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Atlanta police chief Darin Schierbaum presented how crime data in the first 5 months of 2025 compares to last year

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Atlanta crime overall continues declining. Community programs lead the change

Atlanta's police chief outlined several city programs keeping violent crime down and called on community members to help where they can.

May 14, 2025
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  • Amanda Andrews
A September 29 fire at BioLab in Conyers creates a chemical plume

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Manufacturing Danger: The BioLab Story - Now What?

In the final episode of Manufacturing Danger: The BioLab Story, Conyers residents reflect on the lasting impact of the 2024 BioLab fire and what recovery really looks like. As the community pushes for accountability, long-overlooked safety systems are finally being revived.

May 12, 2025
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  • Pamela Kirkland
Thick smoke over a nearby gas station in Conyers, Georgia, on September 29 as a chemical fire at the nearby BioLab facility prompts evacuations and raises health concerns among residents

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Manufacturing Danger: The BioLab Story - After the Smoke Cleared

After the BioLab fire in Conyers, local business owners and independent testers raced to uncover the chemical fallout left behind. In this episode, we follow their fight for answers — and the growing connections between communities impacted by chemical disasters across the country.

April 28, 2025
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  • Pamela Kirkland
In Savannah participants begin to gather at Forsyth Park in the early afternoon of April 5, 2025.

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Georgia Today: 'Hands Off' Protests; Masters Week in Augusta; Shrimpers Support Trump Tariffs

On the Monday, April 7 edition of Georgia Today: Activists gathered across Georgia as part of the nationwide "Hands Off" protests; It is Masters Week in Augusta; And Georgia shrimp farmers are praising President Trump's tariffs

April 07, 2025
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  • Peter Biello and
  • Jeremy Powell
In Savannah participants begin to gather at Forsyth Park in the early afternoon of April 5, 2025.

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Georgia Today: 'Hands Off' protests; Masters Week in Augusta; Shrimpers support Trump tariffs

On April 7: Activists gathered across Georgia in "Hands Off" protests; it's Masters Week in Augusta; and Georgia shrimp farmers are praising Trump's tariffs

April 07, 2025
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  • Peter Biello and
  • Jeremy Powell
A protestor holds up a sign at a protest.

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Ahmaud Arbery was murdered 5 years ago. His family marks the anniversary with action and reflection

Sunday marked five years since the murder of Ahmaud Arbery, the 25-year-old Black man who was chased down and killed while jogging in Southeast Georgia.

February 24, 2025
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  • Pamela Kirkland
Inmates stand inside a corridor during time they are allowed to be outside of their cells at Najayo jail in San Cristobal, west of Santo Domingo in 2007.

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Dominican officials cram thousands of inmates facing no charges into overcrowded prisons

Despite promises to improve the system, problems within prisons keep mounting. Critics say the Dominican Republic continues to push for pretrial detentions in cases where no charges have been filed.

February 19, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
R.I.S.E graduates throw their caps in the air at the R.I.S.E graduation on Thursday, Dec. 19, 2024, at the Macon City Auditorium in Macon, Georgia. Macon Judicial Circuit District Attorney Anita Howard began the Restoring Inspiration by Success in Education initiative in 2022 to support Macon-Bibb County youth impacted by adverse childhood experiences. The number of graduates, or students that completed the program, nearly doubled since 2023. Katie Tucker/The Telegraph

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Macon DA’s crime prevention program boasts most graduates yet. How it helps

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.

January 01, 2025
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  • Alba Rosa
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis looks on during a hearing on the Georgia election interference case, March, 1, 2024, in Atlanta. A Georgia appeals court has agreed to review a lower court ruling allowing Fani Willis to continue to prosecute the election interference case she brought against Donald Trump.

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Georgia Today: State Senate can subpoena Fani Willis; Deadly accident at Tyson; Gangstas to Growers

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

December 27, 2024
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  • Peter Biello and
  • Jeremy Powell

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Georgia Today: Grim milestone for inmates; Peanut crop numbers down; UNESCO in South Georgia

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

December 26, 2024
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  • Peter Biello and
  • Jeremy Powell
Leander Antwione Williams, identified by the FBI as the man with a “W” on his shirt, is seen on bodycam footage in an altercation with police officers during the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.

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Former NFL, Ga. Southern player in Savannah pleads not guilty to Jan. 6 charges

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

December 17, 2024
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  • Benjamin Payne
Leander Antwione Williams, identified by the FBI as the man with a “W” on his shirt, is seen on bodycam footage in an altercation with police officers during the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.

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Former NFL, Ga. Southern player in Savannah arrested on Jan. 6 charges, due in DC court this week

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

November 18, 2024
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  • Benjamin Payne
In this photo provided by the FBI, the man in the yellow circle is identified by an agent as Dominic Box on the east stairs of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

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Savannah man found guilty of federal crimes for involvement in Jan. 6 Capitol siege

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

October 17, 2024
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  • Benjamin Payne
Chatham County District Attorney Shalena Cook Jones speaks during a voters' forum next to Republican challenger Andre Pretorius at the Coastal Georgia Center in Savannah on Sept. 16, 2024.

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Chatham County district attorney candidates make their case to voters at forum

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

September 18, 2024
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  • Benjamin Payne
Chatham County District Attorney Shalena Cook Jones speaks at a news conference outside her office at the Chatham County Courthouse in Savannah on Aug. 22, 2024.

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  • Law

Chatham DA dismissing 6 murder cases after 2 former Savannah police officers indicted for perjury

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

August 23, 2024
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  • Benjamin Payne
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