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Georgia Tech student realizes his classmate is the doctor who delivered him

Dr. Bob Hirsch joined mechanical engineering major Hudson Higgins for a group project and realized they've met before.

Georgia · 2025-03-19

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General contractors say they need foreign-born workers to meet labor demand in Georgia

Georgia’s construction industry is facing a worker shortage, with 76% of companies struggling to find enough employees, according to a survey by the Associated General Contractors of America. The industry contributes $45 billion to Georgia’s economy, and the need for new workers is growing. By 2025, construction companies will...

Georgia · 2025-03-18
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UPDATE: Murder-suicide incident at Columbus apartment complex leaves 2 dead

Columbus police are investigating a murder-suicide incident Thursday afternoon. Authorities were called to 5358 Woodruff Farm Road at Hunters Run Apartments, where they found two people shot and deceased. Muscogee County Coroner Buddy Bryan confirmed 59-year-old Wyonda Thomas was shot multiple times and pronounced dead by coroner officials. The second...

Columbus, GA · 2025-03-18
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Fani Willis must pay $54,000 for ‘intentionally’ violating Georgia’s open records rules

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis was ordered to pay $54,264 for “intentionally” violating Georgia rules regarding her prosecution of President Donald Trump. Superior Court Judge Rachel Krause ruled on Friday that Willis knowingly failed to provide records relating to the employment of special prosecutor Nathan Wade and related matters, as requested by attorney Ashleigh […]

Fulton County, GA · 2025-03-17

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Firefighter Arrested in Case Involving Twin Brothers, 19, Who Were Found Dead on Georgia Mountain

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation announced the arrest of volunteer firefight Scott Kerlin, 42, on a misdemeanor obstruction charge

Towns County, GA · 2025-03-18

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‘Breaks my heart’: First openly trans woman to compete in Miss Georgia steps away from competition, gives up title

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - A transgender woman from metro Atlanta will no longer run in the Miss Georgia USA competition, she announced on Monday. In a social media statement, 22-year-old Bella Bautista said she has relinquished her Miss Buckhead USA 2025 title and will not take the stage at the statewide event, which will be held in McDonough in June.

Atlanta, GA · 2025-03-18

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Border feud: Georgia lawmakers revive bid to reclaim 'lost territory' in Tennessee

WALKER COUNTY, Ga. — A legislative push making it's way through the Georgia General Assembly again looks to fix what some have called 'an error that is hundreds of years old.'. It would bring Georgia's border closer to Nickajack Lake, roughly a mile into Tennessee. The new resolution would...

Tennessee · 2025-03-18

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Kemp fills state labor commissioner job with historic pick

Barbara Rivera Holmes is set to become the first Latina to hold a statewide constitutional office in Georgia. On Tuesday, Gov. Brian Kemp appointed the Albany resident as state labor commissioner. Holmes succeeds Bruce Thompson, who died in November from pancreatic cancer. Holmes, who most recently served as president and...

Georgia · 2025-03-18

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Doctor who practices in GA ordered to pay $700K in restitution to Medicare over alleged fraud

A Tennessee doctor who also practices in Georgia has settled claims that his office knowingly submitted false claims to Medicare for medically unnecessary therapy.

Georgia · 2025-03-18

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Former executive at GA flooring company sentenced to prison for fraud, stealing thousands

The former Global Chief Information Officer of a Calhoun-based flooring manufacturer has been sentenced to prison for defrauding the company.

Marietta, GA · 2025-03-18

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Georgia Insurance Commissioner denies a need for an investigation of insurance companies

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - State Sen. Nabilah Islam-Parkes penned a letter to Insurance Commissioner John King, asking him to launch an investigation into insurance companies' profits after a Florida report casts doubt on the practice of insurance companies. Letter to John F. King by Atlanta News First on...

Georgia · 2025-03-18

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The cicadas are coming. But this year’s brood is in only one part of Georgia

Cicadas, those loud, large but harmless insects, will soon emerge this spring after 17 years underground in Georgia. ...

Georgia · 2025-03-18

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‘Substantially groundless and vexatious’: Irate judge orders Fani Willis to pay attorneys fees for ‘intentional’ violations of open records laws in Trump RICO case

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis has lost yet another case and is now being ordered to once again pay attorneys fees for her office’s intentional violations of Peach State open records laws. As Law&Crime previously reported, the final judgment in the matter ancillary to the district attorney’s failed...

Fulton County, GA · 2025-03-15

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Missing Teen Asata Amun Found Safe Over a Year After Vanishing

A 16-year-old girl from Georgia who had been missing for over a year has been found alive in. , authorities confirmed Monday, March 17, 2025. Asata Amun, who disappeared in February 2024, was discovered in the custody of the Tennessee Department of Children’s Services, where she had been living under a different name.

Gwinnett County, GA · 2025-03-18