A billionaire Healthcare CEO spent copious amounts of money to win the GOP primary for Georgia Governor and Georgia Republicans bought it. Georgia Republicans handed Rick Jackson the Republican nomination for governor with about 52% of the vote in the primary runoff tonight. Jackson, who entered the race late and spent heavily on the campaign, […]
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Election Results: Georgia voters reject Vernon Jones in his bid for Secretary of State
Unsurprisingly, Vernon Jones found no favor in the Republican Primary runoff election for Georgia’s Secretary of State office. Instead, Timothy Fleming — Georgia State Representative — has taken the lead and will head to the general election in November. This is not the first time Jones has found no success in campaigning for a statewide […]
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Election Results: Mike Collins rolls over Derek Dooley in Georgia GOP Senate Runoff
Republican U.S. Representative Mike Collins has won Georgia’s Republican Senate runoff, defeating former University of Tennessee football coach Derek Dooley. After securing the party’s nomination for the U.S. Senate, he will be challenging Ossoff in November. During his most recent campaign, Collins emphasized his experience in elected office and his conservative voting record. He frequently […]
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RUNOFF RUMBLE: Georgians voted today, but they’re tired of the mudslinging
Today is primary election runoff day. Georgia voters will determine who will be on the ballot in the November midterm elections between the candidates who could not acquire more than 50% of the vote in the May primary. Statewide candidates on the ballots today include the Republican candidates for governor, Republican candidates for U.S. Senate, […]
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Columbus hits teens with curfew
What’s happening: The curfew applies to anyone under 18 in the area between 8th Street and 14th Street, from 2nd Avenue to Bay Avenue. Under the new rule, minors may not be in public spaces in that area between 9 p.m. and 5 a.m. unless a parent, legal guardian, or another adult with legal authority […]
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Pool Cue Killer now faces murder trial after victim died years later from her injuries
Jean Marie Morgan survived the attack — at least for a while. In April 2012, Ronald Lange Buchalla strangled her and struck her in the head with a pool cue. She lived. He pleaded guilty the following year to criminal attempt to commit murder and family-violence aggravated assault, and was sentenced to 30 years, 20 […]
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Roswell will celebrate America’s 250th with biggest bash yet
The free event begins at 6 p.m. at the park, located at 10495 Woodstock Road. New attractions this year include a giant fun slide, Western throwing games, spin art stations, roaming stilt walkers and complimentary funnel cakes while supplies last. Live music will be provided by 293 Band. Timothy Miller, an Atlanta tenor known for […]
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Election Day: Kemp reveals why he is supporting Burt Jones
Candidates running for their party tickets in Tuesday’s runoff election made their last-ditch campaign efforts over the weekend and on Monday. Gov. Brian Kemp had a particularly busy Monday, when he campaigned both for Lt. Gov. Burt Jones in the governor’s race and former football coach Derek Dooley in the U.S. Senate race, and stood […]
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Gulf storm threatens Georgia with weekend deluge
A weather disturbance in the Northwest Gulf of Mexico has a 60% chance of developing into a tropical storm or hurricane within the next three days, and heavy rain is already expected in Georgia by the end of this week no matter what the system does. What’s happening: The National Weather Service is tracking the […]
