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Doug Evans
Doug Evans is a general assignment reporter and drone pilot for FOX 5 News. As a field reporter, he has won seven Emmy Awards as well as the FBI Director’s Award for Community Service for his crime reporting in metro Atlanta that led to the capture of dangerous criminals.
Doug is also a meteorologist with more than 30 years of severe weather coverage. In that time he has been on the front lines of every type of natural disaster. OK, except a volcanic eruption and asteroid strike, but let’s hope for north Georgia’s sake it stays that way. Doug has won an Emmy Award for tornado reporting and often helps lead FOX 5’s field coverage of severe weather with live reports from the FOX 5 Storm Chaser. On occasion, he can also be seen forecasting the weather in the FOX 5 Storm Center.
Doug graduated from the University of Missouri School of Journalism as well as Mississippi State’s Broadcast Meteorology Program. Doug lives in Fayette County with his wife, Brenda, and their four children. They have a daughter who is a lawyer and another who is an officer in the U.S. Navy. Their dog, Gracie, is quite the internet sensation for the pictures of her sitting on Doug’s roof waiting for him to return home from work.
The latest from Doug Evans
Newnan High School's grand reopening: Take a sneak peek inside
It has been three years since a tornado so badly damaged Newnan High School that it had to be torn down.
Heart Attack Ethiopia: Medical duo part of team saving lives in their home country
Two doctors from metro Atlanta are leading a cardiac care team to their home country of Ethiopia in hopes of improving heart health as well as delivering over a million dollars in medical supplies.
Newnan Kroger worker arrested, accused of giving family, friends 5-finger discount
Newnan police arrested a Kroger worker after the grocery store reported her for allegedly giving her family members and friends cash and free gas.
Volunteers renovating Coweta County home after house fire kills 6
Coweta County volunteers have banded together to help rebuild a home that was being renovated when six family members died in a tragic house fire down the road.
Suspected scammer takes elderly Fayette County woman for $60K
Fayette County deputies are trying to find the man who, they say, swindled an elderly woman out of $60,000.
Deputies find suspected burglar stuck on Coweta County rooftop
A burglar in Coweta County was caught in the act and on the roof, deputies say.
Peachtree City police hunt for retail theft ring after $5K shopping rampage
The Peachtree City police are working to identify members of a retail theft ring who stole a woman’s credit card and then went on a $5,000 shopping spree.
Man arrested, driver on the run after high-speed chase and drug bust on I-85
Investigators say the two men started tossing white powder out of the car while trying to get away from Coweta County deputies on I-85.
US Marshals searching for Newnan man accused of shooting girlfriend
Have you seen this man? Deputies say Demarco Williams has been on the run for months after shooting his girlfriend and is known to stay around the Atlanta area.
$3K in fireworks boosted from Newnan fireworks stand, man arrested
Newnan police say they caught a burglar in the act with several thousand dollars in stolen fireworks.