Georgia wide receiver Rodarius "Rara" Thomas was arrested on charges of cruelty to children and battery, adding to the team's recent legal woes. It is the second arrest for Thomas in two years.
12-year-old girl whose disappearance galvanized a Georgia community has been found in Ohio. Hall County Sheriff Gerald Couch says Maria Gomez-Perez was found Thursday in Dover, Ohio. She was in the company of a Guatemalan man who is now jailed on a rape charge.
The head of a new commission tasked with recommending improvements to Georgia's Medicaid program says she does not see a single solution for the issues facing low-income and uninsured state residents.
Georgia state Superintendent Richard Woods now says the state will pay for districts to teach a new Advanced Placement course in African American Studies. The announcement came Wednesday, a day after Woods said districts could only teach the course using local funds.
A Georgia judge has denied a preliminary request to block a commission created to discipline and remove prosecutors. Prosecutors argue that it violates the U.S. and Georgia constitutions.