PONTIAC — Within its first decade of operation, the Underground Railroad was estimated to have helped about 100,000 enslaved ...

A team of Georgia State University researchers have been working together to uncover the names and locations of where more ...

Justice Department Sues Georgia County, Saying Elections Violate Rights of Black Voters SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — The U.S. Justice Department sued a Georgia county Thursday, alleging that its method ...

Languages: English and Farsi The U.S. Department of Justice filed a lawsuit against Houston County, Georgia, on Thursday, alleging its at-large election system for county commissioners violates ...

WASHINGTON, Jan 16 (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department said on Thursday it has filed a lawsuit, opens new tab against Houston County, Georgia, to challenge the county's at-large method of ...

The Department of Justice (DOJ) has filed a lawsuit against Houston County, Ga., alleging its process for electing its board of commissioners violates Black voters’ rights. The county uses an at ...

HOUSTON COUNTY, Ga. — The U.S. Department of Justice announced it was suing a central Georgia county over how it elects at-large members of its county commission. Houston County is now facing a ...

A Georgia county fire chief was fatally shot in Alabama after attempting to assist individuals who had struck a deer while traveling, police said. The deceased was identified as James Bartholomew ...

Brantley County Emergency Management warned residents that a wintry mix of snow, sleet, and freezing rain is expected to impact Southeast GA, including areas along U.S. Highway 84, from Tuesday ...

But while Ingles got its start in 1963, The Mast General Store began in the 1850’s. And today we’re ... over a century ago is here in the tiny map dot of Valle Crucis, North Carolina.

“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 ...