GEORGIA NEWS

A judge is weighing whether a Georgia county can move ahead with buying land for a commercial spaceport or must first give voters a shot at a special election to approve the deal.

The three white men sentenced to life in prison for the murder of Ahmaud Arbery will soon face standing trial a second time.

A body was found Friday morning in a retention pond outside Brunswick Cellulose in Glynn County, police said.

Georgia is easing COVID-19 quarantine and contact tracing requirements in schools as Gov. Brian Kemp urges superintendents to keep students attending in person.

Before a judge determines Friday whether the three men convicted in the 2020 killing of Ahmaud Arbery will be given the possibility of parole for their mandatory life sentences, Arbery’s family shared with the court how his murder has impacted their lives.

With his client facing a mandatory term of life in prison for felony murder, attorney Kevin Gough filed a motion Friday to challenge the constitutionality of that sentence.

Politicians and family members are remembering Georgia Republican Sen. Johnny Isakson's ability to build consensus and win friends.

The three men convicted in the 2020 killing of Ahmaud Arbery are set to be sentenced Friday.

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp says he'll push for a new state law that would loosen the state's handgun requirements.

The next drawing — on Wednesday night — will be at least an estimated $575 million, CBS said.

Plans to build a spaceport in southeast Georgia are on hold right now. A judge will decide if a crucial part of the project should go before voters early next year.

A judge in south Georgia has temporarily blocked backers of a proposed rocket launch site from purchasing any land until a court hearing scheduled for early next year.

The number of patients hospitalized with COVID-19 has risen almost 50% in Georgia in the last month, and the number of infections detected continues to accelerate.

A strange smell has some people in Brunswick concerned.

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A federal agency on Monday granted a license for a launchpad that would fly commercial rockets from coastal Georgia.

A federal judge on Monday granted a motion expanding the potential jury pool in the upcoming hate crimes trial against the three men convicted of killing Ahmaud Arbery.

Former Georgia Republican U.S. Senator Johnny Isakson has died.

With the calendar flipping to December, holiday events are in full swing. Before you know it we will usher in a new year.

Sources briefed on the decision say electric truck maker Rivian Automotive will announce Thursday that it’s building a $5 billion battery and assembly plant east of Atlanta projected to employ 7,500 workers.