WSB-TV (Atlanta, GA)

WSB-TV, an ABC affiliate and the first TV news station in the South, is owned by Cox Media Group. It is the top local TV station in Atlanta, providing seven hours of news coverage each weekday. In addition to its broadcasts, WSB-TV manages its website, wsbtv.com, and offers news, weather, and traffic apps. The station also features MeTV on its digital sub-channel 2.2.

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EXCLUSIVE: Channel 2 gets an inside look before demolition of Atlanta Medical Center

1 day ago | wsbtv.com | Michael Doudna

ATLANTA — For more than 100 years, Georgia Baptist has stood as an essential metro Atlanta hospital. Soon, the facility will be demolished, making way for a new mixed-use development. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks]“The next iteration of Boulevard begins on Monday as the building gets raised and the exposure of the western skyline is made available to the full community,” Eric Pinckney, with Integral, said.
Facial scanning tech makes security faster at Hartfield-Jackson, feds say

2 days ago | wsbtv.com | Cory James

CLAYTON COUNTY, Ga. — Long travel trips may not feel as long for U.S. passengers at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International airport because of new technology. U.S. Customs and Border Protection says facial recognition technology is designed to reduce wait times for international travelers like Paul Tsoucholos, who are eager to get home. “You just stand in front of a camera. It scans your face, and the officer has your name and all your information,” he said. And officials say that is how it works.
Volunteers play music to soothe shelter animals

2 days ago | wsbtv.com | Thomas Peipert

DENVER — (AP) — It's often said music is the universal language of humanity. Now a 12-year-old Houston boy is putting that to the test for an unlikely audience — man's best friend. Yuvi Agarwal started playing keyboard when he was 4 and several years ago noticed his playing soothed his family's restless golden doodle, Bozo. He grew curious if it also could help stressed homeless animals.
‘It’s very intense’: Those who work outdoor workers deal with dangerous heat

3 days ago | wsbtv.com | Michael Doudna

ATLANTA — [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks]Throughout the metro, thousands of people battled the sun as temperatures climbed to near-record highs. “You got to be a different kind of person to be able to endure these types of temperatures,” Christopher Gregory, owner of CMG Landscape and Maintenance, told Channel 2’s Michael Doudna. Gregory and his team were hard at work Tuesday.
Cars breaking down in dangerous heat wave

3 days ago | wsbtv.com | Tom Regan

ROSWELL, Ga. — Auto repair shops in metro Atlanta are seeing a surge in the number of vehicles coming in with mechanical problems caused by the scorching heat wave gripping Georgia. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks]That includes Roswell Auto Center on Alpharetta Highway in North Fulton County. Currently, mechanics are working on 15 vehicles with problems related to heat.
Woman with ties to cultlike group appears in court after border agent's killing

3 days ago | wsbtv.com | Amanda Swinhart |Patrick Whittle

BURLINGTON, Vt. — (AP) — A woman charged in the death of a U.S. Border Patrol agent appeared in a Vermont federal court Tuesday in one of multiple criminal cases linked to a cultlike group known as Zizians. Authorities have said Teresa Youngblut fired the bullet that killed agent David Maland during the January traffic stop. Another agent fired back, wounding Youngblut and killing her companion, Felix Bauckholt, officials have said.
Georgia Public Service Commission considers Georgia Power’s energy plan as data centers and AI boom

4 days ago | wsbtv.com | Michael Doudna

ATLANTA — A plan before Georgia’s Public Service Commission could shape the future of the state’s energy grid system. The commission held its third public hearing on Georgia Power’s integrated resource plan on Monday, Channel 2’s Michael Doudna reported. The power company is planning for the projected exploding demand for energy over the next six years. “Really, our grid is going to double over the next eight to 10 years.
HVAC repair crews work overtime to help in heatwave

4 days ago | wsbtv.com | Tom Regan

GWINNETT COUNTY, Ga. — The searing heat has HVAC crews swamped with calls of air conditioning systems breaking down all over metro Atlanta. A repair team in Norcross told Channel 2’s Tom Regan that they expect to fix air conditioning units at a half dozen homes before the day is out.
2 former Cobb standouts help LSU sweep Coastal Carolina to win Men’s College World Series

4 days ago | wsbtv.com | Courtney Martinez

OMAHA, Neb. — The LSU Tigers swept the Coastal Carolina Chanticleers to win the 2025 Men’s College World Series on Sunday. Two former metro Atlanta high school standouts played a huge role in the Tigers’ success this season. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks]Michael Braswell III and Jared Jones both grew up in Cobb County. Braswell attended Campbell High School and Jones attended Walton High School.
Woman says she’s spent thousands in home repairs because of Powder Springs storm water drain

4 days ago | wsbtv.com | Ashli Lincoln

A Powder Springs woman is blaming the city’s placement of a storm water drain for constant yard flooding. Deborah Hamilton Williams says the price tag is in the thousands when it comes to the home repairs she’s had to make. “That just got to be too expensive,” she told Channel 2 investigative reporter Ashli Lincoln. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks]Williams says she hasn’t been able to use her pool in five years because of constant flooding.