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Elliott Brack, publisher of the Gwinnett Extra, dead at 90

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Down to its last two outs, Loganville rallies to win Class 5A championship

Atlanta Braves join public health initiative, spotlighting heart disease risk

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New GHSA rule yields more blockbuster high school football games in 2026

Ships, trains and semi-trucks: How inland port aims to ease Atlanta traffic

Georgia liberal Democrats see momentum behind primary successes

This Atlanta lawyer has 1.5M followers. He’s not quitting his day job.

Program Connects Students, Parents with Inmates at Athens Corrections Facility

Beyond the Bars: Athens children visit prison to hopefully not return

Students and their parents visit prison in a program aimed at curbing youth violence and gang activity in Athens-Clarke County, which has one of Georgia's highest crime rates.

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Kirby Smart sounds off on SEC championship game, playoff byes

Georgia coach Kirby Smart had plenty to say about the role of the SEC championship game and the challenges it brings with playoff field's pending expansion

Chattahoochee fish kill and flooding postmortem gets testy at City Council

When an Atlanta City Council committee convened Tuesday to dissect recent flooding, a boil water advisory and a fish kill, things got heated.

Georgia’s bitcoin rush is turning into an AI gold mine

Inside the new U.S. Soccer headquarters in Georgia

Why PFAS 'forever chemicals' are showing up in Georgia blood tests

AOC presses EPA over brown water from wells near Georgia data center site

AI demand is soaring. Could space be the next data center hub?

The former CNN Center debuts as 'The CTR'

One industry polluted this town. Now the city is betting on AI.

Georgia company aims to build the world’s fastest aircraft

Kandi Burruss opens up about healing, co-parenting & her next chapter

How to be ready before Election Day

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Kirby Smart is concerned football spending could ‘ruin all the other sports’

Georgia football coach Kirby Smart expressed concern at the SEC's spring meetings that out-of-control spending in football is a threat to fielding valuable non-revenue sports.

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Why does Georgia football’s recruiting class rank No. 33 nationally?

Georgia football's national recruiting finish under coach Kirby Smart is 2.8. As of May 26, it's at No. 33. Here's why the Bulldogs' class is ranked lower at this juncture.

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Morgan County wins first baseball title with sweep of Pierce County

The state title is Morgan County’s first in baseball, 24th in all sports and third this academic year after volleyball and boys basketball.

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Pickens wins first state title in any sport since 1974

The last time this northwest Georgia school had won a state championship was 52 years ago. All of Pickens’ previous four championships came in girls basketball.

FBI seized many 2020 election records, but agents didn’t take them all

Georgia primary closes chapter on officials who resisted Trump in 2020

The Georgia Republican primary sidelined officials who defended the 2020 election, boosting candidates aligned with Donald Trump’s claims as a June runoff looms.

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Georgia Republicans will win by targeting Bottoms and retreating from Trump

Georgia statewide Republicans candidates are elated that Keisha Lance Bottoms is the Democratic nominee, but if they're smart, they'll move away from Donald Trump too.

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From tarot cards to toys: SCAD grad rolls out products by licensing her art

Andrea Furtick attended Savannah College of Art and Design and stayed in Atlanta, finding mentorship through Atlanta Tech Village.

Why Democrats’ $8M Georgia Supreme Court push fell short

No challenger has defeated a sitting Georgia Supreme Court justice since 1922. But Democrats thought they could upend that by going all-out for Jen Jordan and Miracle Rankin.

Memorial Day weekend’s storms prelude soggy week to come for metro Atlanta

Daily rounds of showers and thunderstorms are expected to extend beyond Memorial Day for North and Middle Georgia this week, the National Weather Service says.

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Tennis season recap: GAC boys win national title; 3 schools sweep boys, girls

Winning their first titles were the LaGrange girls and Pierce County, West Forsyth and Johnson County boys. Westminster, LaGrange and Pierce won boys and girls trophies.