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Athens-Clarke County: a car and a Clarke County Schools bus collided on the Athens Perimeter outer loop at about 7:15 a.m. Thursday; children were aboard and none were reported injured, and the car's driver was taken to the hospital  ◆  DeKalb County: an overturned tractor-trailer closed all eastbound lanes of I-285 at Moreland Avenue from 9:43 a.m.; the east and west ramps to Moreland are closed and Moreland is blocked at Cedar Grove Road and Henrico Road  ◆  Sumter County: one dead and one airlifted after a head-on accident on Highway 19 South near Highway 308 and Three Bridges Road; WALB reported northbound lanes closed and traffic rerouted onto Highway 308  ◆  Troup County: all lanes of I-185 southbound were closed at South Thompson Road from 7:46 a.m.; GDOT dropped the event from 511's active list just after 9 a.m., about 46 minutes before its own anticipated end time  ◆  DeKalb County: driver hits a power pole at Bouldercrest Road and Clifton Church Road; all lanes blocked at WSB-TV's 7:26 a.m. report, at least 60 Georgia Power customers out, and investigators say the driver did not stay on the scene  ◆  Augusta: David Mosley, 65, charged with murder in the shooting death of Otis Keith Pearce, 33, on the 3500 block of Rushing Road; Richmond County deputies arrested him at the scene; charged, not convicted  ◆  DeKalb County: police searching for Jakarii Eason and his two young children after an hourslong SWAT response at an apartment on Woodberry Place near Flat Shoals Parkway ended with an empty unit; Eason wanted on kidnapping, false imprisonment and family violence battery charges, not in custody  ◆  Atlanta: gunfire hits apartments and cars at the Village of Castleberry Hills on McDaniel Street near Northside Drive in southwest Atlanta; police say no injuries reported; no suspect information released, no arrests  ◆  Camden County: all I-95 southbound lanes closed at Harrietts Bluff Road after a vehicle fire; GDOT pushes its estimated reopening from 8:09 p.m. to 11:30 p.m.; northbound open with a smoke hazard in the left lane  ◆  Troup County: LaGrange police say a 16-year-old student was taken into custody at LaGrange Academy on Vernon Road after a reported threat to shoot students; no weapon found, no charges announced  ◆  Laurens County: Dublin City Schools and West Laurens Middle School closed Thursday, Aug. 20, a second straight day, with the Joiner Street boil water advisory still in effect; city manager says it will likely hold at least until 2 p.m. Thursday; all other Laurens County schools open  ◆  Coweta County: Isaiah Phillips, 30, arrested in Fayetteville and charged with sexual battery, battery and false imprisonment over the Travis Street attack near downtown Senoia; charged, not convicted  ◆  Effingham County: Rincon police say Bryan Fox, 57, was tased and taken into custody after a baseball bat disturbance and a small apartment fire on Towne Park West Drive; not charged, felony charges pending  ◆  Barrow County: Brandon Scroggins, 39, of Abilene, Texas, charged over alleged threats to Judge Nicholas Primm and the Barrow County District Attorney's Office in Winder; charged, not convicted  ◆  Laurens County: Dublin stays under a boil water advisory after the 16-inch Joiner Street main break is repaired; Dublin City Schools, West Laurens Middle School and the OFTC Dublin campus closed Wednesday, City Hall reopens at noon  ◆  Richmond County: coroner identifies Deputy Phillip Wasson, 49, and Heather Michelle Lanier, 57, both of Augusta, as the two killed in the Washington Road accident; Sheriff Eugene Brantley issues a statement; all lanes reopened around 10:15 a.m.  ◆  Dougherty County: bicyclist, 40, killed in accident in the 600 block of North Westover Boulevard in Albany; APD traffic unit investigating  ◆  Bibb County: Charles Anthony Palmer, 29, of Ocala, Florida, killed by an 18-wheeler while crossing I-475 southbound near Zebulon Road in Macon, BSO says; blocked lanes have cleared  ◆  Clayton County: Eric André and Clayton English settle their jet bridge lawsuit against Clayton County police at Hartsfield-Jackson; the county admits no fault and says the program has ended  ◆  Cobb County: Stone Mountain man arrested in Smyrna is charged in the Greg Biffle home burglary, the Iredell County sheriff says  ◆  Union County: Charles Hosch memorial service set for Sept. 19 after the Blood Mountain search ended without him being found  ◆  Atlanta: Mayor Andre Dickens asks the City Council to begin condemnation on five blighted Westside properties  ◆  Lee County: Smit Patel charged with 22 counts of sexual exploitation of children after a July 28 cybertip, LCSO says  ◆  Sparta: GBI seeks Stephen Russell Ellis, 62, wanted on two warrants, last seen near Island Creek Church Road  ◆  Clayton County: I-675 lanes reopen after an SUV fire near Anvil Block Road; no injuries reported  ◆  Fulton County: temporary 2026 property tax bills mailed Aug. 15 under a court order; Alpharetta, Milton and Roswell excluded  ◆  Southwest Atlanta: