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Early voting started statewide on Tuesday, giving voters three weeks to cast ballots ahead of the Nov. 3 election.

“For me, this is all about ratepayers. Will this keep our rates low? That’s my biggest concern on a project like this.”

“It’s like down home week, coming to see all the friends, and that’s very reassuring to see. We look forward to welcoming 40,000 or 50,000 of our closest friends to the Sunbelt Expo.”

Lee County residents urged school board members Friday to reconsider spending, find other revenue and weigh the strain on household budgets before voting Thursday on a proposed 3-mill property tax increase.

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.

“It’s still under investigation and we’re looking to make more arrests as we gather more evidence and identify more individuals involved. That’s our interpretation, that it was an argument or a fight that went down. That’s one thing we are looking at.”

See game photos by Darrell Roaden, Columbus Ledger-Enquirer

‘What have you done for me lately?’

Georgia Tech needed less than three minutes to turn a runaway into a game Saturday. It spent the rest of the afternoon paying for the half that came before it.

Florida State running back Ousmane Kromah was carted off with an apparent left ankle injury during the second quarter of Saturday’s game at No. 3 Miami.

Albany State needed two 80-yard touchdown drives to erase a scoreless first half. Tuskegee needed less than three minutes to erase the comeback.

DeSean Bishop ran for two touchdowns and No. 14 Tennessee’s stifling defense paved the way to a 26-10 win over No. 6 Alabama in the “Third Saturday in October” rivalry Saturday in Knoxville, Tenn.