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Terrell County school officials are working to correct payroll, purchasing and recordkeeping weaknesses identified in a fiscal 2025 audit, with Superintendent Shereca Harvey outlining the findings and additional reviews during an Oct. 6 school board work session.

For two days in 2013, an eighth grader sat alone at the far end of a gym at Robert Cross School. When Tee Taylor asked what was wrong, Olivia Charles told her that her mother had breast cancer.

Dawson will not implement its approved $8 monthly fire service charge following a Georgia Supreme Court ruling, and residents have never been billed for it, City Manager Roxie Powell said.

The Dougherty County School System may not see any local property tax revenue until April, nine months into its fiscal year. The reason is a flood of appeals after the county’s first full property reassessment since 2007.

A federal judge has given a Terrell County resident until Dec. 2 to properly serve his civil rights lawsuit over the removal of 12 French bulldogs, and the resident says he has found an attorney after months of seeking representation.

When Ethan Wolfe asked voters across Georgia’s House District 151 this fall whether their longtime state representative had taken care of their needs, he said the answer was hard to miss.

Terrell County school officials are working to correct payroll, purchasing and recordkeeping weaknesses identified in a fiscal 2025 audit, with Superintendent Shereca Harvey outlining the findings and additional reviews during an Oct. 6 school board work session.

For two days in 2013, an eighth grader sat alone at the far end of a gym at Robert Cross School. When Tee Taylor asked what was wrong, Olivia Charles told her that her mother had breast cancer.

Dawson will not implement its approved $8 monthly fire service charge following a Georgia Supreme Court ruling, and residents have never been billed for it, City Manager Roxie Powell said.

The Dougherty County School System may not see any local property tax revenue until April, nine months into its fiscal year. The reason is a flood of appeals after the county’s first full property reassessment since 2007.

A federal judge has given a Terrell County resident until Dec. 2 to properly serve his civil rights lawsuit over the removal of 12 French bulldogs, and the resident says he has found an attorney after months of seeking representation.

When Ethan Wolfe asked voters across Georgia’s House District 151 this fall whether their longtime state representative had taken care of their needs, he said the answer was hard to miss.

Georgia voters will be charged with deciding the fate of three constitutional amendments on this year’s ballot.  They include measures to shore up funding for the future of 911 systems, an increase on the amount of agricultural and timber property that can be classified for conservation use, and changes to how probate judges are elected across the state.

Georgia’s 2026 general election could be one of the most impactful in the country, so residents need to be sure they understand how to register to vote and where to find their polling place. 

If you want to vote in Georgia’s Nov. 3 general election, there are three essential steps: register by Oct. 5, check your registration, and decide how you want to vote.

Georgia’s Nov. 3 general election is closer than it feels, and the voter registration deadline is Oct. 5. Here’s who is eligible to vote, how to get on the voting rolls, what to bring to the polls and where barriers exist to vote in Georgia.

Georgia voters will elect their next governor in the  Nov. 3 midterm. Former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms (D) will run against Jackson Healthcare founder Rick Jackson (R).