Two of the earliest states to begin relaxing restrictions are now being scrutinized as all 50 states have started reopening.
Hate crime laws in Georgia
While Georgia is one of four states without a hate crime law, Antonia Hylton tells us why that’s beside the point as the Department of Justice begins assessing the case of Ahmaud Arbery.
Former Georgia Tech assistant Brandy Manning joins ODU women’s basketball staff
Manning, hired as assistant coach and recruiting coordinator, also has spent assistant stints at Murray State, Central Florida, Arizona, USC, Texas State and Cal State Northridge in his 14-year …
‘Like a bulldozer’: How coronavirus impacts the lives of athletes, coaches at one Georgia high school
To gauge the impact of coronavirus on high school athletes and coaches, journalism students focused on one Georgia school. These are their stories.
Florida, Georgia questioned over public access to COVID-19 data
Florida and Georgia, states that were among the last to order people to stay home to battle the coronavirus and among the first to begin to reopen, have come under scrutiny for their reporting on …
Deputies shoot, kill Georgia father accused of kidnapping children
A Middle Georgia father accused of kidnapping his children was shot and killed by sheriff’s deputies Tuesday after he rammed three patrol vehicles with his car, officials said. Keith Young, 30, was …
Georgia’s COVID-19 hospitalizations drop by a third, state’s data shows
Experts agree that Georgia’s April lockdown slowed the spread of the virus successfully. They also expect cases and deaths to rise in the coming weeks now that the state’s she …
Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms: Georgia reopening ‘not as bad as I thought’
Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms said Monday that Gov. Brian Kemp’s aggressive approach to reopening the state’s economy has not been “as bad” as she predicted.
2017 video shows Georgia officer tried to stun Ahmaud Arbery
More than two years before he was fatally shot in a Georgia subdivision, Ahmaud Arbery had a tense confrontation in a public park with police officers …
A 2017 video shows a Georgia police officer trying to use stun gun on Ahmaud Arbery after he refused a search of his parked car
A video released Monday shows police in Georgia attempting to search Ahmaud Arbery’s parked car in 2017 and when he refuses to let them and begins to walk back to the vehicle an officer tries to use a …