renters at Gateway South Apartments say an 8-inch gap split their living room floor open  ◆  Metro Atlanta: DPH confirms measles in an unvaccinated resident, the seventh Georgia case of 2026  ◆  Bulloch County: grass fire burns about half a mile of the I-16 West median near State Route 67 at mile marker 125.8  ◆  Jones County: deputies searching for Carl Caruthers, 61, last seen in the Fox Road area, possibly on a black Honda Shadow  ◆  Fulton County: Kenneth Spruill, wanted out of Tennessee, arrested in Hapeville  ◆  DeKalb County: Tehutihotep Hartley, 26, of Decatur, found unresponsive at the DeKalb County Jail  ◆  Fulton County: Eric Gordon of Decatur indicted on a trafficking charge after Operation “Global Chain”  ◆  Chatham County: Human remains found at East President Street and Wahlstrom Road construction site, work halted  ◆  Chatham County: Largo Drive shooting in Savannah leaves one man seriously hurt; Georgia Southern shelter in place  ◆  Fulton County: I-285 fully closed Aug. 28-31 between Langford Parkway and Cascade Road  ◆  DeKalb County: seventh mosquito trap of 2026 tests positive for West Nile virus, in ZIP code 30329  ◆  Jones County: deputies searching for John Rouse, 65, last seen near Pinetree Drive and Joycliff Road  ◆  Chatham County: Jimmy DeLoach Parkway southbound closed at Morgan Lakes Industrial Boulevard after a steel spill  ◆  DeKalb County: student fight and pepper spray at Eagle Woods Academy, officer needed an EpiPen  ◆  Metro Atlanta: tree down on Abner Place, lines down on Browns Mill Road, Cagle Road closed  ◆  DeKalb County: woman killed on I-285 while directing traffic around an earlier accident  ◆  Bibb County: I-75 South left lane closed at mile marker 166 until Wednesday morning  ◆  Monroe County: two I-75 southbound lanes out near exits 187-189, Aug. 21-31  ◆  Decatur: Beacon Hill Middle goes virtual after HVAC failure left classrooms in the 90s  ◆  Laurens County: Kemp suspends all seven Dublin city school board members  ◆  Hall County driver cited for DUI after a minivan struck a bus carrying 28 students  ◆  Monroe County water main break cuts service on Collier, Smith and Orchard Ridge  ◆  Gwinnett County mother charged in son's hot car death furloughed for a private viewing  ◆  Paulding County becomes the third county to charge Bobby Lee Hart Jr.  ◆  Henry County Atlanta police K9 Stano found safe in a Hampton swimming pool  ◆  Conyers arrest in the Dogwood Drive hit-and-run that killed Andrea Cantrell, 43  ◆  Atlanta Officer DeVante Matthews shot in Oakland City, Michael Gates in custody  ◆  Marietta Dairon Keith indicted on eight counts including malice murder in the death of Messiah Harris, 2  ◆  Houston County deputy suspended without pay over Flock plate-reader misuse  ◆  Macon Caleb Hendrix sentenced to 15 years in Riggins Mill Road accident that killed Michael Burnett  ◆  Cobb County Albany NY police employee denied bail on child molestation charges  ◆  Hart County body recovered from Lake Hartwell two months after David Seymour vanished  ◆  Sparta five shot at Hancock County party, one critical  ◆  Atlanta Amber Alert sisters found safe; babysitter Lakesha Brown charged with kidnapping  ◆  Gwinnett County seven plead guilty to racketeering over 492 vehicle break-ins  ◆  Atlanta Davion Curney charged in the death of Cameron Boone, 13  ◆  Alpharetta Drive Planning CEO Todd Burkhalter sentenced to 20 years in Ponzi scheme  ◆  Covington Destinee Riggins arrested after officer dragged on Highway 142  ◆  Barrow County Apalachee shooter Colt Gray sentenced to life without parole  ◆  Decatur son charged with murder after father found shot to death on Pepperdine Drive  ◆  Coweta County former school resource officer indicted on child molestation charges  ◆  Hall County Cherokee Bluff High cleared after bomb threat, no device found  ◆  Paulding County coroner orders inquest into Heather Turner's 2017 death  ◆  Jackson County all schools closed Friday after overnight bomb threats  ◆  DeKalb County missing 9-year-old Eli found safe  ◆  Douglasville driver charged in prom night accident that killed Patience Price, 18  ◆  Stone Mountain search continues for Sherry Wages, 72, missing since June  ◆  Trenton NY mother and 2 children found living in a shed; extradition pending  ◆  Athens Maxton Ball, 9, killed on Lexington Road at Whit Davis Road  ◆  Troup County Dakota Fuller charged with arson after Jim Turner Road fire  ◆  Waynesboro new judge assigned in ousted sheriff case  ◆  Valdosta 559.4 lbs of marijuana seized in i-75 traffic stop  ◆  Albany apd searching for 2 armed robbery suspects  ◆  Fulton County jail escapee Demetrius Burkes back in custody after downtown search  ◆  Floyd County William Roger Caver charged with felony murder in the death of Christopher D. Freeland  ◆  MARTA service shut at Medical Center station after a man walked onto the tracks  ◆  Milledgeville two sentenced in a federal methamphetamine trafficking case  ◆  Macon woman, 42, dies after being struck by a van on Houston Avenue  ◆  DeKalb County two separate shootings minutes