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Huge fourth quarter pushes Alexander to 5A state championship

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‘What we’ve always dreamed of’: Creekview holds off No. 1 team for 5A title

Creekview defeated Milton a 45-43 in the GHSA Class 5A girls basketball championship game Friday at the Macon Coliseum.

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Rabun County’s Navy commit sinks Southwest’s hope to win first title

Rabun County beat Southwest Macon 52-43 in the Class A Division 1 final at the Macon Coliseum.

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‘My girls are fighters’: East Laurens claims school’s 1st championship in any sport

East Laurens beat Elbert County 63-55 in the girls Class A Division I state championship, winning the school's first state title in any sport.

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Nathan Wade defends Georgia’s Trump prosecution to Senate committee

A former special prosecutor defended the Fulton County election interference case before a Georgia Senate committee Friday.

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Judge lets Burt Jones’ committee continue to spend on his campaign, for now

A federal judge barred Lt. Gov. Burt Jones' political committee from spending on his gubernatorial campaign Friday and then immediately stayed the order.

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Georgia to get new wildlife area on land bought from Okefenokee mining company

Georgia will soon turn a piece of land previously owned by a company that tried to mine near the Okefenokee Swamp into a new wildlife management area open to the public.

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Double amputee in Georgia ICE detention could be deported soon, supporters say

The family of Rodney Taylor has said that the double amputee, who has been in ICE custody for over a year, could be deported imminently.

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Ossabaw Island exhibit: ‘Center of all creation’ off the coast of Georgia

New exhibit at Savannah’s Telfair Museums places Ossabaw Island, made famous by preservationist Eleanor "Sandy" Torrey West, among the nation’s most important artist colonies.

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Vice President JD Vance, Erika Kirk to visit UGA

The University of Georgia is one of five stops on a national college tour put on by Turning Point USA, which was founded by the late Charlie Kirk.

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What would you do if you recognized opportunities in your nursing unit?

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Northside Hospital and The Atlanta Journal-Constitution know how much nurses need some relaxation. To help, we’re...

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More than two decades into her career at Wellstar Health System, Deidre Jenkins wasn’t ready to retire — she was ready...

Atlanta-area facility to train infrastructure workers as data centers expand

Dycom Industries announced Thursday it will build a workforce training center on a 49-acre site in Walton County.

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Iran war sends Atlanta fuel prices higher, diesel now more than $5 per gallon

Gas prices are getting higher in metro Atlanta and around Georgia thanks to the conflict in the Middle East.

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Georgia’s literacy crisis demands action. Speaker Burns is answering the call.

Too many Georgian children are failing to read at grade level. This limits their opportunities for success and puts them at risk of poverty, unemployment and incarceration.

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From peanuts to processors? South Georgia gets largest data center pitch yet.

In a small city that touts itself as “The Peanut Capital of the World,” a new proposal focuses on planting rows of something else: high-security computer servers.

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Atlanta litigator brings DoorDash insight to company defense

After three years handling DoorDash's insurance litigation, Atlanta lawyer Kimberly Sheridan has a new approach in serving as outside counsel to a variety of companies.

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Georgia bill would make it harder to obtain police bodycam footage

Georgia lawmakers may make it harder to obtain mug shots and body camera video from local police.

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In record-setting night, Marist’s Kate Harpring brings home second title

The top-ranked Marist War Eagles won a 58-50 victory over No. 2 Kell in the Class 4A championship game at the Macon Coliseum.

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Clinch County ends 37-year title drought behind sophomore’s 25-point effort

Clinch County won its first basketball state title since 1989, defeating Portal 63-43 in the Class A Division II championship game.

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Wilcox County girls win rematch for back-to-back state titles

Wilcox County downed Washington-Wilkes 48-39 to win its second consecutive GHSA Class A Division II championship.

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Intennse moves its rapid-fire tennis concept to Assembly Studios

Intennse is moving to Assembly Studios in Doraville, deepening the relationship between the tennis league and Assembly’s owners Gray Media.