Falling trees damage several homes in metro area – Atlanta News, Weather … – MyFox Atlanta
SANDY SPRINGS, Ga. – Tuesday’s rainy weather brought a tree crashing down onto a home in Atlanta’s Virginia-Highland neighborhood. A neighbor says the home was under renovation, and the work had just been finished when the tree fell. “I woke up to a rumble, it sounded like thunder, about 6:20 a.m.,” said neighbor Aron Glinsky. At first, […]
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 […]
Inside job, 2 Canadian militants in Algerian siege – Atlanta News, Weather … – MyFox Atlanta
By AOMAR OUALI and KARIM KEBIR ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) – The Islamist militants who attacked a natural gas plant in the Sahara included two Canadians and a team of explosives experts who had memorized the layout of the sprawling complex and were ready to blow the place sky-high, Algeria’s prime minister said Monday. Militants in […]
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 […]
Blood found on borrowed car in missing girl case – Atlanta News, Weather … – MyFox Atlanta
By KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) – Blood was found inside a car borrowed by a Las Vegas Strip card dealer last seen with a missing 10-year-old girl and later arrested in the razor blade slashing of a co-worker at the posh Bellagio resort, a prosecutor said Friday. Brenda Stokes Wilson was identified […]
Police union seeks more help for Newtown officers – Atlanta News, Weather … – MyFox Atlanta
By MICHAEL MELIA Associated Press HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) – Some of the police officers who responded to the school shooting in Newtown are so traumatized they haven’t been working, but they have to use sick time and could soon be at risk of going without a paycheck, a union official said Wednesday. The union, Council […]
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 […]
