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Photos: The scene at the SEC Championship game
AJC photos from the scene of the SEC Championship game on Saturday, Dec. 2, 2023.
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Georgia Bulldogs fans react in the final moments of the fourth quarter during the SEC Championship football game against the Alabama Crimson Tide at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, on Saturday, December 2, 2023. Alabama defeated Georgia 27-24 to end the Bulldogs’ 29-game winning streak. (Jason Getz / Jason.Getz@ajc.com)
Georgia Bulldogs fans react in the final moments of the fourth quarter during the SEC Championship football game against the Alabama Crimson Tide at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, on Saturday, December 2, 2023. Alabama defeated Georgia 27-24 to end the Bulldogs’ 29-game winning streak. (Jason Getz / Jason.Getz@ajc.com)
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Mercedes-Benz Stadium is filled with football fans at the beginning of the fourth quarter during the SEC Championship football game as the Alabama Crimson Tide face the Georgia Bulldogs in Atlanta, on Saturday, December 2, 2023. (Jason Getz / Jason.Getz@ajc.com)
Georgia Bulldogs mascot Uga walks the sideline during the second half of the SEC Championship football game at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, on Saturday, December 2, 2023. (Jason Getz / Jason.Getz@ajc.com)
Alabama Crimson Tide fans reacts as the Georgia Bulldogs score during the second half of the SEC Championship football game at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, on Saturday, December 2, 2023. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)
Georgia Bulldogs mascot Uga walks the sideline during the second half of the SEC Championship football game at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, on Saturday, December 2, 2023. (Jason Getz / Jason.Getz@ajc.com)
Alabama Crimson Tide fans reacts against the Georgia Bulldogs during the second half of the SEC Championship football game at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, on Saturday, December 2, 2023. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)
Georgia Bulldogs mascot Uga surveys the football field during the SEC Championship football game at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, on Saturday, December 2, 2023. (Jason Getz / Jason.Getz@ajc.com)
Georgia Bulldogs head coach Kirby Smart and Alabama Crimson Tide head coach Nick Saban get together before the SEC Championship football game at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, on Saturday, December 2, 2023. (Jason Getz / Jason.Getz@ajc.com)
The Georgia Bulldogs enter the field to face the Alabama Crimson Tide during the first half of the SEC Championship football game at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, on Saturday, December 2, 2023. (Jason Getz / Jason.Getz@ajc.com)
Georgia Bulldogs mascot Uga walks the sideline during the first half of the SEC Championship football game at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, on Saturday, December 2, 2023. (Jason Getz / Jason.Getz@ajc.com)
Georgia Bulldogs mascot Uga surveys the football field during the SEC Championship football game at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, on Saturday, December 2, 2023. (Jason Getz / Jason.Getz@ajc.com)
Georgia Bulldogs fans cheer during the first half of the SEC Championship football game at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, on Saturday, December 2, 2023. (Jason Getz / Jason.Getz@ajc.com)
Georgia Bulldogs spirit team members perform against the Alabama Crimson Tide during the first half of the SEC Championship football game at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, on Saturday, December 2, 2023. (Jason Getz / Jason.Getz@ajc.com)
SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey walks onto the field during the first half of the SEC Championship football game between the Georgia Bulldogs and the Alabama Crimson Tide at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, on Saturday, December 2, 2023. (Jason Getz / Jason.Getz@ajc.com)
Georgia Bulldogs spirit team members perform during the SEC Championship football game against the Alabama Crimson Tide at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, on Saturday, December 2, 2023. (Jason Getz / Jason.Getz@ajc.com)
The Georgia Bulldogs enter the field to face the Alabama Crimson Tide in the SEC Championship football game at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, on Saturday, December 2, 2023. (Jason Getz / Jason.Getz@ajc.com)
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Georgia Bulldogs standout Knowshon Moreno documents the SEC Championship football game against the Alabama Crimson Tide at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, on Saturday, December 2, 2023. (Jason Getz / Jason.Getz@ajc.com)
A Georgia Bulldogs spirit team member watches before the first half of the SEC Championship football game at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, on Saturday, December 2, 2023. (Jason Getz / Jason.Getz@ajc.com)
Georgia Bulldogs standout Knowshon Moreno documents the SEC Championship football game against the Alabama Crimson Tide at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, on Saturday, December 2, 2023. (Jason Getz / Jason.Getz@ajc.com)
Georgia Bulldogs head coach Kirby Smart leads his team onto the field to face the Alabama Crimson Tide in the SEC Championship football game at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, on Saturday, December 2, 2023. (Jason Getz / Jason.Getz@ajc.com)
Georgia Bulldogs offensive lineman Amarius Mims (65) fires up his teammates before facing the Alabama Crimson Tide in the SEC Championship football game at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, on Saturday, December 2, 2023. (Jason Getz / Jason.Getz@ajc.com)
Georgia Bulldogs offensive lineman Sedrick Van Pran (77) wears the jersey number of Devin Willock, a tribute to the player who was killed in a January car crash, as he enters the field with head coach Kirby Smart before facing the Alabama Crimson Tide in the SEC Championship football game at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, on Saturday, December 2, 2023. (Jason Getz / Jason.Getz@ajc.com)
Georgia Bulldogs offensive lineman Sedrick Van Pran (77) wears the jersey number of Devin Willock, a tribute to the player who was killed in a January car crash, before facing the Alabama Crimson Tide in the SEC Championship football game at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, on Saturday, December 2, 2023. (Jason Getz / Jason.Getz@ajc.com)
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Georgia Bulldogs quarterback Carson Beck (15) warms up before facing the Alabama Crimson Tide during the SEC Championship football game at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, on Saturday, December 2, 2023. (Jason Getz / Jason.Getz@ajc.com)
Georgia Bulldogs quarterback Carson Beck (15) warms up before facing the Alabama Crimson Tide during the SEC Championship football game at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, on Saturday, December 2, 2023. (Jason Getz / Jason.Getz@ajc.com)
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Georgia Bulldogs head coach Kirby Smart and Alabama Crimson Tide head coach Nick Saban get together before the SEC Championship football game at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, on Saturday, December 2, 2023. (Jason Getz / Jason.Getz@ajc.com)
Georgia Bulldogs head coach Kirby Smart and Alabama Crimson Tide head coach Nick Saban get together before the SEC Championship football game at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, on Saturday, December 2, 2023. (Jason Getz / Jason.Getz@ajc.com)
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A Georgia fan reacts in the closing minutes of Georgia’s loss to Alabama during the SEC Championship game at Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Saturday, December. 2, 2023, in Atlanta. Alabama won 27-24. (Jason Getz / Jason.Getz@ajc.com)

