![State Sen. Burt Jones (R-Jackson) officially launched his campaign for lieutenant governor of Georgia on Thursday, Aug. 26, 2021.](https://www.gpb.org/sites/default/files/styles/flexheight/public/2021-08/burt_jones_1.jpeg?itok=ydICxuoA)
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State Sen. Burt Jones (R-Jackson) officially launched his campaign for lieutenant governor of Georgia on Thursday, Aug. 26, 2021.
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State Sen. Burt Jones (R-Jackson) officially launched his campaign for lieutenant governor of Georgia on Thursday, Aug. 26, 2021.
The Fulton County district attorney's office can no longer investigate Georgia's Republican Lt. Gov. nominee in a wide-ranging probe of election interference.
A U.S. marshal and a suspect in a killing were shot yesterday as officers tried to arrest the man at a mobile home park in the Atlanta suburb of Peachtree City.
Former Atlanta Braves outfielder and pinch-hitter Dwight Smith has died.