apart, one person dead  ◆  Lawrenceville nine years in federal prison for Gabriel Ojeda Murguia in a fentanyl case  ◆  Smyrna bond denied for a former Ridgeview Institute employee charged in an assault on a patient  ◆  Washington County three arrested in a prison contraband-drop investigation  ◆  Savannah mayor and DA respond after a Daffin Park suspect's arrest history  ◆  Macon Torey Burnette sentenced to life with parole in the death of Zyshown Dunn  ◆  East Point human skull found in the woods; remains unidentified  ◆  McDuffie County Mateo Santos Pinkston held on a murder charge  ◆  Augusta testimony continues in the murder trial over the death of Arbrie Anthony, 8  ◆  Albany murder trial opens for Shaquille Mathis in the 2020 killing of Jawaski Kennedy  ◆  Sparta GBI seeking information on George Wayne Pailloz Jr., 55, missing since late July  ◆  Savannah Charles Teeple sentenced in the 2019 New Year's Eve death of Bruce Helmly  ◆  Dublin state board recommends suspending the city school board; nobody is suspended, Kemp decides  ◆  Cartersville three men indicted on federal forced-labor charges  ◆  Tifton two women charged with aggravated battery in Crescent Ridge attack  ◆  DeKalb County arrests announced over I-285 street takeover near Glenwood Road  ◆  Cornelia family escapes Waterwheel Court house fire during overnight storms  ◆  Gilmer County fallen tree blocked crews reaching a house fire on Highway 382  ◆  SR 316 right-lane closures at Jimmy Daniell Road Thursday and Friday nights  ◆  Vidalia Savannah man charged with murder in the July 4 death of Rashad Lumpkin  ◆  Savannah bond denied for all five charged in Fellwood Homes shooting  ◆  Glynn County sheriff's office defends its release of a veteran with dementia  ◆  Clayton County person shot after encounter between drivers near Highway 138  ◆  Downtown Atlanta man shot near Hurt Plaza in early-morning dispute  ◆  Marietta Dairon Keith indicted on murder charges in the death of Messiah Harris, 2  ◆  McDuffie County Tangla Brown, 48, killed in Old Milledgeville Road accident  ◆  Gainesville Obed Reyes charged in apartment break-in and assault of a teenager  ◆  Albany man found dead at Country Place Apartments  ◆  Albany two killed when van left Wildfair Road and struck a tree  ◆  Barrow County school bus accident on Highway 211, six students taken to a hospital  ◆  Paulding County former Dallas 911 director charged over Flock camera misuse  ◆  Albany structure fire on West Gordon Avenue, no injuries reported  ◆  Savannah man shot in the leg in the 1900 block of Pendleton Street  ◆  Atlanta man killed on I-85 South near Metropolitan Parkway  ◆  I-285 fully closed both directions this weekend, Cascade Rd to MLK Jr. Dr  ◆  Douglas County fourth arrest in Dog River Reservoir death of Jamal Parker  ◆  Warner Robins 14-year-old denied bond in high school shooting case  ◆  Macon woman's body found outside abandoned building on Second Street  ◆  Lithonia Ricardo Fallen, 20, killed in DeKalb County apartment shooting  ◆  Southwest Atlanta Cascade Avenue closed after tree downs power lines and traffic signal  ◆  Buford bystander shot outside Mall of Georgia venue; Jalyn Watkins, 22, charged  ◆  Columbus police search for Keith Teague, 57, missing since July 28  ◆  Warner Robins apartment fire damages eight units, displaces 15 at Village North  ◆  Conyers AutoZone employee shot in the leg; co-worker charged with reckless conduct  ◆  Lamar County Keith Odel, 26, arrested after driver shot at on Lamar County Line Road  ◆  Jonesboro Joshua Scott, 27, killed in Dixon Road shooting; one detained  ◆  Smyrna student arrested after weapon recovered at Campbell Middle School  ◆  Ellenwood Joanne Howell, 70, recovered from Misty Lake after Mattie's Call  ◆  DeKalb County 16-year-old arrested in Rockcliff Road sleepover shooting  ◆  Lawrenceville Camp Perrin Road house fire ruled arson, six adults displaced  ◆  Newnan girl, 14, escapes Highway 154 standoff; man charged  ◆  I-75 Atlanta Akil Lateef Mayer, 34, killed running across the interstate  ◆  Atlanta 85-year-old woman shot on her own porch on Browns Mill Road  ◆  Hazlehurst Terrance McCoy, 16, killed; 2 teens charged with murder  ◆  Vine City Demazio Skelton Jr., 35, killed; Naim Smith, 19, charged with murder  ◆  Marietta scooter rider critically hurt on Powder Springs Road  ◆  Whitfield County tractor-trailer overturns on I-75 near Dalton, SUV driver cited  ◆  Macon 4 hurt in I-75 accident at Eisenhower Parkway, driver fatigue cited  ◆  Atlanta man killed by Norfolk Southern train on Murphy Avenue  ◆  Troup County Ked Hall, 55, of LaGrange killed in Hines Road accident  ◆  Cartersville Connor Smith, 27, killed in Highway 20 motorcycle accident  ◆  Adairsville Ratanza Winters-Gardner, 34, killed; driver charged with vehicular homicide  ◆  Cartersville Brian McLaughlin, 57, killed crossing Highway 41 at Grassdale Road  ◆  Lake Allatoona all 5 aboard ejected in boat accident, no deaths reported  ◆  Macon 3 former Bibb County deputies charged over Flock camera searches  ◆  Bartow County 3 dead in 