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Wide range of temperatures across north Georgia to start weekend
As we head into the last weekend of April, you may notice a change in the temperatures depending on where you step out Friday. Severe Weather Team 2 Meteorologist Brian Monahan says a wedge will develop across the northeast metro and mountains today. A wedge is a bubble of cooler air near the surface that gets trapped along the eastern slopes of the Appalachian Mountains. [DOWNLOAD: Free Severe Weather Team 2 App for alerts wherever you go] It’s causing a big difference in temperatures.
First Alert Forecast | Mainly dry weather continues
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - The weather stays mainly dry for the next several days in north Georgia. A few showers cannot be ruled out on Friday, but most of the day will be dry. High temperatures will range from the 60s in northeast GA to the 70s in Atlanta, and low 80s southwest of Atlanta.
Plans underway for revamped Ocoee Whitewater Center, set to partially reopen in May
BENTON, Tenn. — The U.S. Forest Service released a progress report for the reimagining of the Ocoee Whitewater Center Thursday, 2 years after the visitor center was destroyed by a fire. Plans are in motion to open parts of the area in May. According to a release, a design...
GBI, Towns County Sheriff's Office searching for missing, endangered woman
TOWNS COUNTY, Ga. — The Towns County Sheriff's Office is actively searching for a missing 47-year-old woman who was last seen in early April. According to the sheriff's office, it received a report of a missing person on April 17 regarding Tanya Michelle Sorrells of Young Harris. She was last seen on Sunday, April 6, at a residence in the Gumlog Road area. The sheriff's office said Sorrells had withdrawn money from her personal banking account and told a relative she was going to Columbia, South Carolina.
Suspect in North Carolina murder commits suicide in victim’s vehicle
MURPHY, North Carolina (WDEF) – Investigators are closing the book on a murder in the North Carolina mountains. Cherokee County deputies found a woman’s body at her home in the Andrews area on Monday. Windy Thompson’s vehicle was also missing. They quickly identified a South Carolina man...
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