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Scott Hall accused of participating in a breach of election equipment in rural Coffee County pleads guilty
Bail bondsman Scott Hall, one of 18 co-defendants alongside former President Donald Trump in the Georgia election interference case, became the first to plead guilty to the charges against him on Friday. Hall was accused of participating in a breach of election equipment in rural Coffee County, among other charges. He was also the…
Read MoreSen. Dianne Feinstein, Long-Serving Calif. Democrat, Dies at 90
Dianne Feinstein, the long-serving Democrat U.S. senator from California and gun control advocate who spearheaded the first federal assault weapons ban and documented the CIA’s torture of foreign terrorism suspects, has died at 90, multiple media outlets reported Friday. Feinstein’s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the news, first reported…
Read More81st Annual Georgia NAACP State Convention and Civil Rights Conference
Atlanta – The largest NAACP State Conference in the nation is proud to announce the 81st Annual Georgia State Conference of the NAACP Convention and Civil Rights Conference. This is the first non-virtual conference since COVID-19. We will be joined by some of the most influential speakers in Civil Rights, such as Reverend Lee Franklin,…
Read MoreRabid Fox Identified in Tift County
TIFTON – The Georgia Department of Public Health’s South Health District has been working with Tift County Animal Control following an incident involving a human and animal exposure to a rabid fox. The incident occurred on Thursday, September 14. The fox was exterminated the day of the incident and was sent for lab testing immediately, where…
Read MoreDem. Senator Robert Menendez Charged With Corruption
U.S. prosecutors on Friday charged powerful Senator Robert Menendez and his wife with bribery over their relationship with New Jersey businessmen, which could complicate Democrats’ efforts to keep their slim majority in the U.S. Senate in next year’s elections. The U.S. Attorney’s office in Manhattan accused the defendants of accepting thousands of dollars in bribes…
Read MoreHunter Biden Indicted on 3 Firearms Charges
President Joe Biden’s son Hunter Biden was criminally charged Thursday, after efforts to reach a plea deal failed, leading to the first ever prosecution of a sitting president’s child. The indictment filed Thursday by the U.S. District Court in Delaware charged three criminal counts related to making false statements in connection with the purchase of a…
Read MoreGov. Kemp Declares state of emergency Announces Gas Tax Suspension As Georgians Face Sustained Inflation Blames Bidenomics
Atlanta, GA – Governor Brian P. Kemp today declared a state of emergency due to the 40-year-high inflation and negative economic conditions felt by hardworking Georgians as a result of policies coming out of Washington, D.C. As part of this declaration, he is temporarily suspending the state’s excise tax on motor and locomotive fuel to provide…
Read MoreBiden at Hanoi Press Conference: ‘I’m Going to Go to Bed”
Story courtsey of Newsmax In a series of non sequiturs and tangents that grew increasingly bizarre toward the tail end of a global press conference in Hanoi, Vietnam, which had been scheduled to cap off the G20 summit in New Delhi, President Joe Biden made the pronouncement that he’s “going to go to bed.” Moments…
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Sheriff Robert Rodgers of Wilcox County was killed in a vehicle crash while responding to a domestic
He was traveling on Highway 233 when his patrol vehicle left the roadway near Matthews Road. He struck a tree, and the impact overturned his vehicle on the driver’s side. Sheriff Rodgers died at the scene. Sheriff Rodgers was elected Sheriff in 2016 and was serving his second term with the Wilcox County Sheriff’s Office.…
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