Commerce Police host active shooter training at middle school
The Commerce Police Department led an active shooter training this week at Commerce Middle School, bringing together multiple agencies from across the region for...
Key vaccine panel recommends banning thimerosal from shots but CDC’s own research says it’s...
(Georgia Recorder) — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s key vaccine panel has voted 5-1 to ban thimerosal, a harmless preservative used in...
US Supreme Court limits injunctions, allows Trump to act on birthright citizenship ban
WASHINGTON (States Newsroom) — The U.S. Supreme Court Friday in a major decision reined in nationwide injunctions by some lower courts that had blocked...
South Georgia drug ring traced to ‘prison broker’ at Lee Arrendale State Prison
IRWIN COUNTY, Ga. — A Lee Arrendale State Prison inmate is accused of orchestrating a methamphetamine trafficking operation from behind bars. The South Central...
Judge blocks Georgia’s social media age verification law, citing free speech concerns
ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia has become the latest state where a federal judge has blocked a law requiring age verification for social media accounts.
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PHOTO GALLERY: K-9 Henk laid to rest in Helen
It was a somber day for local law enforcement on Thursday as they laid to rest one of their own.
K-9 Henk worked at the...
VIDEO: Daytime fireball meteor spotted over North Georgia
A rare daytime fireball meteor was seen across North Georgia on Thursday afternoon.
At around 12:27PM, reports started flooding in about a large, bright object...
Permanent Clarke County Manager to be named after almost a year
After a year-long search and three interim county managers, Athens-Clarke County will soon vote on who its next full-time manager will be.
Mayor Kelly Girtz...
Trump urges voters to press for US Senate GOP mega-bill after setback on Medicaid...
WASHINGTON (States Newsroom) — President Donald Trump on Thursday told his supporters to call members of Congress and lobby them to support the “big,...
Morning fire displaces three in Hall County; cause under investigation
A fire broke out early Saturday morning at a home on Saddlehorse Drive, displacing three people and prompting a swift response from Hall County...
Athens to celebrate Independence Day early with Star Spangled Classic June 28
Athens is gearing up to celebrate America’s 249th Independence Day a few days early with its annual Star Spangled Classic on Saturday, June 28....
GOP mega-bill stuck in US Senate as disputes grow over hospitals and more
WASHINGTON (States Newsroom) — U.S. Senate Republicans appeared deeply divided Wednesday over how to establish a fund for rural hospitals to offset the budget...