Former prison guards charged in connection with inmate’s death
ATLANTA - Two former correctional officers at Augusta State Medical Prison have been indicted in connection with the death of an inmate in 2020. Robert Roberson and Marcus Phillips are charged with violating the inmate's constitutional rights by showing deliberate...
Mass shooting wounds five soldiers at Fort Stewart
ATLANTA - Five soldiers were shot Wednesday morning at the U.S. Army's Fort Stewart southwest of Savannah. Law enforcement officers were dispatched to the 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team area at the base shortly before 11 a.m., the Army posted in a news release on X....
Candidates for Georgia governor now include Democrat who has won statewide
ATLANTA -- Another Democrat has entered the contest to succeed term-limited Gov. Brian Kemp in Georgia's highest elected office, a candidate with a history of winning statewide, albeit a while ago. Michael Thurmond, who has held a wide variety of local and state...
Federal loan to help finance Georgia 400 toll lanes
ATLANTA - A plan to add toll lanes along Georgia 400 in Fulton and Forsyth counties is getting a big boost from the federal government. The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) Tuesday announced a loan of up to $3.89 billion to help build the project. The money...
Former DeKalb County official given costly lesson on how not to treat women in a bar
ATLANTA -- In Georgia, people can be held responsible for false imprisonment if they get police to arrest someone who did nothing wrong. A former DeKalb County commissioner learned that costly lesson Monday in federal appeals court when judges sided with two...
PSC sets hearings on Georgia Power plan for more generating capacity
ATLANTA - Georgia energy regulators voted unanimously Tuesday to hold hearings this fall on a Georgia Power request to certify 9,900 megawatts of new power generating capacity environmentalists say would rely heavily on harmful fossil fuels. The plan calls for adding...
Carr siding with gun-rights advocates in Savannah lawsuit
ATLANTA - Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr is supporting a new lawsuit brought by a gun-rights organization challenging a Savannah ordinance restricting the storage of firearms inside the city. The ordinance, approved by the Savannah City Council in April of last...
Football coach joins Republican campaign to unseat U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff
ATLANTA -- Derek Dooley, the football coach and son of legendary Bulldogs leader Vince Dooley, has joined the campaign to unseat Democrat Jon Ossoff from his U.S. Senate seat in Georgia next year. "Lawlessness, open season on the border, inflation everywhere, woke...