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Street expressway. Heres where i think the culprit s every couple days they move the barriers around. The guy clipped the barrier maybe thinking it was exit for the parkway and last second jerked well wheel. Bottom line everybody off to the shoulder here. If you come to center city on come to town vine expressway it comes up on you there at 20th street. Be ready to hit the brakes and again when this accident happened we didnt have daylight yet. With that construction they have not put lights up ...

Some residents in Georgia’s rural Coffee County say voter intimidation and suppression has always been a part of their lives.

Some residents in Georgia’s rural Coffee County say voter intimidation and suppression has always been a part of their lives.

Douglas, Georgia (CNN) — The breach of the Coffee County elections office can seem almost out of place in the 97-page Georgia indictment of former President Donald Trump and associates.

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At Tuesday morning’s regular meeting of the Board of Elections and Registration, board member Ernestine Thomas-Clark made a motion to accept a resolution presented to the board seeking an internal investigation, which would be conducted by independent legal counsel, to investigate the alleged breaches of the Coffee County elections system that took place in January of 2021. Retired local attorney Jim Hudson wrote the resolution and sent it to each board member electronically before the meeting...

Students were recognized during academic year 2022-23.

Marylanders can participate in one of two virtual public hearings Nov. 10 to comment on a comprehensive plan supporters hope will revamp the state's education system.

A third of Olivia Coley-Pearson's neighbors in Coffee County struggle to read at a basic level, and she wants to make sure they have help navigating their ballots. It's an effort that runs counter to other efforts to block help at the voting booth for people who struggle to read — a group that amounts to about 48 million Americans, or more than a fifth of the adult population.

As a new wave of restrictions makes voting harder for people who struggle to read — now 1 in 5 Americans — people like Olivia Coley-Pearson have taken up the fight, even if it makes her a target.