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Obama's Morehouse visit shines spotlight on HBCUs
When President Barack Obama addresses graduates at Morehouse College on Sunday, he'll also be speaking to the broader community of historically black colleges and universities — a proud corner of higher education that has struggled more than most during the last few years of economic distress. The so-called HBCUs educate ...
Dems' Senate campaigns marked by internal battles
Republicans aren't the only ones roiled by internal jostling and recruiting hiccups ahead of next year's midterm elections. Two top-tier Democratic prospects recently bypassed running for Senate seats in Georgia and South Dakota, highlighting both divisions within the party and its challenge of finding candidates whose ideologies line up with ...
Man, 2 children injured in dog attack near Atlanta
Authorities say two young children and their father were taken to a hospital for treatment after being attacked by dogs in metro Atlanta. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports (http://bit.ly/12JRQeT ) a man and his children, ages 2 and 4, suffered multiple bite wounds Saturday as they were out walking in a ...
Partnership looks to grow heritage tourism
The temptation is to think that what follows here is the whole story. It's not, of course. So much happened before the people who later settled in Savannah's Pin Point community ever reached the shores of Georgia's barrier islands in the 18th century, so much unfolded even before they were ...
SW Ga. police find new leads in 1976 child slaying
Police in southwest Georgia are working on fresh leads in the unsolved slaying of a 7-year-old girl in southwest Georgia nearly four decades ago. Young Faleshia LaFrance Battle had been missing for four days when her body was found suffocated and dumped in a neighbor's garden in Ocilla in 1976. ...
Ga. man imprisoned for teen sex now a college grad
A young Georgia man whose imprisonment eight years ago sparked a debate over teen sex laws is now graduating from college. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports (http://bit.ly/17Ko0wC ) 27-year-old Genarlow Wilson will graduate from Morehouse College on Sunday, when the commencement address will be delivered by President Barack Obama. Wilson was ...
Will Boy Scouts accept gay youth? Vote is imminent
With its ranks deeply divided, the Boy Scouts of America is asking its local leaders from across the country to decide whether its contentious membership policy should be overhauled so that openly gay boys can participate in Scout units. The proposal to be put before the roughly 1,400 voting members ...
Middle Ga. deputy shoots motorist in police chase
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation says a police chase in middle Georgia ended when a pickup truck driver rammed two patrol cars and was shot by a Houston County sheriff's deputy. The Telegraph of Macon reports (http://bit.ly/19HDfCS ) the wounded suspect was in hospitalized in critical condition after the shooting ...
Augusta deputy dies day after crashing motorcycle
A Richmond County sheriff's deputy has died from injuries he suffered in an off-duty motorcycle crash on Interstate 20. Deputy Alton Creech, 32, died Friday at Georgia Regents Medical Center, where he had been airlifted Thursday after crashing his Harley-Davidson motorcycle into the back of a car on I-20 in ...
Savannah mayor, councilman plan trip to Turkey
Savannah's mayor and one member of its City Council are heading overseas to Turkey, where they hope to build relationships that translate to boosting trade and investment back home in Georgia. The Savannah Morning News reports (http://bit.ly/18SttAs ) Mayor Edna Jackson and city Alderman Tom Bordeaux are scheduled to depart ...
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