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3 decades later, Georgia man is charged with killing boy, 8

By JEFF MARTINJuly 23, 2021 GMT

MARIETTA, Ga. (AP) — A convicted sex offender has been arrested more than 30 years after an 8-year-old boy was found dead in the woods of an Atlanta suburb.

James Michael Coates, 56, faces multiple charges, including murder and aggravated child molestation in the 1988 killing of Joshua Harmon, Roswell police announced Friday.

Georgia interstate fully reopens, damaged overpass removed

By JEFF MARTINJuly 17, 2021 GMT

MARIETTA, Ga. (AP) — Authorities reopened a stretch of a heavily traveled Georgia interstate in both directions by Friday evening, after crews made quick work of demolishing a bridge overpass that was badly damaged by a crash.

Republicans win runoffs for 2 Georgia state House seats

July 14, 2021 GMT

ATLANTA (AP) — Two Republicans won seats in the Georgia House in special election runoffs held Tuesday after no candidates won majorities in an earlier round of voting.

Toombs County Republican Party Chairman Leesa Hagan of Lyons beat auto dealer Wally Sapp of Baxley in House District 156, according to final, unofficial results.

Tropical storm warning issued for South Carolina coast

JEFF MARTINJune 28, 2021 GMT

MARIETTA, Ga. (AP) — Parts of the South Carolina coast were under a tropical storm warning Monday as forecasters expect a tropical depression to strengthen before it makes landfall and drop large amounts of rain along the Georgia and South Carolina coastlines.

Woman now 7th person wanted in Georgia taxi driver’s slaying

June 18, 2021 GMT

ATLANTA (AP) — A seventh person is now wanted in the April death of a Georgia taxi driver found slain far from her home.

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation announced Friday that it has obtained a murder warrant for 28-year-old Maria Katherine Chavez Encarnacion of Marietta.

Police: ‘Crawling burglar’ wormed way into many restaurants

June 11, 2021 GMT

MARIETTA, Ga. (AP) — Police say they’ve nabbed a man they call “the crawling burglar” for crawling through windows of metro Atlanta restaurants and then slithering across the floor to avoid motion detectors.

Atlanta philanthropist, businessman A.D. Correll dies at 80

By JEFF MARTINMay 27, 2021 GMT

MARIETTA, Ga. (AP) — Atlanta philanthropist and businessman A.D. “Pete” Correll, known for leading one of Georgia’s biggest companies and helping to save Atlanta’s public hospital, has died. He was 80.

Man convicted of leaving son in hot car denied new trial

May 22, 2021 GMT

MARIETTA, Ga. (AP) — The judge who presided over the 2016 murder trial of a man convicted of leaving his son inside a hot car has denied his motion for a new trial.

Cobb County Superior Court Judge Mary Staley Clark's ruling, issued Thursday, was not surprising.

Man charged with murder in death of 2 teens in Georgia

May 8, 2021 GMT

WRIGHTSVILLE, Ga. (AP) — Investigators announced Friday that they have charged a middle Georgia man with the April murder of two teens in Wrightsville.

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation said that 22-year-old Daniel Payton Brinson of Harrison has been charged with two counts of murder in the deaths of 18-year-old Destiney Hope Kight of Wrightsville and 18-year-old Charles Jaylon “C...

House GOP leader renews criticism over All-Star Game shift

By JEFF AMYMay 4, 2021 GMT

MARIETTA, Ga. (AP) — The top-ranking House Republican on Tuesday renewed his party's attack on Major League Baseball for pulling the All-Star Game out of the Atlanta Braves stadium after Georgia Republicans enacted a restrictive new voting law, saying the sport's leaders were misled by criticism from Democratic President Joe Biden...

Court rejects appeal of man in Auburn student’s killing

April 23, 2021 GMT

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A state appeals court on Friday rejected the latest appeal of a man sentenced to death in the murder of an Auburn University student abducted from campus and slain in 2008...

Kemp floor leader quitting House to work for Georgia Tech

April 22, 2021 GMT

A prominent Republican is leaving the state House to become a Georgia Tech administrator.

The school announced Thursday that it is hiring Rep...

Police try to figure out why highway drivers hit by concrete

April 22, 2021 GMT

MARIETTA, Ga. (AP) — Police in an Atlanta suburb are investigating after they say about a dozen vehicles were damaged by concrete coming off a bridge on Interstate 75...

Saddler joins race for GOP Senate nomination in Georgia

By JEFF AMYApril 15, 2021 GMT

ATLANTA (AP) — Latham Saddler, a Navy veteran and former Trump administration official, has joined the Republican race to challenge Georgia Democratic U...

Deputy stabbed to death at Georgia jail; another deputy hurt

By JEFF MARTINApril 6, 2021 GMT

MARIETTA, Ga. (AP) — A sheriff’s deputy was stabbed to death with his own knife by an inmate at a Georgia jail early Tuesday, authorities said...

Coin firm pays it forward after Georgia man paid in pennies

By JEFF MARTINApril 1, 2021 GMT

MARIETTA, Ga. (AP) — A global company has stepped in to solve quite a “coinundrum” for a Georgia man...

Two South Carolina basketball players plan to transfer

March 31, 2021 GMT

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina is losing a pair of reserves from its men's basketball team. ...

