On the Wednesday, Oct. 11 edition of Georgia Today: Georgians gather to show support for Israel following this weekend's brutal attacks; the Fulton County DA's office seeks testimony from two high-profile witnesses in the 2020 election fraud trial; and scientists try to see the world through the eyes of endangered loggerhead sea turtles.
After 26 years in Georgia prisons, a convicted murderer who became the face of 1990s tough-on-crime policies is now living outside prison walls. GPB's Orlando Montoya recently spoke with the man who once was the 13-year-old boy behind a notorious case.
The Georgia prosecutor who has accused former President Donald Trump and others of trying to illegally overturn the 2020 presidential election in the state is seeking to call Republican Party Chair Ronna McDaniel and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones as witnesses in a trial for two of the defendants scheduled to begin later this month.
Over two-thousand people gathered near Atlanta Tuesday night to show support for Israel and the Jewish community.
The Fulton county DA’s office is seeking testimony from two more high profile witnesses in the upcoming election interference trial later this month.
Since the Covid-19 public health emergency ended in May, tracking individual cases has been less consistent. But wastewater tracking still provides important community level data.
On the Tuesday, Oct. 10 edition of Georgia Today: Georgia faces an epidemic of absenteeism in schools; an Atlanta police officer is fired after a man dies after being shocked with a stun gun; and an iconic Atlanta shop is making doughnuts again after being destroyed by fire twice.
Vigils, information sessions, and where to donate to help those in crisis are part of metro Atlanta’s response to the ongoing attack on Israel by Hamas militants that has killed hundreds and wounded thousands.
Atlanta's police chief has fired an officer who shocked a 62-year-old Black deacon with a stun gun during a dispute over a traffic ticket, leading to the man's death. Atlanta Police Chief Darin Schierbaum said Tuesday that Officer Kiran Kimbrough didn't follow department procedures Aug. 10 when he didn't wait until a supervisor arrived to arrest Johnny Hollman Sr.
Georgia's rising public high school graduation rate hit a record in 2023. The state Department of Education says Tuesday that 84.4% of seniors graduated on time in the spring, up from 84.1% last year.
An autopsy has found that the death of a 62-year-old church deacon who was electrically shocked by an Atlanta police officer was a homicide. Johnny Hollman became unresponsive on Aug. 10 while being arrested after a minor car crash.
The Public Responsibility in Medicine and Research named a Georgia pediatrician, Dr. Ivy Tillman, to lead the organization. She’s spent the last 23 years of her career researching sickle cell disease.
A Georgia-based research expert is now leading a nationwide nonprofit focused on building public trust in scientific research.
The Braves beat the Phillies in stunning come-from-behind fashion Monday night to take game two of the National League Division Series, evening the best-of-five series 1-1.
On the Friday, Oct. 6 edition of Georgia Today: Georgia State troopers will not faces charges for the killing of a protester opposed to Atlanta's proposed police training center; a federal judge denies a request by a defendant in the 2020 election fraud case to have their case dismissed; and the Savannah Bananas unpeel their 2024 game schedule.