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
Car show to benefit Newnan oncology nurse battling breast cancer
An oncology nurse fighting stage 4 breast cancer is receiving widespread community support through an upcoming car show designed to ease her family's overwhelming medical debt.
Family offers $2,000 reward after cyclist killed in hit-and-run
Family and friends of a 65-year-old cyclist killed in a Coweta County hit-and-run crash are offering a $2,000 reward for information that leads to the driver's arrest.
Bodycam shows 4 women arrested on I-85 after Newnan Target theft
Four Alabama women face felony shoplifting charges after police said they stole $1,800 in merchandise from a Newnan Target.
Protesters gather in Newnan as family views bodycam of police shooting
Demonstrators gathered outside the Newnan Police Department as the family of an 18-year-old man shot and killed by an officer viewed body camera footage of the encounter.
Family seeks answers after Coweta Co. e-bike rider killed in hit-and-run
A Coweta County family is pleading for answers after a hit-and-run driver struck and killed a cyclist on a busy cut-through road on Sept. 22.
How an 11-year-old boy clawed through sheetrock to escape years of torture
Chloe Jackson-Jones was sentenced to 40 years in prison after pleading guilty to child torture and cruelty charges in Coweta County.
What led to the deadly Newnan police shooting of 18-year-old
An 18-year-old man was shot and killed by Newnan police on Saturday after allegedly pulling a gun on an officer during a foot chase.
Body camera video reveals moment officers raid metro Atlanta massage parlors
Over 100 law enforcement officers raided four metro Atlanta massage parlors and six residences in a major human trafficking probe.
Former deputy accused of paying woman's bills to use home for crimes
Former Gwinnett County deputy Rylee Willis faces rape and child molestation charges in Butts County.
UGA student charged in high school cross country race attack
Newnan police officers arrested a college student after witnesses reported he put on an opposing team's jersey and attacked a high school runner during a cross-country race.