Thursday morning a Georgia man saw a 5-year-old girl running down the street toward him, naked and crying for her mother. Now, Channel 2 Action News reports that mother is being held in the Cobb County jail. Clifton Battle told Channel 2 he was walking with his grandkids to the bus stop around 7 a.m. […]
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Organizers of a meeting to discuss an upcoming mayoral race in Georgia barred reporters from attending — unless they were African-American. The Wednesday meeting at a church in Savannah was held to try to unite the city’s black community behind a single candidate for mayor in the Nov. 5 election. Signs […]
A Georgia man has been sentenced to serve nearly two decades in prison for smuggling cocaine in children’s toys through the United States Postal Service. According to Patch.com, Marlon Matthew Pittman was sentenced to 17 years in prison. According to reports Pittman, 45, will also have to serve eight years on probation and give up […]
There is a new bill in Georgia that would make abortion illegal at the time when a doctor can detect a heart beat; which is usually 6 weeks gestation. Jacque Reid goes Inside Her Story with Representative Erica Thomas who is strongly opposed to this bill. Thomas is 5 months pregnant herself and didn’t find out […]
The University of Georgia’s Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity has been suspended after video featuring members whipping someone while referring to cotton picking drew an online backlash. ABC News reports, the national chapter suspended the UGA chapter and expelled four members who were featured in the video. “Since 1899, our fraternity has taken much pride in […]
A Georgia man was arrested on animal cruelty charges twice in three days after a dog in his care was so badly injured that it had to be euthanized, Channel 2 Action News reports. Police were reportedly called to the home of 35-year-old Courtney Thomas after a neighbor discovered a pit bull mix with injuries […]
Authorities in Georgia have identified the body found near a post office last week as 19-year-old Jacorey Harris who was reported missing by his family in January. According to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution police do not know how or when Harris died. Harris was reported missing by his family Jan. 21 after leaving home about 10:15 a.m. […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court was about to adjourn for the day when the Georgia baritone politely inquired of the lawyer at the lectern. Justice Clarence Thomas, the court’s only African-American member and lone Southerner, was breaking a three-year silence at high court arguments with a couple of questions in a case about racial […]
The daughters of a Georgia woman killed outside a bank Saturday said they don’t know how they will manage without her. The girls described 45-year-old Tynesha Evans as caring, funny, and endlessly supportive. Anything they needed, she found a way to provide for them and their brother. “She was the best thing that I could […]
A teenager accused of causing a crash that killed a 2-year-old girl was granted bond in a Georgia courtroom Thursday morning. According to reports, Randal Holsey, 19, waived his preliminary hearing, but was granted $100,000 bond. Holsey is accused of driving 103 mph down a busy road on Jan. 17. Police say he sped through a red […]
A Georgia man, who has served 12 years of his lifetime murder sentence, is entitled to a new trial after the Georgia Supreme Court overturned his conviction. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports, Derrick Cartwright was found guilty of murdering Kevin Stafford on April 3, 2006. On Monday the state Supreme Court unanimously ruled that his trial […]
Channel 2 Action News reports that investigators in Georgia are preparing to interview a Cobb County day care worker who is accused of forcing children to unclog a toilet with their bare hands. Channel 2 received an email from someone complaining about a male teacher, writing in part: “He was tired of the boys getting […]