3 days on Highway 20 and Joe Frank Harris Parkway  ◆  Burke County 4 killed at two scenes, suspect shot dead by deputies  ◆  Albany school bus driver cited after Liberty Expressway accident  ◆  Columbia County 14-year-old killed on I-20 at mile marker 187  ◆  Cobb County Marietta man, 81, killed in Barrett Parkway accident  ◆  Rockdale County lockdowns lifted at two high schools, person in custody  ◆  Pulaski County Fred Hitchcock, 75, killed on Eastman Highway near Hawkinsville  ◆  Dooly County 1 killed on Highway 27 after a deer strike near Vienna  ◆  Cartersville Marcus Maurice Williams, 31, killed by Bartow County deputy  ◆  I-85 NB reopened at mile marker 136 after fatal 5-vehicle accident  ◆  Bulloch County Statesboro woman killed on Old River Road  ◆  North Georgia 2 critically injured in plane crash, NTSB investigating  ◆  Athens-Clarke County: a car and a Clarke County Schools bus collided on the Athens Perimeter outer loop at about 7:15 a.m. Thursday; children were aboard and none were reported injured, and the car's driver was taken to the hospital  ◆  DeKalb County: an overturned tractor-trailer closed all eastbound lanes of I-285 at Moreland Avenue from 9:43 a.m.; the east and west ramps to Moreland are closed and Moreland is blocked at Cedar Grove Road and Henrico Road  ◆  Sumter County: one dead and one airlifted after a head-on accident on Highway 19 South near Highway 308 and Three Bridges Road; WALB reported northbound lanes closed and traffic rerouted onto Highway 308  ◆  Troup County: all lanes of I-185 southbound were closed at South Thompson Road from 7:46 a.m.; GDOT dropped the event from 511's active list just after 9 a.m., about 46 minutes before its own anticipated end time  ◆  DeKalb County: driver hits a power pole at Bouldercrest Road and Clifton Church Road; all lanes blocked at WSB-TV's 7:26 a.m. report, at least 60 Georgia Power customers out, and investigators say the driver did not stay on the scene  ◆  Augusta: David Mosley, 65, charged with murder in the shooting death of Otis Keith Pearce, 33, on the 3500 block of Rushing Road; Richmond County deputies arrested him at the scene; charged, not convicted  ◆  DeKalb County: police searching for Jakarii Eason and his two young children after an hourslong SWAT response at an apartment on Woodberry Place near Flat Shoals Parkway ended with an empty unit; Eason wanted on kidnapping, false imprisonment and family violence battery charges, not in custody  ◆  Atlanta: gunfire hits apartments and cars at the Village of Castleberry Hills on McDaniel Street near Northside Drive in southwest Atlanta; police say no injuries reported; no suspect information released, no arrests  ◆  Camden County: all I-95 southbound lanes closed at Harrietts Bluff Road after a vehicle fire; GDOT pushes its estimated reopening from 8:09 p.m. to 11:30 p.m.; northbound open with a smoke hazard in the left lane  ◆  Troup County: LaGrange police say a 16-year-old student was taken into custody at LaGrange Academy on Vernon Road after a reported threat to shoot students; no weapon found, no charges announced  ◆  Laurens County: Dublin City Schools and West Laurens Middle School closed Thursday, Aug. 20, a second straight day, with the Joiner Street boil water advisory still in effect; city manager says it will likely hold at least until 2 p.m. Thursday; all other Laurens County schools open  ◆  Coweta County: Isaiah Phillips, 30, arrested in Fayetteville and charged with sexual battery, battery and false imprisonment over the Travis Street attack near downtown Senoia; charged, not convicted  ◆  Effingham County: Rincon police say Bryan Fox, 57, was tased and taken into custody after a baseball bat disturbance and a small apartment fire on Towne Park West Drive; not charged, felony charges pending  ◆  Barrow County: Brandon Scroggins, 39, of Abilene, Texas, charged over alleged threats to Judge Nicholas Primm and the Barrow County District Attorney's Office in Winder; charged, not convicted  ◆  Laurens County: Dublin stays under a boil water advisory after the 16-inch Joiner Street main break is repaired; Dublin City Schools, West Laurens Middle School and the OFTC Dublin campus closed Wednesday, City Hall reopens at noon  ◆  Richmond County: coroner identifies Deputy Phillip Wasson, 49, and Heather Michelle Lanier, 57, both of Augusta, as the two killed in the Washington Road accident; Sheriff Eugene Brantley issues a statement; all lanes reopened around 10:15 a.m.  ◆  Dougherty County: bicyclist, 40, killed in accident in the 600 block of North Westover Boulevard in Albany; APD traffic unit investigating  ◆  Bibb County: Charles Anthony Palmer, 29, of Ocala, Florida, killed by an 18-wheeler while crossing I-475 southbound near Zebulon Road in Macon, BSO says; blocked lanes have cleared  ◆  Clayton County: Eric André and Clayton English settle their jet bridge lawsuit against Clayton County police at Hartsfield-Jackson; the county admits no fault and says the program has ended  ◆  Cobb County: Stone Mountain man arrested in Smyrna is charged in the Greg Biffle home burglary, the Iredell County sheriff says  ◆  Union County: Charles Hosch memorial service set for Sept. 19 after the Blood Mountain search ended without him being found  ◆  Atlanta: Mayor Andre Dickens asks the City Council to begin condemnation on five blighted Westside properties  ◆  Lee County: Smit Patel charged with 22 counts of sexual exploitation of children after a July 28 cybertip, LCSO says  ◆  Sparta: GBI seeks Stephen Russell Ellis, 62, wanted on two warrants, last seen near Island Creek Church Road  ◆  Clayton County: I-675 lanes reopen after an SUV fire near Anvil Block Road; no injuries reported  ◆  Fulton County: temporary 2026 property tax bills mailed Aug. 15 under a court order; Alpharetta, Milton and Roswell excluded  ◆  Southwest Atlanta: renters at Gateway South Apartments say an 8-inch gap split their living room floor open  ◆  Metro Atlanta: DPH confirms measles in an unvaccinated resident, the seventh Georgia case of 2026  ◆  Bulloch County: grass fire burns about half a mile of the I-16 West median near State Route 67 at mile marker 125.8  ◆  Jones County: deputies searching for Carl Caruthers, 61, last seen in the Fox Road area, possibly on a black Honda Shadow  ◆  Fulton County: Kenneth Spruill, wanted out of Tennessee, arrested in Hapeville  ◆  DeKalb County: Tehutihotep Hartley, 26, of Decatur, found unresponsive at the DeKalb County Jail  ◆  Fulton County: Eric Gordon of Decatur indicted on a trafficking charge after Operation “Global Chain”  ◆  Chatham County: Human remains found at East President Street and Wahlstrom Road construction site, work halted  ◆  Chatham County: Largo Drive shooting in Savannah leaves one man seriously hurt; Georgia Southern shelter in place  ◆  Fulton County: I-285 fully closed Aug. 28-31 between Langford Parkway and Cascade Road  ◆  DeKalb County: seventh mosquito trap of 2026 tests positive for West Nile virus, in ZIP code 30329  ◆  Jones County: deputies searching for John Rouse, 65, last seen near Pinetree Drive and Joycliff Road  ◆  Chatham County: Jimmy DeLoach Parkway southbound closed at Morgan Lakes Industrial Boulevard after a steel spill  ◆  DeKalb County: student fight and pepper spray at Eagle Woods Academy, officer needed an EpiPen  ◆  Metro Atlanta: tree down on Abner Place, lines down on Browns Mill Road, Cagle Road closed  ◆  DeKalb County: woman killed on I-285 while directing traffic around an earlier accident  ◆  Bibb County: I-75 South left lane closed at mile marker 166 until Wednesday morning  ◆  Monroe County: two I-75 southbound lanes out near exits 187-189, Aug. 21-31  ◆  Decatur: Beacon Hill Middle goes virtual after HVAC failure left classrooms in the 90s  ◆  Laurens County: Kemp suspends all seven Dublin city school board members  ◆  Hall County driver cited for DUI after a minivan struck a bus carrying 28 students  ◆  Monroe County water main break cuts service on Collier, Smith and Orchard Ridge  ◆  Gwinnett County mother charged in son's hot car death furloughed for a private viewing  ◆  Paulding County becomes the third county to charge Bobby Lee Hart Jr.  ◆  Henry County Atlanta police K9 Stano found safe in a Hampton swimming pool  ◆  Conyers arrest in the Dogwood Drive hit-and-run that killed Andrea Cantrell, 43  ◆  Atlanta Officer DeVante Matthews shot in Oakland City, Michael Gates in custody  ◆  Marietta Dairon Keith indicted on eight counts including malice murder in the death of Messiah Harris, 2  ◆  Houston County deputy suspended without pay over Flock plate-reader misuse  ◆  Macon Caleb Hendrix sentenced to 15 years in Riggins Mill Road accident that killed Michael Burnett  ◆  Cobb County Albany NY police employee denied bail on child molestation charges  ◆  Hart County body recovered from Lake Hartwell two months after David Seymour vanished  ◆  Sparta five shot at Hancock County party, one critical  ◆  Atlanta Amber Alert sisters found safe; babysitter Lakesha Brown charged with kidnapping  ◆  Gwinnett County seven plead guilty to racketeering over 492 vehicle break-ins  ◆  Atlanta Davion Curney charged in the death of Cameron Boone, 13  ◆  Alpharetta Drive Planning CEO Todd Burkhalter sentenced to 20 years in Ponzi scheme  ◆  Covington Destinee Riggins arrested after officer dragged on Highway 142  ◆  Barrow County Apalachee shooter Colt Gray sentenced to life without parole  ◆  Decatur son charged with murder after father found shot to death on Pepperdine Drive  ◆  Coweta County former school resource officer indicted on child molestation charges  ◆  Hall County Cherokee Bluff High cleared after bomb threat, no device found  ◆  Paulding County coroner orders inquest into Heather Turner's 2017 death  ◆  Jackson County all schools closed Friday after overnight bomb threats  ◆  DeKalb County missing 9-year-old Eli found safe  ◆  Douglasville driver charged in prom night accident that killed Patience Price, 18  ◆  Stone Mountain search continues for Sherry Wages, 72, missing since June  ◆  Trenton NY mother and 2 children found living in a shed; extradition pending  ◆  