Tina Douglas
5 Firms Vie For Chance To Design Falcons’ Stadium
ATLANTA (AP/WAOK) – Five architecture firms are vying for the chance to design the Atlanta Falcons’ new retractable-roof stadium. Officials with the NFL Team and the Georgia World Congress Center concluded two days of interviews [...]
Griffin Man Denied Bond In Girl’s Death
SPALDING COUNTY – (WAOK/AJC) – A Griffin man is being held without bond, charged with killing a 9-year old girl, who was visiting the home, where he lived. 40-year old Shane Collett was denied bail [...]
Former WNBA Star Chamique Holdsclaw Under Arrest
ATLANTA (WAOK/AJC) - UPDATE: Former WNBA star Chamique Holdsclaw turned herself into Atlanta Police Thursday on various charges in connection with an altercation with a former girlfriend. She is being held in Fulton County Jail. [...]
Tracen Franklin Found Guilty In Tillman Murder
DOUGLASVILLE - One of four teens charged in the beating death of 18 year old Bobby Tillman, has been found guilty. Tracen Franklin is the first of the defendants to stand trial in the bullying [...]
Woman Who Contracted Bacterial Infection Caused By Dog’s Saliva Dies
A woman who was battling a flesh-eating disease caused by a dog’s saliva has died.
Lightning Hits Worker and Causes House Fires
ATLANTA – A maintenance man working on a roof at Atlanta’s downtown Marriott Marquis Hotel, on Peachtree Center Avenue, was struck by lightning when a heavy storm moved through the city Thursday afternoon. The man [...]
Boy Drowns in Apartment Complex Pool
CUMMING, Ga. (AJC/ WAOK) – A Forsyth County boy is dead after being pulled from an apartment complex pool, by his father. According to the Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office, 7-year-old Stephon Alston of Cumming was [...]
Man Killed Fleeing From Police On The Southside
ATLANTA – (WAOK/AJC) - Fulton county police say a McDonough man was killed, after a brief chase from police on the city’s southside Friday night. Georgia state patrol spokesman, Gordy Wright, says a trooper, tried to [...]
Man Drowns At Lake Lanier
FORSYTH COUNTY – (WAOK/AJC) - Forsyth County authorities say rescue teams pulled a 44- year old man from Lake Lanier Thursday afternoon, who was later pronounced dead at a local hospital. Emergency crews responded to a [...]
Mother Faces Charges After Children Left In Hot Car
FULTON COUNTY – (WAOK/AJC) - A Fulton county mother is now in trouble, after authorities say she went shopping and left her two kids alone in a hot car. 29 year old Zecole Thomas is [...]
