Georgia

Photo submissions for the 2024 Juried Photography Exhibition in Auburn are now being accepted. Photographers currently residing in Alabama and in Georgia counties adjacent to Lee County are eligible to submit their work. All entries are due by Oct. 17 with a fee of $40.

Summer is the season of sun, sports, vacations and yard sales. The 127 Yard Sale advertises itself as the “world’s longest yard sale.” This massive event stretches over 690 miles through Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee, Kentucky, Ohio and Michigan.

Alabama is part of the Southern states seeing a boost in population numbers. The South accounted for 87% of the nation’s growth in 2023. That’s according to recent figures from the U.S. Census Bureau, which also shows the South is the only region to have maintained population growth throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.

An Alabama man made his first court appearance ahead of his arraignment next month on charges of making alleged threats against Georgia officials involved in the arrest and prosecution of Donald Trump.

A federal judge ruled that some of Georgia's congressional, state Senate and state House districts were drawn in a racially discriminatory manner, ordering the state to draw an additional Black-majority congressional district. This follows similar actions against Alabama which were upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court.

A supplier of graphite for electric batteries says it will invest $800 million to build a factory in southwest Georgia, hiring 400 workers. Anovion Tecnologies, based in Chicago, has existing facilities in New York and West Virginia and plans another factory in northwest Alabama.

Georgia is back at number one in The Associated Press college football poll. Alabama slid to number three following a weekend white knuckle victory where the Crimson Tide narrowly won over Texas A & M.

DOTHAN, Ala. (AP) — Tornado researchers want to know more about how tornadoes form from squall lines in the Wiregrass region of Alabama and Georgia.That…

Alabama celebrates two very different holidays today. It’s both Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Robert E. Lee Day.Alabama continues to celebrate Robert E.…

A 515-mile underground natural gas pipeline running through Alabama, Georgia and Florida is expected to be fully operational by the end of the month.The…