Georgia News
Harold Melton starts new role at GSU Law
AJC EXCLUSIVE

Ex-chief justice leaves law firm for custom education role

Former Georgia Supreme Court Chief Justice Harold Melton has left global law firm Troutman Pepper Locke for a new role at Georgia State University College of Law.

Ethics trial Shermela Williams

Embattled ex-judge beats lawsuit by woman jailed over ‘daddy issues’

Former Fulton County Superior Court Judge Shermela Williams can't be sued by a young woman she jailed to address "daddy issues," a federal judge in Atlanta has ruled.

University of Georgia Spring Undergraduate Commencement 2026
AJC ON CAMPUS

UGA weighs African American studies major; engineering school gets record gift

The University of Georgia is reviewing its African American studies program. Georgia beings its Workforce Pell Grant Initiative.

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Suspended Towns County Sheriff Kenneth Henderson

Embattled Georgia sheriff faces new criminal charges, 2nd arrest in months

Towns County Sheriff Kenneth Henderson was taken into custody Thursday by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation.

Harold Melton starts new role at GSU Law
AJC EXCLUSIVE

Ex-chief justice leaves law firm for custom education role

Former Georgia Supreme Court Chief Justice Harold Melton has left global law firm Troutman Pepper Locke for a new role at Georgia State University College of Law.

Ethics trial Shermela Williams

Embattled ex-judge beats lawsuit by woman jailed over ‘daddy issues’

Former Fulton County Superior Court Judge Shermela Williams can't be sued by a young woman she jailed to address "daddy issues," a federal judge in Atlanta has ruled.

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