Former mayoral candidate gets 12 years in prison

Tiffany Brown, an Atlanta business owner and one-time mayoral candidate, was sentenced to 12 years in federal prison this week for her role in defrauding the government via a phony Hurricane Maria recovery scam back in 2017.  Brown received a $156 million contract...

Falcons star gives back

Atlanta Falcons running back Bijan Robinson is new to the city, only having been drafted in 2023.  But the former University of Texas standout hasn’t just turned into a star on the field – he’s also become a fixture in the local community,...

Vampires bring big business to Covington

Tourists from all over the world are flocking to Covington, in Newton County, for one reason: vampires!  Not real ones (we hope) but to visit scenes and locations from the CW show “The Vampire Diaries” which ran from 2009-2017.  The show became a cult classic,...

School voucher program gets 12,000 applicants

A point of contention during the legislative session was how much money to allocate for the state’s school choice voucher program.  Eventually lawmakers went with the Senate’s 21,000 scholarships, which comes to about $141 million, way more than the...

Lawyer group pressures Kemp

Gov. Brian Kemp still has about three weeks to sign or veto bills that passed during the legislative session.  One that’s getting a lot of notice is Senate Bill 144, which would protect agrochemical companies from lawsuits regrading chemicals in their products. ...

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