ATLANTA — Speaker of the Georgia House David Ralston, R-Blue Ridge, has appointed Representative John Meadows, R-Calhoun, as co-chair of the High School Athletics Overview Committee.
Meadows fills the unexpired term of former state Rep. Jay Roberts which runs through the end of the 2015-2016 legislative session.
Support for a proposed Martin Luther King Jr. memorial atop Stone Mountain took a hit this week when Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal distanced himself from the project, an Atlanta newspaper reported.
ATLANTA — The Atlanta Press Club on Tuesday inducted five new members into its Hall of Fame during its third annual induction ceremony. The most recent class includes Ed Baker, the long-time publisher of Atlanta Business Chronicle; Monica Pearson, the first minority and first female to anchor an evening newscast in Atlanta; Dale Russell, the senior investigative reporter for WAGA-TV; Bill Shipp, a long-time and well-respected political commentator; and Margaret Mitchell, a Pulitzer Prize-winning author