in the San Gabriel Mountains northeast of Los Angeles. Remnants of Tropical Storm John brought the precipitation and darkened the skies over the Angeles National Forest where firefighters have been […]
