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.
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.
The FBI on Thursday arrested 46 current and former Georgia correction officers in a statewide drug trafficking operation, reports CNN. The arrests came after a two-year federal investigation United States Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia John Horn announced details of the arrests and the FBI’s raids at the nine prisons where the trafficking took […]
Douglasville residents were thrilled to see a change in the political makeup of their small, rural city last week when Rochelle Robinson was elected mayor, making her both the first female and the first Black politician to hold the seat,
Ja’Mecca Smith was found dead at the home of Demarqo Smith early Saturday morning. The 25-year-old father was not home when the police arrived. He briefly fled the scene before returning to speak to the police.
Focused mother and student Tommitrise Collins showed the world her #blackgirlmagic when she completed an exam before giving birth to a baby girl.
For years, the Ku Klux Klan have fought to be included in Georgia's "Adopt-A-Highway" program and now they have an unlikely ally.
Taiwo Sobamowo was charged with identity theft, forgery and impersonating a nurse.
Members of a Georgia church are taking action against the pastor who banned a 103-year-old woman by ordering him to step down.
A 103-year-old Georgia woman was banned from an Elberton church she's served for 92 years after she voiced concerns about the pastor.
