Dozens of students graduated last month under Macon District Attorney Anita R. Howard’s initiative to reduce violence among the youth, which highlighted giving those students a second chance.

On the Friday Dec. 27 edition of Georgia Today: Judge rules that Georgia senators can subpoena DA Fani Willis over alleged misconduct in prosecuting President-elect Trump; a deadly explosion at a Tyson Foods plant in Southwest Georgia; and the program empowering at-risk young people through farm work

On the Thursday, Dec. 26 edition of Georgia Today: More in-custody deaths than in any other year for the Georgia Department of Corrections; Georgia's peanut crops were significantly smaller than usual; Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge is a step closer to becoming a UNESCO World Heritage Site

Leander Antwione Williams is due back in court after President-elect Trump takes office.

Former Detroit Lion and Georgia Southern University football player Leander Antwione Williams is charged in connection with the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.

The federal judge's ruling against Dominic Box came nearly two years after prosecutors first filed charges against him.

Shalena Cook Jones became the first Black woman to serve as Chatham County DA when she won office in 2020.

The dismissals come after a thorough review of every case in which fired officers Ashley Wood and Darryl Repress had any involvement.

Purchasing a gun for a convicted felon or other prohibited person is punishable by up to 15 years in federal prison.

According to the complaint, prison staff were warned that morning about the heat and told not to leave inmates outside too long, or without water.

Some Georgia counties are being invited to get their share of Kroger’s $1.2 billion, multi-district settlement over the franchises participation in the opioid addiction crisis.

This is the second time health care provider Wellpath’s lawsuit has been dismissed. 

The plaintiff wrote that she was forced to leave her onsite housing and rendered “effectively homeless.”

Leonard Cure was shot and killed during an October 2023 traffic stop along Interstate 95 in Camden County.

As part of an agreement with federal prosecutors, Dominic Box will retain his right to appeal a judge's pending ruling on his case.