A 20-year veteran with the Henry County Police Department has been promoted to second-in-command of the department. Mark Amerman takes over as deputy chief following the May retirement of Joe Jackson. Amerman, a former military police officer, has been with the Henry police department since 1994 and has held numerous positions before being promoted this week in a ceremony at police headquarters in McDonough.

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Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney — pictured during a hearing Monday, Dec. 15, 2025 — has cleared the way for Georgia's State Election Board to obtain Fulton ballots and other documents from the 2020 election. (Arvin Temkar/AJC)

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