DECATUR, Ga. -- Follow live updates of the murder trial for Hemy Neuman. Neuman is accused of killing Rusty Sneiderman while he dropped off his two-year-old son at a Dunwoody daycare. 

Tuesday | February 21, 2012

9:00 AM - Judge Gregory A. Adams addresses the...more courtroom. 

9:15 AM - Judge Gregory welcomes and address members of the jury. 

9:23 AM - Don Geary, the Asst. District Attorney for DeKalb County , presents opening statements from the prosecution, to the courtroom.

9:34 AM - Andrea Sneiderman, wife of Rusty Seinderman  breaks down sobbing while hearing details of the prosecution's case against Hemy Neuman. 

PHOTOS | The Hemy Neuman murder trial 

10:06 AM - Opening statements resume. 

10:18 AM - Douglas Peters, attorney for Hemy Neuman, introduces himself and presents opening statements from the defense. Peters discusses Neuman's background and describes him as "troubled, bright, well-educated, a hard

DECATUR, Ga. (WXIA) -- Police sources tell 11Alive News that two missing children have been found safe.

The children, 3-year-old Jalen Mattison and 1-year-old Amari Mattison, had been reported missing early Wednesday morning. Their mother, 24-year-old Ashley Mattison, said a man...more helping her when her car broke down on Interstate 20 near Wesley Chapel Road in DeKalb County had driven off with the children.

PHOTOS | Missing children from DeKalb County

Ashley Mattison said that as she made arrangements to have her Volvo towed, the suspect drove away with her children. Police said she did not know the suspect.

A detective source told 11Alive's Paul Crawley that Ashley Mattison had no fixed address, and had been living from hotel to hotel with the children.

A Levi's Call went out from authorities looking for the children, which led to a national alert for the man and his green Jeep Cherokee.

Authorities said around 1:30 p.m. that

DECATUR, Ga. -- Hines Ward pleaded no contest to reckless driving and guilty to failure to maintain lane Wednesday.

The Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver was in court following a DUI arrest in July. was in court on Wednesday following a DUI arrest in
July.

His sentence included one year of probation, 80 hours of community service and a $2,000 fine.

 
MIDTOWN --  Dwight Eubanks shared his style, personality and flair with 11Alive on Wednesday, February 22, 2012.  He visited the station to appear on Atlanta & Company. 
Dwight is known for his more than 20 years in the beauty and fashion business in Atlanta and for his past...more recurring role on the "Real Housewives of Atlanta".
Eubanks is heavily involved in the fashion industry and in the next weeks alone plans to travel to Paris, Italy, and to New York for fashion week. Here in Atlanta he runs two salons and has styled many of Atlanta's fashion elite.

Police said early Wednesday they were working on what they called an "active kidnapping" of two young children.

DeKalb Police said they are looking for 3-year-old Jalen Mattison and his sister, 1-year-old Amari Mattison. They were last seen with a black male, about 6 feet tall with a...more thin build in his 30s. He was last seen wearing a light brown or tan baseball cap. He was driving a 2000-to-2005 model hunter green Jeep Cherokee.

They were last seen on Wesley Chapel Road near I-20.

ATLANTA -- One person was arrested following an hours-long police standoff in north Atlanta Wednesday morning.

The suspect, who has not yet been identified, will be charged with firing celebratory gunfire, and may also faces charges for firing at police officers.

The incident...more began shortly before 5 a.m. Wednesday, when police received a call about an armed person barricaded inside an apartment at the Tempo Cabana complex on Curtis Drive near Buford Highway.

Six people, including two children, were inside the apartment at the time, DeKalb County police said.

Woodward Elementary School was used as a staging area for SWAT officials responding to the scene.

DeKalb County police said all of the Woodward students were safe and inside the school during the incident.

Cross Keys High School was monitored as well, but that school was not locked down.

Weak disturbances will continue to push into our area bring mostly clouds and a chance of showers. We will keep a slight chance for showers in the forecast for Wednesday afternoon and a chance for isolated thunderstorms, mainly over the North GA. We will see a mix of sun and clouds with a...more southerly flow, expect temps to rise into the mid to upper 60s. Another wave will approach the area Thursday. Ahead of the front, clouds will increase and we will have a better chance for scattered showers. Highs ahead of the front will be well into the 60s. Some spots will reach 70. Rain should move in by later afternoon or early evening.

