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March 23, 2024

'Heroic' Georgia college students on weekend road trip rescue family from sinking car

Georgia college students are "heroes" after pulling over on a road trip to save a family whose car had plunged into a creek and was submerged. All five young women are first-year students.

March 22, 2024

Marjorie Taylor Greene moves to disbar Fani Willis: 'Unfit to serve'

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene has filed a complaint asking for the disbarment of Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis over her relationship with Nathan Wade.

March 22, 2024

Former Georgia GOP governor candidate pleads guilty in fraud case

Former Georgia insurance commissioner and 2010 gubernatorial candidate John Oxendine has pleaded guilty to conspiring to commit health care fraud.

March 22, 2024

Georgia teens allegedly grab gun, knock out deputy and escape custody before being recaptured by police

Two Georgia teens are back in custody after they managed to escape by overpowering a deputy and using his gun to knock him unconscious, police said.

March 22, 2024

Young men in upscale Atlanta neighborhood warned about being drugged, robbed after barhopping

Atlanta police have issued a safety warning amid a string of robbery incidents in Buckhead between 2021 and February in which men have reported being drugged and robbed.

March 22, 2024

On this day in history, March 22, 1934, Masters Tournament tees off for first time in Augusta, Georgia

The Augusta National Invitation Tournament, known today as The Masters, teed off for the first time on this day in history, March 22, 1934. Horton Smith won the first tournament.

March 21, 2024

Georgia man put to death for rape, murder in state's first execution in years

Willie James Pye was put to death by lethal injection for the abduction, rape and shooting death of Alicia Lynn Yarbrough, his ex-girlfriend, in November 1993.

March 20, 2024

3 great white sharks ping near Georgia, South Carolina coasts: 'It's moving days'

Researchers this week said three great white sharks, two adults and a juvenile, pinged off the coasts of Georgia and South Carolina.

March 20, 2024

Some Georgia workers would find it harder to become union members under a new bill

The Georgia House voted Wednesday in favor of a new bill, backed by Gov. Brian Kemp, which may make it harder for employees at companies receiving state economic incentives to unionize

March 20, 2024

Laken Riley's 'heartbroken' father asks Georgia governor to 'declare an invasion' of illegal immigrants

The Georgia state Senate heard from Laken Riley's father, Jason Riley, on Wednesday as lawmakers remembered the Augusta University student who was murdered on Feb. 22.