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A crane collapse in Midtown sent
people to hospital, evacuated
buildings and shut down roads.
We're live from the scene with the latest.
Then we continue to follow that breaking
news in Midtown impacting multiple streets.
And in Marietta, we've got a major police
activity scene we need to warn you about.
The potential of a mortgage
with No Down Payment.
We walk you through a plan, hopg
to bring affordable housing to
teachers and 1st responders.
Not only the umbrella
for today, you're also going to
need that jacket. We'll have a
scatter showers around and it wl
be on the cool side, breezy as .
We'll have the details for you coming out
right now. A crane collapse
in Midtown is still causing
problems this morning for peopl.
Molly Oak is live from where it
happened on West Peachtree St.
Molly what have you learned this morning?
Sure, Anisha, I just watched ase
of the fire trucks move through
this road closed signs behind m.
We're at 11th and West Peachtree where
that road is still shut down this morning.
But I want you to take a look
at some video from yesterday.
We can show you a bird's eye vif
that crane collapse that happenn
Midtown Crusade was between theh
and 10th floors of a building ur
construction off West Peachtree.
The crane collapse caused some y
damage inside, destroying balco.
Atlanta Fire Rescue says four people were
taken to Grady Hospital with minor injuries.
Fire crews evacuated 4 building,
including an apartment out of precaution.
Now the Central Park Rec Centers
just one of the places that is opened
up as a shelter for those resid.
OSHA is event investigating that
crane collapse.
We'll keep you updated as we
continue to learn more.
Guys,
Molly, thank you. We are followg
an investigation in Brookhaven.
A police officer fired shots at a man
accused of threatening employeed
guests at a hotel that's close .
Hill and Garden and staff.
They kicked them out.
In Brookhaven, police spotted the man
less than a mile away in someons
front yard right along Ashford.
Dunwoody Rd. Police tell us the
man started resisting the offic.
So then the officer shot at him.
No one was hurt.
New this morning, two people wee
found shot on Donnelly Halliwell Pkwy.
One of them died.
The victim's grandmother.
Tells us Dominique Mckibbens jut
turned 18 and is the victim.
Police are still looking for the
person who pulled the trigger.
It is back to court this morning
for a couple in Griffin accusedf
starving and neglecting their young son.
Tyler and Christa Shinley will
face a judge for a bond hearing.
They're accused of attempting
malice murder as well as first
degree cruelty to children.
And that was a look at your
Tuesday morning headlines.
All right. A rainy Tuesday morn.
Chesley.
That's absolutely right.
Widespread rain too.
It's light for the most part,
but it is more of a nuisance for
us having to get out drive in
this or having to stand at the s
stop in this for this morning.
A light rain you can see extends from
Ellijay over to Dalton down through Calhoun,
all be in the Roswell, startingo
fill in around the perimeter as well.
Some light sprinkles around youy
be running in and out of some drizzle,
but it's a little bit more spotty once
you get further down to the Sou.
That's what it's going to be.
At least for this morning.
We're got this light rain
around widespread and then.
Becomes a little bit more isolad
once we get toward the afternoo.
Not going to Matt up to too much today.
I'm thinking an inch and half
an inch or less in most spots.
What you're going to find as
far as the wet weather goes,
and we're not anticipating muchn
the way of thunderstorms either.
Not for the day.
Instability isn't there.
They don't have the the warm wer
for that, for the thunderstorms,
just some cool weather.
So it's going to be a more
of a nuisance rain for us.
Temperatures in the 60s,
just about everywhere you look
63 degrees down toward Locust
Grove and McDonough.
62 degrees over toward Conyers looking
at 62 in Chattahoochee Hills, Newnan,
in the heart of Coweta County a.
Powder Springs at 6363 in Maple,
Hiram at 62.
You're at 61 up there in Acwort.
Tucker at 6262 as well as Roswell 64,
Downtown Atlanta at the current
tower you want to wear.
Forecast calls for that jacket
and also with the umbrella.
You're going to need that for t.
Will be breezy and cool this afternoon 70
or at least near 70 for your afternoon high.
We got the rain around for toda,
but tomorrow less than a 10%
chance for that rain to be arou.
In fact,
I think we'll start off with some rain
in our southernmost towns And t.
You're looking at the clouds.
Those clouds will clear out.
We'll get the sunshine back
in for Wednesday afternoon.
Hold on to it for your Thursday
and a few more clouds will work
their way toward us by Friday.
Got another front that's going to come in.
It's a weak one,
so I don't expect to see much
in the way of rainfall,
but we will see an increase in
cloud cover which will keep
that temperature back down.
Once again,
here it is our our,
our regional satellite radar
composite shows the rain mainly
over Georgia and into Alabama.
That's where we'll find it
at least for this morning.
Any severe weather around,
I think it will be well West.
Of our area today.
In fact,
Storm Prediction Center hasn't
even placed anything over us
that light green shade,
which means a general
threat for thunderstorms.
Not even over our area today.
We're looking at just a beautif,
beautiful afternoon for us.
Once we get toward Wednesday
and into Thursday,
we'll get the sunshine back in.
