Emergency rooms see surge in heat-related illness cases amid rising temperatures
Learn about the rising heat-related illnesses in Atlanta, the dangers of heat stroke, and tips to prevent it. Stay safe in the heat!
Latest Headlines by Tom Regan
‘A matter of when’: Fake websites more common in growing AI-powered scam
A new wave of online scams driven by AI led consumers to lose almost a billion dollars according to Federal Bureau of Investigation’s cybercrimes team.
More potent marijuana products now available in Georgia under new law
Under an expanded medical marijuana program that takes effect today in Georgia, people who qualify for a medical cannabis card can buy marijuana buds and flower for vaporization, THC oil vapes and THC gummies.
Marijuana leaf, vapes available to medical cannabis patients under new Georgia law
Senate Bill 220 lifts the current 5% THC limit on products and allows the sale of marijuana vapes and leaf marijuana for vaporization at home.
‘I felt the dog tearing my hands apart:’ Gwinnett man recounts being mauled
A Duluth man is recovering after a large dog attacked him while he was walking his small dog in his neighborhood one evening last week.
‘It’s tough’: Workers who work outside say the extreme heat is making it much harder to work
Learn about the dangers of working in extreme heat and how crews are coping with high temperatures in Forsyth County.
Driver crashes into metro Atlanta home
Police and firefighters are responding to a vehicle crash involving a home in Gwinnett County.
By Tom Regan, WSB-TV and Melanie McCrea, wsbtv.com
Metro Atlanta Venezuelan immigrants heartbroken as earthquakes devastate homeland
Metro Atlanta Venezuelan immigrants with loved ones stranded and missing amid the rubble say it’s a heartbreaking situation.
Veteran to receive medal of heroism for pulling elderly man from burning car
A Lilburn teacher and army veteran who served in Iraq has been awarded the Carnegie Medal for Heroism after he courageously rescued a 90-year-old driver from a car engulfed in flames.
ICE holding facility plans in Georgia uncertain; DHS to use ‘existing’ detention space
Some residents of a metro city are hoping plans for an immigrant holding center will be scrapped after the federal government pulled the plug on a massive detention facility in Social Circle last week.