 

Long Term:

The forecast right now has the front moving through the area by Friday afternoon, although the models are flip flopping on timing. Right now will keep the showers in the forecast for Friday AM and the possibility for an afternoon thunderstorm. Skies clear out by Friday evening, bringing Sunshine for the weekend with

ATLANTA -- The Atlanta Silverbacks have developed a new community-centered organizational focus, the soccer club announced Monday.
This "Think Community" initiative involves the team's fans. The Silverbacks turned to Facebook and Twitter, asking how metro Atlanta residents want the club to...more be involved in local issues and causes.
"As an organization, we want to continue growing and developing, but we want to achieve that with the community at our side," Silverbacks owner Boris Jerkunica said. "By giving the people within our community a voice, we can better understand how to work together to fulfill each others' goals."
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Through the "Think Community" vision, the Silverbacks hope to host a series of community-themed nights, with each set to correspond with a 2012 home game. These events will allow local residents and businesses to promote and celebrate their community on a professional soccer platform.
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Indianapolis, IN (Sports Network) - The North Carolina Central-South Carolina
State football game has been rescheduled as the Circle City Classic on Oct. 6
at Lucas Oil Stadium.

Previously, the game between Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference members was
scheduled to be played...more at North Carolina Central.

This will be South Carolina State's third appearance in the Circle City
Classic.

The 63,000-seat Lucas Oil Stadium is the home of the Indianapolis Colts and
site of Super Bowl XLVI earlier this month.

2012 South Carolina State Football Schedule

Aug. 30, at Georgia State, Atlanta

Sept. 8, Bethune-Cookman*, Orangeburg, S.C.

Sept. 15, at Arizona, Tucson, Ariz.

Sept. 22, at Texas A&M, College Station, Texas

Sept. 29, Norfolk State*, Orangeburg, S.C.

Oct. 6, at North Carolina Central*, Indianapolis

Oct. 13, at Delaware State*, Dover, Del.

Oct. 20, at Florida A&M*,

The main threat from storms that will develop later this afternoon in TN will eventually spread into the northern 3 rows of counties in N Georgia around 7-9pm tonight. Damaging winds and large hail are the primary threats, although an isolated tornado is not out of the question, highly...more unlikely, but can't rule it out 100% 
Discussion
A wave of energy is rotating around the main trough that is set up over the mid section of the country. That will interact with some warmth and moisture later this evening in TN. As this wave moves in it will spark some storms that will interact with a boundary up north from storms that moved through overnight. Some of those storms will move into N Georgia later tonight and could be severe.
The threat for metro Atlanta appears to be very low at this time, but we will continue to watch.
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ATLANTA -- The Georgia Legislature is honoring the 45 National Guard soldiers who have died in the wars in Iraq and

Afghanistan.

Members of the House rose for a moment of silence Wednesday before the day was named "National Guard Day" at the Capitol.

House Speaker...more David Ralston, flanked by commanders and soldiers from the National Guard, honored family members of the fallen soldiers, some of whom were in the gallery of the House chamber.

The names of the soldiers who have died were read out loud during the ceremony.

In the Senate, Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle recognized the sacrifice of the National Guard and their families. On hand was former state Sen. Jim Butterworth, now commander for the Georgia National Guard.

DECATUR, Ga. (WXIA) - The first day of the Hemy Neuman trial is in the books, with widow Andrea Sneiderman the first witness called to the stand.

Sneiderman defiantly insisted there was no affair between she and the man accused of gunning down her husband in November...more 2010.

Sneiderman says though she and Neuman, her direct supervisor at GE Energy, traveled together on business, there was nothing to accusations of an affair between the two of them, though, she said, she was aware that he had feelings for her, and that he had expressed this to her during a Nevada business trip.

Police said Neuman shot Sneiderman's husband, Rusty Sneiderman, to death outside a Dunwoody day care center shortly after Rusty Sneiderman dropped off their young son on November 18, 2010.

Testimony resumes Wednesday morning at 9. 11Alive.com will continue live coverage. Televised coverage is on WIZ tv, our 24 hour weather channel -- which can be found at channel 11.2,