Michael Blatt Michael Henry Blatt, 74, of Woodlawn, VA, passed away on Thursday, October 30, 2025, after an extended illness. Mike was born in Calhoun, GA on September 20. 1951. He grew up in Smyrna ...

MILTON, GA — The Georgia Supreme Court is weighing arguments in an appeal from the City of Milton, which is seeking to overturn a $35 million jury verdict in a wrongful death lawsuit tied to the death ...

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DECATUR, Ga. — The City of Decatur has become the first community in Georgia to be certified as a Bird City, achieving the prestigious High Flyer level of recognition. The certification was approved ...

Sunny with a high of 83 °F (28.3 °C). Winds variable at 6 mph (9.7 kph). Night - Clear. Winds from SSE to SE at 5 to 6 mph (8 to 9.7 kph). The overnight low will be 59 °F (15 °C). Thunderstorms today ...

The Red & Black is a 501c3 nonprofit. Please consider a one-time gift or become a monthly supporter. Cancel anytime. Republican Vernon Jones, a former Democratic state representative turned Trump ...

A family of eight, including a grandmother, her pregnant daughter and five children, was killed in a fiery six-vehicle crash when a tractor-trailer driver rammed into their van on a Georgia highway ...

FOLKSTON, Ga. – "Help!" yell the orange-clothed men standing in a yard surrounded by barbed wire, the full glare of the hot Southeast Georgia sun above. "We ain't being treated good out here!" "Out ...

Sabrina Willis was killed Oct. 5, the day before the grand opening of her business, authorities say. Freedom Fighters Upstate SC screengrab on Facebook A woman was shot dead by her husband one day ...

“The Life of a Showgirl” is officially here! Taylor Swift’s 12th studio album dropped Friday at midnight, and — as many fans expected — it includes several nods to the singer’s fiancé, Travis Kelce.

Our state has a long history. The charter for its colonization was first granted in 1732. According to the New Georgia Encyclopedia, British military officer James Edward Oglethorpe pushed for its ...