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I blush as I write this (well, not really) but things are going well at the University of Georgia, the nation’s oldest state-chartered university, located in Athens, the Classic City of the South.

William “Roddie” Bryan  Travis McMichael fired the fatal shots. Gregory McMichael, the father of Travis, also faces trial for his involvement. The men allegedly used racial slurs in the incident, which was caught on camera and went viral, leading to protests and demands for justice. According to Wanda Cooper-Jones shared family members plan to gather at New Springfield Baptist Church in Waynesboro, GA for a candlelight vigil. The family requested attendees wear a blue ribbon or the col...

ATLANTA – State officials unveiled details of a bipartisan bill Tuesday aimed at revising Georgia’s citizen’s arrest law to limit who can detain someone suspected of a crime.

I blush as I write this (well, not really) but things are going well at the University of Georgia, the nation’s oldest state-chartered university, located in Athens, the Classic City

Georgia lawmakers will consider an overhaul of the states citizens arrest law, nearly a year after the death of Ahmaud Arbery, who was killed by two residents in Brunswick last February.

Georgia’s governor is backing a plan to overhaul the state’s citizen’s arrest law, taking aim at a statute scrutinized last year after white men fatally shot Ahmaud Arbery, a Black man they claimed had committed a crime.

ATLANTA (AP) — Georgias governor is backing a plan to overhaul the states citizens...

Some Georgia Republicans weigh how to blunt Marjorie Taylor Greene’s impact By Greg Bluestein, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Published: February 14, 2021, 6:00pm Share: Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., arrives to speak at a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Feb. 5, 2021. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) ATLANTA — Most top Georgia Republicans were silent or supportive of U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene after she was stripped of committee assignments for ...

ATLANTA — State lawmakers are working this year on legislation to change Georgia’s citizen’s arrest law, ban no-knock arrest warrants and lower employment barriers for residents on probation.

State lawmakers are working this year on legislation to change Georgia’s citizen’s arrest law, ban no-knock arrest warrants and lower employment barriers for residents on probation. But five weeks into […]