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Columbus police responded to seven shootings and one stabbing over the weekend, leaving four people dead; here's a timeline of where and when each incident happened. The Conservative Party leader also pledged to cut the cost of hiring 21 to 24 year…
Rick Jackson, Georgia’s Republican nominee for governor, has developed a pattern of declining debates once the field narrows. Jackson debated in the spring during the primary election cycle. He and Lt. Gov. Burt Jones appeared with the other Republican candidates…
A Georgia man who allegedly helped his father, an inmate serving time for murder, scam a DeLand woman out of nearly $16,000 has been arrested, according to the Volusia Sheriff's Office. Sharod Poellnitz, 18, of Stockbridge, Georgia, is accused of being part…
COLUMBUS, Ga. (WRBL) — A man was extradited from the Russell County Jail to Columbus on Wednesday to face a murder charge in connection with the death of Lawrence Perry. RELATED: 1 person dead following shooting near Northside Industrial Boulevard According to…
MIAMI VALLEY — The minimum wage in Ohio is set to increase next year. The state’s minimum wage will go up to $11.40 per hour for non-tipped employees and $5.70 per hour for tipped employees, according to the Ohio Department of Commerce Division…
Georgia’s child welfare agency has been wrongly charging parents foster care fees for children no longer in state custody, and the practice must stop, a federal judge in Atlanta has ruled. In an order Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Tiffany Johnson…
Faith Isaya's journey to American citizenship started with a love story. Working as a translator at small churches in her native Tanzania, she met Dean, the missionary who would become her husband and eventually followed him to the United States.
Editor’s note: The AJC invited both Georgia attorney general candidates for the Nov. 3 election, Democratic Rep. Tanya Miller and Republican Sen. Brian Strickland, to write guest opinion columns about their vision for enforcing open-government laws and other issues related to…
A new agreement will see Google support uprates on Georgia Power's share of the Vogtle and Hatch plants, enabling up to USD900 million in projected benefits to customers over the life of the units as...
Google (GOOG,GOOGL) said that it has signed a new agreement with Georgia Power to support clean and reliable nuclear energy in Georgia, along with providing savings for customers. Under the agreement, which is subject to approval by the Georgia…