Athens Maxton Ball, 9, killed on Lexington Road at Whit Davis Road  ◆  Troup County Dakota Fuller charged with arson after Jim Turner Road fire  ◆  Waynesboro new judge assigned in ousted sheriff case  ◆  Valdosta 559.4 lbs of marijuana seized in i-75 traffic stop  ◆  Albany apd searching for 2 armed robbery suspects  ◆  Fulton County jail escapee Demetrius Burkes back in custody after downtown search  ◆  Floyd County William Roger Caver charged with felony murder in the death of Christopher D. Freeland  ◆  MARTA service shut at Medical Center station after a man walked onto the tracks  ◆  Milledgeville two sentenced in a federal methamphetamine trafficking case  ◆  Macon woman, 42, dies after being struck by a van on Houston Avenue  ◆  DeKalb County two separate shootings minutes apart, one person dead  ◆  Lawrenceville nine years in federal prison for Gabriel Ojeda Murguia in a fentanyl case  ◆  Smyrna bond denied for a former Ridgeview Institute employee charged in an assault on a patient  ◆  Washington County three arrested in a prison contraband-drop investigation  ◆  Savannah mayor and DA respond after a Daffin Park suspect's arrest history  ◆  Macon Torey Burnette sentenced to life with parole in the death of Zyshown Dunn  ◆  East Point human skull found in the woods; remains unidentified  ◆  McDuffie County Mateo Santos Pinkston held on a murder charge  ◆  Augusta testimony continues in the murder trial over the death of Arbrie Anthony, 8  ◆  Albany murder trial opens for Shaquille Mathis in the 2020 killing of Jawaski Kennedy  ◆  Sparta GBI seeking information on George Wayne Pailloz Jr., 55, missing since late July  ◆  Savannah Charles Teeple sentenced in the 2019 New Year's Eve death of Bruce Helmly  ◆  Dublin state board recommends suspending the city school board; nobody is suspended, Kemp decides  ◆  Cartersville three men indicted on federal forced-labor charges  ◆  Tifton two women charged with aggravated battery in Crescent Ridge attack  ◆  DeKalb County arrests announced over I-285 street takeover near Glenwood Road  ◆  Cornelia family escapes Waterwheel Court house fire during overnight storms  ◆  Gilmer County fallen tree blocked crews reaching a house fire on Highway 382  ◆  SR 316 right-lane closures at Jimmy Daniell Road Thursday and Friday nights  ◆  Vidalia Savannah man charged with murder in the July 4 death of Rashad Lumpkin  ◆  Savannah bond denied for all five charged in Fellwood Homes shooting  ◆  Glynn County sheriff's office defends its release of a veteran with dementia  ◆  Clayton County person shot after encounter between drivers near Highway 138  ◆  Downtown Atlanta man shot near Hurt Plaza in early-morning dispute  ◆  Marietta Dairon Keith indicted on murder charges in the death of Messiah Harris, 2  ◆  McDuffie County Tangla Brown, 48, killed in Old Milledgeville Road accident  ◆  Gainesville Obed Reyes charged in apartment break-in and assault of a teenager  ◆  Albany man found dead at Country Place Apartments  ◆  Albany two killed when van left Wildfair Road and struck a tree  ◆  Barrow County school bus accident on Highway 211, six students taken to a hospital  ◆  Paulding County former Dallas 911 director charged over Flock camera misuse  ◆  Albany structure fire on West Gordon Avenue, no injuries reported  ◆  Savannah man shot in the leg in the 1900 block of Pendleton Street  ◆  Atlanta man killed on I-85 South near Metropolitan Parkway  ◆  I-285 fully closed both directions this weekend, Cascade Rd to MLK Jr. Dr  ◆  Douglas County fourth arrest in Dog River Reservoir death of Jamal Parker  ◆  Warner Robins 14-year-old denied bond in high school shooting case  ◆  Macon woman's body found outside abandoned building on Second Street  ◆  Lithonia Ricardo Fallen, 20, killed in DeKalb County apartment shooting  ◆  Southwest Atlanta Cascade Avenue closed after tree downs power lines and traffic signal  ◆  Buford bystander shot outside Mall of Georgia venue; Jalyn Watkins, 22, charged  ◆  Columbus police search for Keith Teague, 57, missing since July 28  ◆  Warner Robins apartment fire damages eight units, displaces 15 at Village North  ◆  Conyers AutoZone employee shot in the leg; co-worker charged with reckless conduct  ◆  Lamar County Keith Odel, 26, arrested after driver shot at on Lamar County Line Road  ◆  Jonesboro Joshua Scott, 27, killed in Dixon Road shooting; one detained  ◆  Smyrna student arrested after weapon recovered at Campbell Middle School  ◆  Ellenwood Joanne Howell, 70, recovered from Misty Lake after Mattie's Call  ◆  DeKalb County 16-year-old arrested in Rockcliff Road sleepover shooting  ◆  Lawrenceville Camp Perrin Road house fire ruled arson, six adults displaced  ◆  Newnan girl, 14, escapes Highway 154 standoff; man charged  ◆  I-75 Atlanta Akil Lateef Mayer, 34, killed running across the interstate  ◆  Atlanta 85-year-old woman shot on her own porch on Browns Mill Road  ◆  Hazlehurst Terrance McCoy, 16, killed; 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The Local Alert
Thursday, August 20, 2026
Clarke County, Georgia

