State News

`Stop fighting!’ Atlanta sobriety test quickly turned deadly

ATLANTA (AP) — One minute, Rayshard Brooks was chatting cooperatively with Atlanta police, saying he’d had a couple…

State News

Atlanta officer fired after fatal shooting

ATLANTA (AP) — An Atlanta police officer was fired following the fatal shooting of a black man and…

Business

Produce wholesaler: Farmers market not losing money

THOMASVILLE — The owner of a wholesale produce company at the local farmers market would put the Thomasville…

State News

Prosecutors describe racist slur as Ahmaud Arbery lay dying

BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — A state investigator alleged Thursday that a white man was heard saying a racial…

State News

Kemp authorizes 3,000 Guard troops for protests in Georgia

ATLANTA (AP) — Atlanta’s mayor has extended a curfew another night and Georgia’s governor has authorized up to…

Ga Fl News

Continued Southwestern maintenance in budget quandary

THOMASVILLE — A requested state budget reduction could end state maintenance of abandoned Southwestern State Hospital in Thomasville and…

Business

Local farmers market appears headed for chopping block

THOMASVILLE — It came as a shock this week that the Thomasville farmers market is among the Georgia…

Ga Fl News

State ag commissioner floats plan to close farmers’ markets

ATLANTA — Five of the state’s farmers markets, including the one in Thomasville, would close under a proposal…

State News

Homeowner: Nothing stolen before black man was shot

BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — The owner of a house under construction that played a role in the fatal…

State News

Local prosecutors under investigation in Georgia slaying

ATLANTA (AP) — The Georgia prosecutors who first handled the fatal shooting of a black man, before charges…