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
Atlanta airline worker arrested in child exploitation probe
Deputies arrested an Atlanta airline worker in the driveway of his Coweta County home late last week after a national tip sparked an online child exploitation investigation, officials said.
Coweta County man pleads guilty to molesting girl he met online
A 25-year-old man will spend 25 years in prison after pleading guilty to sexually abusing and recording a 14-year-old girl he met on social media, prosecutors announced.
Woman accused of shooting near deer hunter in Coweta County
A Georgia deer hunter had to dive for cover inside his tree stand after a woman pulled into his driveway and opened fire in his direction, according to investigators.
Fayetteville firefighter rides with Blue Angels after saving child's life
A metro Atlanta firefighter and paramedic experienced a high-speed flight of a lifetime Wednesday in the cockpit of a Blue Angels jet as a community thank-you for saving a young boy's life.
Newnan police shooting review hinges on self-defense, not chase, DA says
The criminal review into the fatal police shooting of 18-year-old Zadarious Dorsey hinges on self-defense rather than whether the officer had legal grounds to chase him, prosecutors announced.
Woman arrested in Coweta after stealing U.S. Postal Service van
A woman is facing state and federal charges after allegedly stealing an unoccupied U.S. Postal Service mail truck in Columbus and driving it 80 miles to metro Atlanta before being caught.
Senoia police clear animal clinic of charges
Senoia police will not file criminal charges against Senoia Animal Hospital employees accused of keeping sick pets alive instead of euthanizing them.
Newnan teen was unarmed when officer shot him, family attorneys say
Attorneys representing the family of an 18-year-old man shot and killed by a Newnan police officer said Thursday that body camera video shows the teenager was unarmed when the officer opened fire.
International scam costs Troup County church $60,000
Troup County Sheriff's Office investigators took two men into custody following an international email scam that drained $60,000 from a local church.
Roommate killed trying to stop suicide attempt in Coweta County
A 27-year-old Coweta County woman faces involuntary manslaughter charges after deputies said her roommate was fatally shot while trying to stop her from taking her own life.