Temperature wise,
we'll be warming up Thursday 82
for the high under mostly sunny
skies back down to 78 degrees
both Friday and Saturday and
then back to the 80s by Sunday
into Memorial Day crash.
All right, Chesley,
appreciate that it's been quite
an active rush hour here.
We still see plenty of police
out here along Windy Hill Rd.
This is just east of Cobb Parkw.
This is a live look.
Our photographers been on the scene here.
We did see police officers and
fire crews up on that roof.
Maybe they were looking for
somebody who's trying to break .
We don't know all the details.
We're still gathering informati.
We'll let you know at 11 alive..
But the good news is Windy Hills
accessible if you're trying to e
your way between Cobb Parkway and I-75.
What's not accessible?
Well, that's where that crane collapses.
W Peachtree still closed between 10th and 12.
Spring closed between 12th and .
So kind of like just a little boxed off area.
There you got Peachtree.
That is your best bet for an alternate.
It runs North and South through midtown.
You'll be fine with that.
We've got crews on the scene
as we take another live look.
This is spring and 10th,
as you can see, closed off.
We will give you updates all
morning and all afternoon at 11.
Alive.com.
Aisha.
We are learning new details abot
the death of a Fulton County in.
35 year old Lashawn Thompson was found
dead last September and his famy
says he was eaten to death by bedbugs.
The private autopsy released on
Monday says Thompson's body was
covered in bedbug bites when he died.
It also says irregular heartbeat
was brought on by dehydration
and untreated schizophrenia.
In about two hours of the Cab
County Commission will decide te
future of your stormwater fees.
They could decide to double that annual fee.
Ariana Manise is live with
more for us this morning.
Ariana a lot of people upset about the
potential of another bill going.
What's bringing all of this abo?
Well, the De Kalb County
Board of Commissioners,
they say that this potential tax increase,
at this point, it's unavoidable because
the storm water drainage system,
it's old, it's aging,
the pipes underground are collapsing,
causing dangerous sinkholes.
Now county commissioners,
they explain why they're uppinge
annual fee last night at a town
town hall before today's vote.
They say on average they received 2500
calls a year from residents reporting
storm water drainage problems.
And they are running out
of money and resources.
To fix those issues,
So breaking down this potential rate hike,
they say that the annual fee will go from
48 to $96 a year starting next month,
an increase to $120.00 startingl
over the next few years rather.
Now we will hear how the county
commissioners will weigh in on this matter.
It's on their agenda for today's meeting,
which gets underway at 9:00 AM Back to you.
This morning we are learning moe
about a plan from Georgia Senator John
Ossoff to bring affordable housg
to teachers and 1st responders.
He says the legislation is moded
after a program that serves veterans.
The bill, called the HELPER Act,
is cosponsored with Florida Senator Marco
Rubio and would be backed by the FHA.
It would help get a down
paymentfree mortgage.
Senator Ossoff says this is so
crucial to helping these first
responders and teachers afford e
houses and communities they ser.
In housing markets across the s,
where it's becoming increasingly difficult
to put together that cash on the front end,
the borrower still has to be creditworthy.
The underwriters at the bank stl
have to do all of the due dilige
to ensure that the loan is sound
and do that risk assessment.
But for these public servants who really need
to live in the communities where they work,
I mean, you want your teachers
to live in your community.
You want firefighters and police
officers to be able to live in
the communities they serve?
Senator Ossoff hopes there will
be support from across the aisle
on this bipartisan legislation.
This morning, a new survey crowns one
metro Atlanta city as the hottet
housing market in the country.
In Gainesville, GA, for instanc,
which was the hottest housing mt
in our study, that median home
price is about 375,000.
All right, you heard it.
Gainesville gets the top spot.
According to bankrate.com.
The study was based on home val,
employment levels, job growth,
population trends,
and a couple other factors.
The stage is now set for
the Terra Theaters return.
The historic theater is going
to reopen on Thursday, May 25th.
The month long renovation is now done.
So the updated theater is goingo
honor its past screening Star W,
which first aired in Atlanta
at the Terra Back.
The future Part 2 is going
to play as well and TAR,
which was the last movie
shown before it closed.
Anybody who donated to support
the theater can use their credis
for opening weekend tickets.
Chesley.
All right, noon today.
We're still looking at some isod
showers that will be around
temperatures right at 65 degree.
Not going to fluctuate all that much.
We'll get up to near 70
for an afternoon high.
Will be a bit breezy and cool,
is what we'll call it Again witw
isolated showers around the aref
those east winds up to about 11.
Gusts may be a little bit
higher than that by 6:00.
O'clock cloudy skies.
Mostly cloudy skies will be the call.
Temperatures right around 67 degrees by then.
Hey, we're going to get some
sunshine back in here for tomor.
Temperatures will respond to that as well.
76 for the high,
back to the 80s by Thursday under most.
Things
are heating up this morning on e
Voice as the finalists are waitg
to see who wins it all tonight r
several passionate performances.
Although Atlanta's own Kate Marn
didn't make it to the top five,
she got so close and did make
it to round two of the playoffs.
But now it's time to see who cos
out on top as the season 23 win.
You can see it all happened right here in
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he's been so all right.
Have a great day everybody.
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