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
Metro Atlanta hosts massive police dog training exercise
Officers and their K-9 partners from multiple states are meeting in Fayette County this week for one of the largest police dog training events in the Southeast.
Newnan fast food worker arrested for child sexual exploitation
A 36-year-old fast food worker was arrested at his job in Newnan following a weeks-long investigation into internet crimes against children.
Coweta County tow truck driver honored with custom wrecker after 2023 fatal crash
A custom tow truck honors Toby Bowden, a driver March 15, 2023 on Interstate 85 in Coweta County.
Charges dropped in Sharpsburg grocery store bathroom solicitation case
UPDATE: The state declined to prosecute after the victim opted to dismiss the charges, according to an update on the warrant made on April 7, 2026. The case was dismissed without indictment and no charges were pursued.
Newnan police seek Justin Owens in Octavia Place murder
Police are looking for 35-year-old Justin Owens for a deadly shooting in a Newnan neighborhood.
Jury convicts motorist in 2023 crash that killed tow truck driver on I-85
A jury convicted Christopher Thornton of vehicular homicide and reckless driving for a 2023 crash on Interstate 85.
Men charged in Newnan neighborhood lockdown identified
Two Coweta County men were arrested on drug and weapons charges Sunday after a shooting left a Sandstone Drive home riddled with bullet holes and locked down the surrounding neighborhood.
2 Georgia women accuse Hogansville man of childhood rape
Troup County authorities arrested a 45-year-old Hogansville man after two women came forward alleging he raped them years ago when they were children.
20 arrested in Spalding County drug bust linked to deaths
Two men known as "Twin" and "Chuck" were arrested in a major drug bust that authorities say is linked to several overdose deaths in Spalding County.
Coweta deputies arrest 4 in Georgia Power plant burglary
Four people are behind bars after a lucky break during a traffic stop led Coweta County investigators to a group accused of targeting a Georgia Power facility.