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In a quiet field of abandoned blueberries and shrubby brush in south Georgia, Cera Jones released hundreds of tiny parasitic wasps into the thicket and watched them fly away, following their natural instinct to search for a host to incubate their predatory progeny.

UGA researchers released parasitic wasps in South Georgia. Here’s why

by Emily Cabrera | CAES NewsJuly 26, 2022July 26, 2022

Power restored at Cobb County jail

by Thom ChandlerJuly 26, 2022July 26, 2022

Fence with barbed wire

Water leak causes lengthy power outage at Cobb County jail

by Thom ChandlerJuly 25, 2022July 25, 2022

The DeKalb County Sheriff's Office is investigating two unrelated inmate deaths at the DeKalb County Jail.

Two inmates were found dead at the DeKalb County Jail

by Thom ChandlerJuly 25, 2022July 25, 2022

The 11th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals upheld Georgia’s “heartbeat” abortion law Wednesday, finding the ban on abortions after detection of a fetal heartbeat at around six weeks is legal.

Federal court upholds Georgia’s controversial ‘heartbeat’ abortion law

by Rebecca Grapevine | Capitol Beat News ServiceJuly 20, 2022July 20, 2022

Georgia’s Medicaid program will now cover gender-affirming surgery as a result of a new settlement in a lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union.

Georgia Medicaid now covers gender-affirming surgery

by Rebecca Grapevine | Capitol Beat News ServiceJuly 19, 2022July 19, 2022

Both sides in Georgia’s abortion fight have laid out new legal arguments in the wake of last month’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling overturning the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision that legalized the procedure.

The latest on the court battle over Georgia’s abortion law

by Rebecca Grapevine | Capitol Beat News ServiceJuly 18, 2022July 18, 2022

Gwinnett County employees are masking up once again due to an increase in COVID spread throughout the county.

Gwinnett County Employees Are Masking up Again Due to High COVID Spread

by Thom ChandlerJuly 15, 2022October 10, 2023

The Georgia Supreme Court has declined to take up a legal challenge to Georgia Power’s plan to collect $525 million from customers in coal ash pond closure costs.

In The News, Your Family

Georgia Supreme Court rejects coal ash lawsuit that could have stopped Georgia Power from passing costs on to consumers

by Dave Williams | Capitol Beat News ServiceJuly 15, 2022July 15, 2022

horse racing

A new report says Georgia should legalize sports betting

by T.A. DeFeo | The Center SquareJuly 14, 2022July 14, 2022

Amtrak is looking to make Atlanta a railroad hub again, but the quasi-federal agency can’t say how much it will cost to run new routes across the Peach State and the region.

Could Atlanta become a railroad hub again?

by T.A. DeFeo | The Center SquareJuly 13, 2022September 24, 2023

The last week in Georgia has been marked by several incidents involving car crashes, heavy rains, and rescue efforts in Georgia's lakes and rivers.

The Week in Photos: Water and wrecks wreak havoc in Georgia

by Thom ChandlerJuly 11, 2022July 11, 2022

Game Wardens and local dive teams are actively searching for a missing tuber who is presumed to have drown yesterday on Lake Tobesofkee after falling from a tube.

Search continues for 31-year-old man presumed to have drowned in Lake Tobesofkee

by Thom ChandlerJuly 10, 2022July 10, 2022

With four months left until Election Day, Republican Gov. Brian Kemp and Democratic challenger Stacey Abrams are on track to obliterate the Peach State’s record for gubernatorial campaign fundraising.

Kemp vs. Abrams: Which campaign has raised the most money?

by Dave Williams | Capitol Beat News ServiceJuly 8, 2022July 8, 2022

The chairman of a congressional committee is asking the CEO of a Georgia firearms manufacturer to testify at an upcoming hearing on the industry’s role in the spike in gun violence in America.

Georgia gun maker asked to testify before Congress

by Dave Williams | Capitol Beat News ServiceJuly 8, 2022July 8, 2022

The destruction of the Georgia Guidestones monument near Elberton by unknown individuals has caused a spike in interest in the fallen monument.

What did the Georgia Guidestones say?

by Thom ChandlerJuly 7, 2022July 7, 2022

A quirky monument erected near Elberton more than 40 years ago has been destroyed after it was damaged by an explosion.

The Georgia Guidestones: Christian monument or Satanic symbol?

by Dave Williams | Capitol Beat News ServiceJuly 7, 2022September 24, 2023

The Fulton County special grand jury investigating the aftermath of the 2020 presidential election in Georgia has subpoenaed two of then-President Donald Trump’s top lawyers and U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham, a Trump ally, according to court filings.

Trump lawyers Rudy Giuliani and John Eastman subpoenaed in Fulton grand jury probe

by Dave Williams | Capitol Beat News ServiceJuly 5, 2022July 5, 2022