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BREAKING NEWS: Cobb County police say a 5-year-old child was hit by a car while exiting a school bus this afternoon. Full Story »

The 17-year-old high school student at the center of a teacher sex trial took the stand and told jurors she was a willing participant in the relationship with a former teacher. She said she remembered thinking, "This is awesomely crazy." Full Story »

Former Georgia state Sen. Kasim Reed is Atlanta's next mayor. Full Story »

DECATUR, Ga. -- A former DeKalb County elementary school principal accused in a test cheating scandal has pleaded guilty to falsifying government documents. Full Story »

AUGUSTA, Ga. -- An Augusta man will serve 10 years in prison after he caused a crash that left a baby seriously injured. Dexter J. Thomas pleaded guilty Tuesday in Richmond County Superior Court to serious injury by vehicle and driving with excessive blood alcohol concentration. Full Story »

A culvert on Spring Street in Flowery Branch collapsed Wednesday morning, sending part of the road tumbling into a creek. Full Story »

COBB COUNTY, Ga. -- A teenager is in custody after police said he severely beat a 60-year-old man during a robbery. Marietta police arrested Re’Dareio Jordan, 19, Dec. 3. Full Story »

LEXINGTON, Ga. -- An Oglethorpe County grand jury has declined to indict the county's former longtime sheriff on charges he and his son-in-law beat a man with a baseball bat at his daughter's home. Full Story »

FORT VALLEY, Ga. -- The Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity at Fort Valley State University has been suspended as authorities investigate an alleged hazing incident that left a student hospitalized with injuries to his kidney area. Full Story »

COLUMBUS, Ga. -- Cessna Aircraft Co. says the company will close its three Columbus plants within six to 24 months. The Wichita, Kan.-based airplane manufacturer has employed as many as 600 people in Columbus. Cessna told its remaining 315 workers the news on Tuesday. Full Story »

Alabama students and faculty won't have to worry about missing class to attend the national title football game. Full Story »

ATLANTA -- The Mega Millions lottery drawing on WSB-TV Channel 2 Friday night is worth $100 million. The jackpot grew because no player matched all the winning numbers from Tuesday night's $83 Million jackpot drawing. Full Story »

Marietta police found two men shot to death at a vacant apartment early Wednesday morning. Full Story »

WASHINGTON -- The Federal Aviation Administration said Tuesday it is forming a panel to examine the reliability of a telecommunications network that broke down last month, snarling air traffic across the country. Full Story »

Attorneys for convicted stocking strangler Carlton Gary have sought to stop his execution scheduled for next week so evidence from four of seven brutal rapes and slayings of elderly Columbus women in the late 1970s can be DNA tested. Full Story »

ATHENS, Ga. -- Undergraduate students at the University of Georgia will get a chance to study the effects of climate change on birds thanks to a $450,000 grant from NASA. Full Story »

ATLANTA -- Fulton County election officials will recount the votes from the Atlanta mayoral runoff on Wednesday. Former state Sen. Kasim Reed edged out city councilwoman Mary Norwood by only 715 votes in the Dec. 1 contest. Full Story »

SANDY SPRINGS, Ga. -- A former Sandy Springs police sergeant wants his job back after he said he was fired for comments he posted on his Facebook page. Full Story »

Dalton police officials arrested a man after he allegedly exposed himself at numerous hotels along College Drive. Full Story »

CLAYTON COUNTY, Ga. -- Clayton County police officers searched for two men who tried to rob a man selling firewood Tuesday afternoon. Clayton County police officials confirmed that two men pretended to buy wood from a man who lives on Lake Harbin Road in Morrow. Full Story »

ATLANTA -- Homicide investigators are trying to figure out what led to a shooting outside a home in southwest Atlanta. Authorities were called out to Hilltop Drive just after 8 a.m. Tuesday. Full Story »

Authorities said an elderly man in east Georgia died in a fire while trying to heat his home with a hot plate. Full Story »

A family is reeling after the deer they helped raise was shot to death. "Her beautiful, big dark eyes looked so innocent. She was breathtaking," said the owner's mother. SLIDESHOW: Beloved 'Bambi' Got A News Tip? E-mail Us At newstip@wsbtv.com Full Story »

ATLANTA -- Seven years ago, city leaders hailed the opening of the Publix grocery store in Historic Westside Village as the spark needed to revitalize that area of town. Full Story »

COBB COUNTY, Ga. -- A Cobb County mother was charged with child cruelty and involuntary manslaughter after police found her 7-month-old son dead. Police officers were dispatched to a home on Ling Drive in Austell early Sunday to assist with a medical call. Full Story »