MiMedx: Q4 Earnings Snapshot

March 8, 2021 GMT

MARIETTA, Ga. (AP) _ MiMedx Group Inc. (MDXG) on Monday reported a loss of $18.1 million in its fourth quarter...

Georgia House votes to end hands-free violator exception

March 8, 2021 GMT

ATLANTA (AP) — The Georgia House voted Monday to eliminate a loophole that allows some people to avoid citations for violating the state's hands-free cellphone law...

BlueLinx: Q4 Earnings Snapshot

March 3, 2021 GMT

MARIETTA, Ga. (AP) _ BlueLinx Holdings Inc. (BXC) on Wednesday reported fourth-quarter net income of $19...

Burden lifts Kennesaw State past Florida Gulf Coast 80-63

February 27, 2021 GMT

MARIETTA, Ga. (AP) — Terrell Burden had a season-high 20 points as Kennesaw State defeated Florida Gulf Coast 80-63 on Friday night...

Georgia House wants sexual misconduct training for doctors

February 26, 2021 GMT

ATLANTA (AP) — Doctors in Georgia could soon be required to undergo sexual misconduct training under a bill that passed the state House on Friday...

Police probing computer hack into Cobb County Schools system

February 25, 2021 GMT

MARIETTA, Ga. (AP) — One of Georgia's largest school systems says a districtwide lockdown earlier this month was triggered by someone hacking its computer system...

Georgia Senate roll call on ID for absentee voting

February 23, 2021 GMT

ATLANTA (AP) — The Georgia Senate voted 35-18 Tuesday to pass Senate Bill 67, which would require voters to share identification when applying for an absentee ballot...

Georgia lawmaker again seeks to tighten hands-free phone law

February 2, 2021 GMT

ATLANTA (AP) — A Georgia state House member says drivers should not be able to avoid penalties by telling judges they have purchased hands-free devices for their cellphones...

Thursday’s Scores

By The Associated PressJanuary 29, 2021 GMT

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Peoples Bancorp: 4Q Earnings Snapshot

January 26, 2021 GMT

MARIETTA, Ohio (AP) _ Peoples Bancorp Inc. (PEBO) on Tuesday reported fourth-quarter net income of $20...

Judge: Georgia lawyer’s mind poisoned by violent ideology

By JEFF MARTINJanuary 21, 2021 GMT

MARIETTA, Ga. (AP) — A federal judge on Thursday lashed out at a Georgia lawyer accused of storming the U...

Biden vows rapid steps to battle virus after inauguration

January 17, 2021 GMT

MARIETTA, Ga. (AP) — Here’s what’s happening Sunday with the coronavirus pandemic in the U.S.:

Saturday’s Scores

By The Associated PressJanuary 3, 2021 GMT

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Officer shoots and kills man in Atlanta-area drug raid

December 17, 2020 GMT

SMYRNA, Ga. (AP) — A man was shot and killed during a Thursday morning drug raid in a suburban Atlanta apartment complex, authorities said...

Atlanta-area county hit for cutting early voting locations

December 8, 2020 GMT

MARIETTA, Ga. (AP) — One of Atlanta's largest suburban counties is under fire for cutting its number of early voting locations for Georgia's twin U...

Shooting at nearby restaurant locks down Georgia campus

December 6, 2020 GMT

KENNESAW, Ga. (AP) — A university campus in Georgia briefly told students to lock their doors and turn off their lights Sunday after a shooting at a nearby Mexican restaurant...

2 students from Georgia among those named Rhodes Scholars

November 23, 2020 GMT

ATLANTA (AP) — Two students from the Atlanta area have been chosen among the 32 U.S. Rhodes Scholars for 2021...

Republicans press Democratic caricatures in Georgia races

By BILL BARROWNovember 11, 2020 GMT

MARIETTA, Ga. (AP) — Socialists. Radical extremists. Marxists.

Those over-the-top caricatures of Democrats make up Republicans’ opening arguments as they try to protect Georgia’s two U...

MiMedx: 3Q Earnings Snapshot

November 4, 2020 GMT

MARIETTA, Ga. (AP) _ MiMedx Group Inc. (MDXG) on Wednesday reported a third-quarter loss of $52 million, after reporting a profit in the same period a year earlier...

BlueLinx: 3Q Earnings Snapshot

October 28, 2020 GMT

MARIETTA, Ga. (AP) _ BlueLinx Holdings Inc. (BXC) on Wednesday reported third-quarter net income of $55...

Peoples Bancorp: 3Q Earnings Snapshot

October 20, 2020 GMT

MARIETTA, Ohio (AP) _ Peoples Bancorp Inc. (PEBO) on Tuesday reported third-quarter net income of $10...

Saturday’s Scores

By The Associated PressOctober 18, 2020 GMT

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2 new judges appointed to serve Georgia’s Cobb County

October 11, 2020 GMT

MARIETTA, Ga. (AP) — Two people have been appointed to serve as full-time magistrate judges in Georgia's Cobb County...

Newspaper: Trump official ignored virus rules at wedding

By JEFF MARTINOctober 9, 2020 GMT

MARIETTA, Ga. (AP) — White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows hosted a large wedding for his daughter that appeared to violate a Georgia order and city of Atlanta guidelines to stop the spread of COVID-19, a newspaper reported Thursday...