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4A Girls State Championship game between Kell and Marist

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In record-setting night, Marist’s Kate Harpring brings home second title

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Class A Division 2 Boys State Championship game between Clinch County and Portal

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Clinch County ends 37-year title drought behind sophomore’s 25-point effort

Class A Division 2 Girls State Championship game between Washington-Wilkes and Wilcox County

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Wilcox County girls win rematch for back-to-back state titles

Vice President JD Vance, Erika Kirk to visit UGA

Intennse moves its rapid-fire tennis concept to Assembly Studios

1996 Olympic medal winner Dominique Dawes opens Alpharetta dance studio

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Top Black-led gyms in metro Atlanta, including Dominique Dawes’ gymnastics center

The impact of the Iran war on gas prices in metro Atlanta

Iran war sends Atlanta fuel prices higher, diesel now more than $5 per gallon

The yellow haze returns: Metro Atlanta residents cope with allergy season

For allergy sufferers, weeks of yellow dust bring sinus pressure, itchy eyes and scratchy throats. A physician shares tips for relief.

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‘SANTA IS WATCHING YOU,’ mysterious signs say. Suspect has a white beard.

Intriguing signs have appeared around Atlanta. A man says he saw someone putting one up. The sign-poster looked a bit like Santa Claus.

Ossabaw Island exhibit: ‘Center of all creation’ off the coast of Georgia

New exhibit at Savannah’s Telfair Museums places Ossabaw Island, made famous by preservationist Eleanor Torrey "Sandy" West, among the nation’s most important artist colonies.

The Southern vampire lore behind Oscars favorite 'Sinners'

Revisiting W.E.B. Du Bois’ vision through modern Atlanta data

How civil rights icon Andrew Young found his calling in a lifetime of service

How the AJC picks the best-dressed lawmakers under the Gold Dome

Eva Marcille on revisiting 'America’s Next Top Model' in new Netflix docuseries

Atlanta’s first wind phone finds a permanent home at Oakland Cemetery

McBath presses Noem on treatment of Georgia amputee in ICE detention

'I could have done more': Emotional testimony from father of Apalachee shooting suspect

How the largest nuclear plant in the country powers Georgia

Class 5A girls basketball -- Kell vs. Warner Robins (Thursday, March 9, 2023)

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10 days after having a baby, she’ll coach for another state championship

When Kell faces Marist in the Class 4A state championship, coach Kandra Bailey will achieve an amazing feat — coaching the Longhorns for a title just 10 days postpartum.

Second state lawmaker pleads guilty to pandemic unemployment fraud

State Rep. Dexter Sharper pleaded guilty in federal court on Wednesday to lying to the government to receive unemployment benefits during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Atlanta TV stations have been dropped from Dish TV. Here’s why.

The dispute is over retransmission fees TV station owners seek from cable and satellite operators, a major source of revenue for companies like Gray Media.

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12 basketball teams chase 1st championships; One seeks 1st title in any sport

There are 32 teams playing for state championships Wednesday through Saturday, but one — East Laurens — hopes to win their schools' first title in any sport.

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Season 27

Actor Corey Cott, new on ‘Law & Order: SVU,’ commutes between NYC and Athens

Corey Cott, who commutes between Athens and New York City, is tickled to land a regular role on "Law & Order: SVU" in its whopping 27th season.

Even in MTG’s backyard, a Democrat gains traction

Shawn Harris leads crowded field in deep-red northwest Georgia, hinting at Democratic energy heading into the midterm cycle.

Sen. Matt Brass, R-Newnan, talks with journalists after the Georgia Senate passed a data center bill during Crossover Day at the Georgia Legislature on Friday, March 6, 2026, in Atlanta. (Ben Gray for the AJC)

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Georgia risks competitive advantage with bills that curb data center growth

Georgia is a leader in data center growth and construction, but those gains could be imperiled if legislative proposals pass to stymie the industry.

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Move over or speed up? Georgia lawmakers can’t get rid of slow drivers

Georgia lawmakers raced through Crossover Day, but HB 809 never made it to a vote. We need more research to improve road safety — or do we just have a need for speed?

Ex-Stonecrest mayor Jason Lary sentenced in federal fraud case

Ex-Stonecrest mayor sent back to prison for mental exam

The former mayor of Stonecrest accused of falsely qualifying for a city election after embezzling federal COVID-19 funds will return to prison for a mental health evaluation.

GEORGIA DISPATCH

Roadwork killed its business. Can famously misspelled fruit stand rebound?

A legendarily misspelled fruit stand in the Georgia countryside south of Madison and I-20 is primed for a comeback after highway construction made stopping there a chore.