Perdue signs texting while driving ban into law

The scenic Vogel State Park, situated in the Chattahoochee National Forest at the foot of Blood Mountain, maintains a special place in the history of Georgia State Parks.

A former member of the Correctional Emergency Response Team (CERT) at Macon State Prison in Oglethorpe, Ga., pleaded guilty to conspiring with other correctional officers to violate the civil rights of inmates in 2010, the Justice Department announced. In addition to his guilty plea, Willie Redden, 24, of Albany, Ga., admitted he and other correctional officers assaulted and injured inmates in separate incidents at Macon State Prison in 2010. Redden indicated that correctional officers beat

The Smyrna Public Safety Foundation will host a car show and a softball game as part of a free, family-friendly community event to support Smyrna’s first responders.