Georgia State’s football team has a ‘brand new’ stadium on the way in the form of a repurposed Turner Field, and now they have a brand new head coach to lead them there. The Panthers hired University of South Carolina offensive line coach Shawn Elliot on Thursday, making him the third football coach in school history. A Steve Spurrier disciple, (cue a shudder from UGA fans) Elliot hopes to bring a tough nosed style of play to Atlanta, a region he has recruited for years. For GSU, a new stadium and new coach sees their football program RISING…
Major contender enters CD-6 primary
With U.S. Rep. Lucy McBath expected to announce her bid for governor in the near future, Democrats are lining up with their eyes on her current, 6th District seat. The first candidate to jump into the race is state Sen. Sonya Halpern, a well-connected lawmaker who will be among the favorites to win a hotly contested Democratic primary in the deep-blue district. By getting in early, Halpern’s odds at winning the primary in the west metro Atlanta CD-6 are RISING…