Georgia · Clarke County · Traffic & Accidents

School Bus Accident on the Athens Perimeter Outer Loop Between Chase Street and Prince Avenue, Athens, GA — Car Driver Hospitalized, No Students Injured

A car and a Clarke County Schools bus collided on the Athens Perimeter in Athens-Clarke County, Georgia, at about 7:15 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 20, 2026. Children were on board the bus and none were reported injured, and the driver of the car was taken by ambulance to the hospital with unknown injuries, Classic City News reported. The car became trapped under the back of the bus, and firefighters have since cleared the scene, WSB-TV reported.

By Published Aug. 20, 2026, 11:50 a.m. ET 3 min read No students injured · Car driver hospitalized · Scene cleared

Key facts

What
A car and a school bus collided; the car became trapped under the back of the bus
When
About 7:15 a.m., Thursday, Aug. 20, 2026
Where
The Athens Perimeter outer loop between Chase Street and Prince Avenue, Classic City News reported; near the Jefferson Road exit, WSB-TV reported
County
Athens-Clarke County, Georgia
Bus
Clarke County Schools
Who responded
Athens-Clarke County Fire
On the bus
Children were on board, and none were reported injured
Car driver
Taken by ambulance to the hospital with unknown injuries
Status
The scene is clear and traffic is moving again
Cause
Not known

What happened on the Athens Perimeter in Athens-Clarke County, GA?

