Lynching marker to expose Alabama county’s racial violence

January 4, 2021 GMT

OPELIKA, Ala. (AP) — Community organizers hope to install a historic marker outside the Lee County Courthouse to raise awareness about the lynchings of Black people by white mobs in a campaign of...

Phyllis George, female sportscasting pioneer, dies at 70

By BRUCE SCHREINER and JOHN RABYMay 17, 2020 GMT

Phyllis George, the former Miss America who became a female sportscasting pioneer on CBS's “The NFL Today” and served as the first lady of Kentucky, has died. She was 70.

Small Georgia city picks councilman as its new police chief

March 11, 2018 GMT

POOLER, Ga. (AP) — A small city in southeast Georgia is hiring one of its elected councilmen as its new police chief.

City officials in Pooler noted that Ashley Brown also has extensive law enforcement experience. He spent 24 years as a police officer in neighboring Savannah, where his duties included a leadership role as a precinct captain.