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SportsATLANTA, Ga. — The WNBA Finals shift to Atlanta on Wednesday night, as the Atlanta Dream welcome the Golden State Valkyries to State Farm Arena for Game 3 with the best-of-seven series even at a game apiece. Tipoff is set for 8 p.m. The Dream…
From the HERE City State DeskNORFOLK, Va. — An early two-goal hole proved too much for Georgia State on Wednesday night, as the Panthers lost 2-1 to Old Dominion in a Sun Belt Conference men's soccer match at the ODU Soccer Complex. Old Dominion forward Jason Purks did all of…
From the HERE City State DeskORLANDO, Fla. — The Atlanta Hawks begin the 2026-27 NBA season Wednesday against the Magic at Kia Center, launching a new chapter built around forward Jalen Johnson after Trae Young and several other key players left during the offseason. Atlanta made the playoffs last spring…
From the HERE City State DeskATLANTA, Ga. — The Atlanta Falcons have a new minority owner after NFL owners approved an investment from Arctos, the sports-focused private equity firm owned by KKR. League owners voted Tuesday at their meeting in New York to let Arctos, a KKR business, buy a…
From the HERE City National DeskNEW YORK — The NFL said Tuesday it has no issue with how the Philadelphia Eagles cared for quarterback Jalen Hurts before and after his blood clot diagnosis, and the team will face no discipline. Hours later, the NFL Players Association said it knew of…
From the HERE City National DeskNEW YORK — The New York Knicks raised their first championship banner since 1973 on Tuesday night, then watched a retooled Philadelphia 76ers team leave Madison Square Garden with a 106-100 win in the season opener for both clubs. Tyrese Maxey paced Philadelphia with a…
From the HERE City National DeskCOLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio State is preparing to play the rest of the season without starting quarterback Julian Sayin, who is out indefinitely after hurting his throwing arm in Saturday’s win over Indiana. Coach Ryan Day said Tuesday the program will not set a timeline…
From the HERE City National DeskMILWAUKEE — Brandon Woodruff took a real step toward a World Series comeback on Tuesday, throwing 23 pitches of live batting practice at American Family Field to several of the Brewers regular hitters. His fastball sat at 90 to 92 mph in his first session…
From the HERE City National DeskNEW YORK — The NFL is tightening security for Sunday’s Pittsburgh Steelers and New Orleans Saints game outside Paris, league officials said Tuesday, after rioting swept French cities over the weekend. Peter O’Reilly, the league executive who oversees international events, said at the fall owners…
From the HERE City National DeskCOLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Colorado College senior Charlie Flint has been chosen as the top women’s runner in the SCAC for the past week, the third time she has earned the conference honor this fall. The award follows her victory Saturday at the Augustana Interregional…
From the HERE City National DeskWILLIAMSBURG, Va. — Top-ranked Emory closed with the best team round of the final day to win the women’s NCAA Division III Fall Preview on Tuesday, finishing 36 holes on the River Course at Kingsmill Resort at 18-over-par 594. The Eagles began the day in…
From the HERE City National DeskCOLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Kate Chambon’s first college meet earned her a conference award, as the Colorado College freshman was chosen as the top women’s swimmer in the SCAC for the past week. Chambon, who is from Grenoble, France, took the 100-yard backstroke in 59.52…
Education
ATLANTA, Ga. — The race for Georgia state school superintendent has turned attention to the Quality Basic Education formula, the 1985 law that governs how the state divides its school money, and both candidates say it is due for changes. Lawmakers set aside $14.9 billion for the formula in the…
Business
FORT VALLEY, Ga. — Georgia school bus maker Blue Bird is betting big on its home state again, with plans to put an estimated $300 million into a new factory in Peach County that is expected to bring 375 new jobs over three years, Gov. Brian Kemp announced Wednesday. The…
Business
AMERICUS, Ga. — Short-line freight railroads serving six Central and Southwest Georgia communities are getting nearly $12.5 million in federal money to replace worn track and fix 40 road crossings. The money, $12,495,000 in all, comes from the federal transportation department’s rail safety grant program, known as CRISI, and pays…
Business
ATLANTA, Ga. — Georgia hemp retailers, processors and farmers are counting down to Dec. 11, when a federal limit on THC in consumable hemp products takes effect and could clear most of what the state’s shops now sell off their shelves. The change was written into Section 781 of Public…
Crime
ATLANTA, Ga. — An Atlanta social media personality who shows off private jets and luxury cars to a large online following now faces federal charges that he built that lifestyle on food aid meant for low-income families. A federal grand jury indicted Mercedes Reshard New, 39, who goes by Shawty…
From the HERE City State Desk
ATLANTA, Ga. — The Georgia Department of Transportation has handed out 25 road and bridge contracts worth roughly $62.8 million from its September letting, and repaving work accounts for mos
Politics
ATLANTA, Ga. — By the thinnest possible margin, the Atlanta City Council late Monday cleared Mayor Andre Dickens to keep pursuing a $68 million sale of the city detention center to Fulton County. The tally was 8 to 7 on a council that seats 15 members, 12 elected by district…
Politics
ATLANTA, Ga. — Two presidents, one current and one former, are set to campaign in Georgia over the next week as both parties try to squeeze more voters out of a tight midterm map before Election Day on Nov. 3. President Donald Trump will hold a rally Saturday in Perry,…
Politics
ATLANTA, Ga. — Two state senators are running to become Georgia’s next lieutenant governor, a post with far more say over state law than its title suggests: Republican Greg Dolezal, whose district surrounds Cumming, and Democrat Josh McLaurin of Sandy Springs. The lieutenant governor is first in line if the…
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