Emergency personnel responded Thursday morning to a collision between a school bus and a car on the Athens Perimeter in Athens, Classic City News reported. It happened at about 7:15 a.m.

The car became trapped under the back of the bus, WSB-TV reported. Athens-Clarke County Fire responded, and the bus belonged to Clarke County Schools.

Was the accident between Chase Street and Prince Avenue, or near the Jefferson Road exit?

The accident happened on the highway’s outer loop between Chase Street and Prince Avenue, Classic City News reported. WSB-TV placed it near the Jefferson Road exit.

The two locations differ, and no agency has been quoted settling which one is right.

Was anyone injured in the Athens Perimeter school bus accident?

Children were on board the bus at the time and none were reported injured, Classic City News reported. The fire department said neither the students on the bus nor the bus driver was hurt, WSB-TV reported.

The driver of the car was taken by ambulance to the hospital with unknown injuries, Classic City News reported.

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Is the Athens Perimeter clear after the accident?

Firefighters cleared the scene and traffic is moving again on the Athens Perimeter, WSB-TV reported.

What we don’t know yet

  • What caused the accident.
  • Whether anyone was cited or charged.
  • How many children were on the bus.
  • The bus route or number, and the school involved.
  • The car driver’s name, age and condition, and which hospital.
  • The exact lane or direction blocked, and how long traffic was affected.
  • Whether Clarke County Schools has commented. WSB-TV asked the district for a statement.
  • A single official location for the accident.

Frequently asked questions

What happened on the Athens Perimeter in Athens, GA, on Aug. 20, 2026?
A car and a Clarke County Schools bus collided on the Athens Perimeter at about 7:15 a.m. Thursday, Classic City News reported. The car became trapped under the back of the bus and Athens-Clarke County Fire responded, WSB-TV reported. What caused the accident is not known.

Where on the Athens Perimeter did the accident happen — Chase Street, Prince Avenue or the Jefferson Road exit?
The accident happened on the highway’s outer loop between Chase Street and Prince Avenue, Classic City News reported. WSB-TV placed it near the Jefferson Road exit. The two locations differ, and no agency has been quoted settling which one is right.

Were any children hurt in the Athens Perimeter school bus accident?
Children were on board the bus and none were reported injured, Classic City News reported. The fire department said neither the students on the bus nor the bus driver was hurt, WSB-TV reported. How many children were aboard is not known.

Was the driver of the car taken to the hospital?
The driver of the car was taken by ambulance to the hospital with unknown injuries, Classic City News reported. The driver’s name, age and condition, and which hospital, are not known.

Is the Athens Perimeter clear after the school bus accident?
Firefighters cleared the scene and traffic is moving again, WSB-TV reported. Which lane or direction was blocked, and how long traffic was affected, is not known.

What caused the accident, and has anyone been cited or charged?
What caused the accident is not known, and whether anyone was cited or charged is not known. Both are open questions.

Which school district’s bus was involved, and has the district commented?
The bus belonged to Clarke County Schools, WSB-TV reported. WSB-TV asked the district for a statement. The bus route or number and the school involved are not known.

More Athens-Clarke County coverage is on our Clarke County page, including a separate and unrelated report on a man killed on Lexington Road in Athens, and current road incidents across the state are collected on our Georgia traffic page.

Sources

  • Classic City News — independent Athens newsroom, byline Joe Johnson, published 11:20 a.m. ET, Thursday, Aug. 20, 2026. Source for the about 7:15 a.m. time, the placement on the outer loop between Chase Street and Prince Avenue, the statement that children were on board and none reported being injured, and the statement that the driver of the car was transported by ambulance to the hospital with unknown injuries. An earlier report from the same outlet, published 8:34 a.m. ET, is the source for police, fire and EMS responding and for the statement that it was not immediately known whether children had been on the bus.
  • WSB-TV (Cox Media Group), byline Courtney Martinez, WSBTV.com, page stamp August 20, 2026 at 10:20 am EDT, dateline “CLARKE COUNTY, Ga.” Source for the car trapped under the back of the bus, the response by Athens-Clarke County Fire, the placement near the Jefferson Road exit, the identification of the bus as a Clarke County Schools bus, the fire department’s report that no students or the bus driver were hurt, the note that the department did not say whether the car driver had significant injuries, the statement that firefighters have since cleared the scene and traffic is moving again, and the statement that the station reached out to Clarke County Schools for comment.
  • 511 Georgia, the Georgia Department of Transportation’s traveler information system: the active incident list, read at 11:35 a.m. ET, showed no entry for this collision. That is a reading of a list, not an agency statement about this accident.
  • Not read for this report: no law enforcement, fire or school district statement was obtained directly. Every agency detail here reaches us through Classic City News or WSB-TV and is attributed that way throughout.

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