Cobb courthouse construction continues

ATLANTA — The state’s Supreme Court on Wednesday declined to drop a stay of execution a Dougherty County judge granted to a man who was set to be executed for the 1994 murder a woman he met at a west Albany bar. Dougherty County Superior Court Chief Judge Willie Lockette on Tuesday granted the stay of execution to 46-year-old Marcus Ray Johnson. District Attorney Gregory Edwards filed an emergency motion to dismiss the stay, but the

Firefighters in Butts County, Ga., on Saturday, May 16, participated in a structure fire burn training.

A visit to Atlanta might seem a little daunting – after all, there is so much to see. But, it doesn’t have to be.