Clayton State University getting new president
T. Ramon Stuart ATLANTA - A top administrator at Fort Valley State University has been tapped to lead Clayton State University. The University System of Georgia Board of Regents named T. Ramon Stuart Thursday sole finalist for the Clayton State post. Stuart has been...
Report finds Cumming most retiree-friendly city in U.S.
ATLANTA - Cumming is the best place to retire in the United States, according to a study released by a New York-based financial technology company. The Forsyth County seat north of Atlanta scored 100 on SmartAsset’s index of best places to retire based on tax burden,...
Clayton County Sheriff Victor Hill suspended following federal indictment
Clayton County Sheriff Victor Hill (Photo credit: news-daily.com) ATLANTA - Gov. Brian Kemp suspended Clayton County Sheriff Victor Hill Wednesday pending the final outcome of a federal indictment charging him with civil rights violations. Hill was indicted in federal...
Georgia Boys & Girls Clubs get $15M in COVID-19 relief funds
ATLANTA - The Boys & Girls Clubs of Georgia will receive $15 million in federal COVID-19 relief funds for camp and after-school programs, Gov. Brian Kemp announced Tuesday. The money comes from a pot of $3 billion set aside in a stimulus bill Congress passed last...
Georgia Supreme Court upholds tax exemption for Mercedes-Benz Stadium
Mercedes-Benz Stadium ATLANTA - The Georgia Supreme Court Tuesday upheld a lower court ruling that Mercedes-Benz Stadium in downtown Atlanta is exempt from property taxes. A group of Fulton County taxpayers sued the Fulton Board of Tax Assessors in 2017, the year the...
Baseball sued over moving All-Star Game out of Georgia
Major League Baseball's All-Star Game will be played in Denver next month instead of Truist Park in Smyrna. ATLANTA - A small business advocacy group is suing Major League Baseball for moving next month’s All-Star Game out of Georgia. In a lawsuit filed Monday in...
Kemp lifts mask mandates in schools as COVID-19 threat declines
ATLANTA - Gov. Brian Kemp signed an executive order Friday prohibiting schools from requiring students or employees to wear masks. The lifting of mask requirements was among several restrictions the governor is eliminating as the coronavirus pandemic winds down in...
Robins Air Force Base to lose JSTARS, gain new missions
Robins Air Force Base ATLANTA - The U.S. Air Force soon will replace its 30-year-old fleet of JSTARS aircraft based at Robins Air Force Base with modernized technology to meet today’s threats, the Air Force and members of Georgia’s congressional delegation announced...