One Sunday in May 1917, on the first day of services at the newly built First African Methodist Episcopal Church in Athens, the congregation celebrated with a processional and mortgage burning.

Laughter erupted among heartfelt reflections during the annual Chamber of Commerce meeting, as the business community celebrated outgoing Chamber CEO James McCoy.

WASHINGTON - President-elect Donald Trump and his family traveled to Washington, D.C. ahead of his inauguration ceremony aboard an Air Force plane supplied by President Joe Biden on Saturday.

WASHINGTON (7News) — A mother's worst nightmare is developing in the heart of Washington, D.C. Brittani Davis said Dunn and Son's Funeral Home gave her the wrong ashes instead of the ashes ...

Rudy Giuliani settled a defamation case brought against him by two Georgia election workers who ... but he’s ready to spend a lot more time in Washington, D.C. over the course of the next ...

VALDOSTA, Ga. (WALB) - The Lowndes High School Georgia Bridgeman band will be one of only four high schools to play in the Presidential Inauguration Parade. Jon Bowman Lowndes High School Director ...

“The government is relentlessly taking the country into a repressive era that is uncharted for Georgia but all too familiar in authoritarian states,” said Hugh Williamson, Europe and Central ...

NEW YORK — Rudy Giuliani and two Georgia election workers reached a ... Spencer S. Hsu in Washington contributed to this report.

By Benjamin Mullin After Donald J. Trump entered the White House in 2017, The Washington Post adopted a slogan that underscored the newspaper’s traditional role as a government watchdog ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson is sworn into office by Washington Supreme Court chief justice Debra L ...

James Vince has renegotiated terms on his Hampshire contract and will not therefore feature in this year’s County Championship. Instead, Vince, 33, will concentrate on playing white-ball cricket ...

A Georgia teen wanted for murder is behind bars after reportedly being caught shoplifting at a Walmart. According to the Valdosta Police Department, Demirie Washington, 16, was taken into custody ...