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Lee County running back Jordan Bush (right) runs for yards during the second half against Sprayberry in the first-round of the GHSA Class 5A state playoffs on Friday, Nov. 14, 2025, in Marietta. (Jason Getz/AJC)
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Credit: Jason Getz / Jason.Getz@ajc.com

Photos: Sprayberry hosts Lee County in the first round of the playoffs

Sprayberry hosted Lee County in the first round of the 2025 GHSA football playoffs.

Mill Creek running back Jayde Beasley (2) runs against Colquitt County middle linebacker Davion Enoch (15) during the first half at Mill Creek Community Stadium, Friday, Nov. 14, 2025, in Hoschton, Ga. (Oscar Guevara Saenz for the AJC)
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Credit: Oscar Guevara Saenz

Photos: Mill Creek hosts Colquitt County in first round of the playoffs

Mill Creek hosted Colquitt County in first round of the 2025 GHSA football playoffs on Nov. 14, 2025.

The Atlanta Wind Phone is part of Woodruff Park's latest art installation — “The Space Within”. The public art pieces are designed to inspire reflection and inner peace. Among them, the wind phone offers a place for the bereaved to embrace their grief. (Courtesy of Jeffrey Moustache)
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Photos: Need to ‘grieve out loud’? Atlanta’s wind phones will take your call.

Woodruff Park's latest public art display — “The Space Within” — is designed to inspire reflection and inner peace.

Former Gwinnett County District Attorney Danny Porter (shown in a 2024 file photo) secured two "no body" convictions in separate homicides. In 1992, Charles Thomas White III was convicted for the death of Randy Beck. White was sentenced to life in prison, five years before Beck’s remains were found. (Ben Gray for the AJC)
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'No body' homicide cases in Georgia

A look at some of the Georgia homicide cases that have gone to trial despite investigators not finding a body.

Indianapolis Colts running back Jonathan Taylor (28) runs from Atlanta Falcons linebacker Kaden Elliss (55) during the first half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Nov. 9, 2025, in Berlin, Germany. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noorozi)
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PHOTOS: Falcons work overtime in Germany before losing

The Falcons lose to the Indianapolis Colts, 31-25, at Olympic Stadium in Berlin, Germany, on Sunday, Nov. 9, 2025.

Members of the Georgia division of the US Naval Sea Cadet Corps participate in the Georgia Veterans Day Parade in Midtown Atlanta on Saturday, Nov. 8, 2025.   Ben Gray for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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Credit: Ben Gray for the Atlanta Journal

Photos: Georgia Veterans Day Parade in Midtown Atlanta

The 44th Annual Georgia Veterans Day Parade took place in Midtown on Saturday, Nov. 8, 2025. The Theme for this year's event was "Honoring Women in Uniform."

Georgia running back Nate Frazier (3) celebrates with Georgia quarterback Gunner Stockton (14) after scoring a touchdown during the second half in an NCAA football game at Davis Wade Stadium, Saturday, November 8, 2025, in Starkville, Mississippi. Georgia won 41-21 over Mississippi State. (Hyosub Shin / AJC)
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PHOTOS: Georgia football beats Mississippi State

The Georgia Bulldogs defeated the Mississippi State Bulldogs, 41-21, in Starkville, Miss. on Nov. 8, 2025.

Uta Thomas picks up her son, Jax, during a public hearing in Atlanta on Wednesday, November 5, 2025. She implored the school board not to close Dunbar Elementary. 
"You would centralize education to decentralized families," she said. "You would break apart a community hub." (Abbey Cutrer / AJC)
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