According to The Valdosta Daily Times, the presiding judge has not ruled on the award amount, but will resume the hearing on Monday at the Lowndes County Courthouse to set a specific quantity.

Four Georgia teens pursued summer jobs to stay out of trouble. They were pressured to join neighborhood gangs.

The caretaker said she noticed on Tuesday that Kelly walked over to the couch, leaned over and placed something in his mother's mouth before he left the house.

Zeitz was a popular, semi-professional gamer who had fans worldwide. He was the subject of a 2015 documentary titled Level Up, detailing the impact his murder had on family, friends, and fellow gamers.

The proposal, known as House Bill 757, was supported by religious groups and organizations who wanted protection for denying service to those whose religious beliefs are different from their own. If passed, the bill would have allowed the refusal of jobs and services without legal ramifications.

"At Tyler Perry Studios, we believe in inclusion and equality for all people. We do not tolerate bigotry, division and discrimination."

The unnamed male teacher at Green County High School in Greensboro, Georgia, is accused of calling Shaniaya Hunter, "the dumbest girl I have ever met." The comment came after Shaniaya experienced a number of absences due to an eye condition and asked the teacher in December for assistance catching up on her work, reports the New York Daily News.

In Georgia, nearly 46 current and former correction officers involved in a statewide drug trafficking operation were arrested by the FBI today. The arrests came about as a result of a two-year investigation by the federal authorities, reports CNN. United States Attorney for the Northen District of Georgia John Horn announced details of the arrests […]

The state of Georgia will put the death its oldest inmate convicted in connection with a murder in 1979. Brandon Astor Jones, 72, convicted in the death of a convenience store manager in an Atlanta suburb during a botched robbery, was set to be executed at 7 PM ET Tuesday. Jones was scheduled to be put […]

A Georgia doctor has found himself in the worst case scenario for any professional – behind bars. Psychiatrist Narendra Nagareddy has been arrested after 36 of his patients died, with at least 12 killed by overdose on prescription medication. According to reports, Nagareddy was held at his office Thursday following a raid by DEA agents. Clayton County […]

Last year's shooting of an unarmed mentally ill Black man in Atlanta has prompted prosecutors to seek an indictment against the White police officer involved in his death, The New York Times reports.