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Portman continues suburban development push with Gwinnett mixed-use proposal

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Smart summer gardening tips to get through Georgia’s heat

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4 HS football teams make recent hires; only 4 remain without coaches

Rick Jackson declines Atlanta Press Club debate invitation

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Etowah recovers to sweep North Paulding, claim Class 6A baseball title

Georgia man who stole $11 million from behind bars escapes from federal prison

As a Georgia inmate, Arthur Lee Cofield Jr. was accused of orchestrating a scheme to steal from a Hollywood movie producer and ordering a drive-by shooting in Atlanta.

U.S. House District 11: Cowan and Adkerson advance to GOP runoff

The winner of the Republican runoff will face Democrat Chris Harden in November after he won his primary.

Georgia gubernatorial candidate Rick Jackson at his election night watch party for the 2026 Georgia primary elections

Landscaper gets second chance at benefits in case against Rick Jackson

A Superior Court judge has given a landscaper another chance for benefits after being hurt while on the job for Rick Jackson, a leading Republican candidate for governor.

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

Georgia Tech Football Practice, August 6

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Former Georgia Tech DE gets job at Locust Grove, hopes to build on region title

Former Georgia Tech defensive end Anthony Williams was hired this month as the new coach at Locust Grove, and says he hopes to build on last year's region title.

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

Elliott Brack was a veteran Georgia newspaperman who served over three decades as chairman and president of the Red & Black Publishing Co., which runs UGA's student newspaper.

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

Loganville scored three times in the bottom of the seventh inning to defeat Pope in the best-of-three series.

Atlanta Braves join public health initiative, spotlighting heart disease risk

The Atlanta Braves join a growing list of MLB teams taking part in the “Playing with Heart” initiative to raise awareness about heart disease and prevention.

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

The state’s best football teams found it harder to find opponents willing to play them this offseason after the GHSA passed a rule that penalizes teams for losing nonregion ga...

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.

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

The newly opened Gainesville Inland Port connects Savannah’s ships to North Georgia by rail, potentially easing cargo truck traffic in Atlanta and elsewhere.

Georgia liberal Democrats see momentum behind primary successes

The left wing of the state Democratic Party hopes to expand influence in the GOP-controlled Legislature with new voices, including Georgia’s first transgender lawmaker.

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

Atlanta attorney Cody Randall has gained 1.5 million social media followers by posting conversations with strangers in his spare-time effort to help others.

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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