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4 HS football teams make recent hires; only 3 remain without coaches

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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

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

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

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

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.

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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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...

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.

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.

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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.