Atlanta Hawks guard Joe Johnson will sit out the next two games after injuring his knee in Monday's game against the Chicago Bulls, the Hawks organization said Tuesday.
CANTON, Ga. - Traffic was blocked on Highway 20 near Union Hill Road in Canton Friday morning after a head-on collision between a car and a pickup truck.
PHOTOS | Hwy. 20 blocked after head-on collision
The truck was overturned and a car had been spun around with significant...more damage, images take from 11Alive SkyCam showed.
The drivers of both the car and the pickup truck were taken to area hospitals to be treated for injuries including broken bones. Their names were not immediately released. They were the only two people involved in the crash. Their injuries were not considered to be life threatening, a Cherokee County Police Department spokesperson said.
The driver of one of the vehicles involved in the crash apparently fell asleep at the wheel, the Cherokee Police spokesman said. It was not reported which driver allegedly fell asleep.
CANTON, Ga. – Traffic was blocked on Highway 20 near Union Hill Road in Canton Friday morning after a head-on collision between a car and a pickup truck. The truck was overturned and a car had been spun around with significant damage, images take from 11Alive SkyCam showed. The drivers...more of both the car and the pickup truck were taken to area hospitals to be treated for injuries including broken bones. Their names were not immediately released. They were the only two people involved in the crash. Their injuries were not considered to be life threatening, a Cherokee County Police Department spokesperson said. The driver of one of the vehicles involved in the crash apparently fell asleep at the wheel, the Cherokee Police spokesman said. It was not reported which driver allegedly fell asleep.
ATLANTA – The Atlanta Falcons may not be in the Super Bowl this year, but a member of their team is a champion in her own right. Atlanta Falcons cheerleader Sabrina C. (she prefers to keep her last name private) was named the hottest cheerleader in the NFL by BleacherReport.com. The...more website also named her the seventh hottest single in all of the sports world – ahead of Tiger Woods’ ex-wife Elin Nordegren and Kim Kardashian. 11Alive’s Ted Hall caught up with Sabrina on a metro Atlanta hiking trail. It’s a fitting place for a woman who grew up outdoors and embraces nature. On the trail with Hall, Sabrina comfortably handled a young python. She’s also the proud owner of two pit bulls. Aside from having the title of the NFL’s hottest cheerleader, Sabrina also has a head on her shoulders. She told Hall that she’s career-driven and is proud of her college degree in business. Sabrina said she is still surprised by the title “Hottest NFL cheerleader.”
BUFORD, Ga. -- Players of Buford High School's basketball team will wear wrist bands at their Friday night game with the initials of one of their beloved coaches who died Thursday.
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Thirty-year-old coach and special education teacher Ryan Daniel collapsed while playing basketball with fellow faculty members before school.
"My coaching staff, they're trained in AED and CPR and they reacted immediately," says Buford High principal Dr. Banks Bitterman.
Daniel's fellow coaches performed CPR and used an Automated External Defribillator but could not revive him. He was pronounced dead at the hospital.
Just five years ago, Daniel lost his father to a massive heart attack at age 56. Bitterman said Ryan knew the risk and took good care of himself; in fact, they worked out together just a few nights ago, and Daniel ran for 45 minutes on a
ATLANTA - Even the thought of HOPE scholarships being cut further is not good news, especially at Georgia State University, where forums are being held to find out exactly what the fallout has been so far from the changes last year to HOPE.
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Melissa Harris, an honors student who is in her final year who found out at the registrar's office that the HOPE financial aid she has always received now falls far short of what she needs to make it to graduation in May.
I had to come up with the rest of the money, finding loans. My father (and mother) couldn't help me... They are both unemployed so I had to go out there and raise the money myself by working," Harris said. "I've always worked, that's never been an issue even with my grades. I've always been able to save money, but I had to get two jobs. I eventually got a
ATLANTA (WXIA) --The tornado watch has been canceled for all of the 11Alive viewing area. The only counties still in the watch are from Macon southward. The main threat in metro Atlanta and north Georgia is for rain and the possibility of some localized flooding. The weather system is...more expected to drop one to two inches of rain across Georgia. But, the chances for severe weather are considered slight.
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Early Thursday evening, the National Weather Service issued a Tornado Watch that covered much of central-and southwest Georgia. The Watch included an area south of a line extending from Grantville to Griffin. The Watch, which indicates the potential for
NEWNAN, Ga. - Heavy rains were falling in Newnan Thursday evening, 11Alive's Jon Shirek reported. ANALYSIS | Atlanta weather forecasts from 11Alive's Meteorologists on the Weather Information Zone blog TRACK | Atlanta weather on interactive radar FORECAST | Atlanta weather forecast
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BUFORD, Ga. - A Georgia Bureau of Investigation forensic artist has reconstructed the features of a man based on recovered skeletal remains.
PHOTOS | Facial reconstruction from skull's remains
The GBI released three images of a facial reconstruction on a skull found earlier...more this year - yet another development in an intriguing investigation into the identity of the remains.
A partial set of skeletal remains discovered in unincorporated Buford match a dismembered torso found in the same area in 2009.
RELATED | Bones found last week match remains from 2009
Gwinnett Chief Medical Examiner Dr. Carole Terry was on the scene in July 2009 when a man's torso was found off Woodward Mill Road in Buford. At the time, she said the unidentified man had been dead about a week. Without someone coming forward, she felt there was little hope to find out who it was.
When a severed skull and arm and leg bones were found recently off Brown Road in