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Two-day effort helps free endangered right whale off Georgia coast
1+ hour, 46+ min ago (1190+ words) What started as the first day of routine monitoring and surveying of the North Atlantic right whale off Georgia's coast ended up as a mission to free one that was entangled in fishing gear. Responders from the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, among others, helped disentangle a 3-year-old male known as "Division" over two days earlier this month. Division is one of just 380 North Atlantic right whales believed to be left, making them one of the rarest species on Earth. State wildlife officials in Georgia and Florida have teamed up for more than two decades to survey the right whales " mostly females " as they migrate to the Southeastern U.S. coast from Canada during the winter months. Here, mothers give birth to their calves in waters that stretch from North Carolina to near Cape Canaveral, Florida. The core calving grounds are in…...
DeKalb students raise fears about ICE raids; teachers told not to talk about it
1+ hour, 46+ min ago (686+ words) Sequoyah Middle School teacher Jonathan Peraza Campos said he has children coming into his classroom almost every single day anxious and crying after a loved one was detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. That's why he had a hotline number for a community organization helping immigrant families posted in his classroom " until a school administrator told him to remove it and not to talk about ICE at school, he said....
Jacksonville State vs. Georgia State (Dec 13, 2025) Pregame
19+ hour, 54+ min ago (179+ words) Jacksonville State Gamecocks (4-4) at Georgia State Panthers (1-9) Atlanta; Saturday, 2 p.m. EST Gamecocks -5.5; over/under is 136.5 BOTTOM LINE: Georgia State looks to stop its six-game slide when the Panthers take on Jacksonville State. The Panthers have gone 1-1 in home games. Georgia State allows 76.9 points and has been outscored by 12.8 points per game. The Gamecocks are 0-1 on the road. Jacksonville State is eighth in the CUSA scoring 76.0 points per game and is shooting 43.1%. Georgia State is shooting 34.2% from the field this season, 1.4 percentage points lower than the 35.6% Jacksonville State allows to opponents. Jacksonville State averages 9.3 made 3-pointers per game this season, 2.0 more made shots on average than the 7.3 per game Georgia State allows. TOP PERFORMERS: Micah Tucker is scoring 11.7 points per game and averaging 1.8 rebounds for the Panthers. Ayouba Berthe is averaging 1.6 made 3-pointers. Mostapha El Moutaouakkil is averaging 19 points and 7.6 rebounds for…...
Two former Georgia high school players finish in top 10 of Heisman voting
20+ hour, 14+ min ago (605+ words) Former Georgia high school football players Gunner Stockton and Caleb Downs finished in the top 10 of Heisman Trophy voting, with spots 5 to 10 announced Thursday. Stockton, the Georgia quarterback from Rabun County, and Downs, the Ohio State safety from Mill Creek, are the 25th and 26th Georgia players to make the Heisman top 10 since former Georgia Tech star running back Clint Castleberry of Atlanta's Boys High became the first in 1942. Georgia players have landed on the list 35 times....
Waymo cars ignored stopped school buses in Atlanta. What happens now?
21+ hour, 58+ min ago (1048+ words) A disturbing pattern of driverless cars rolling past stopped school buses has revealed a new kind of dilemma on Atlanta's streets. Since May, Atlanta Public Schools has reported six cases in which Waymo's autonomous vehicles drove past school buses with their stop arms extended, most recently on Nov. 11. No injuries have been reported, district spokesperson Seth Coleman said, but the instances are dangerous for kids loading and unloading....
GHSA football championship game previews for classes 3A and 4A
22+ hour, 9+ min ago (167+ words) Below are previews for the state championship matchups in Classes 3A and 4A. AJC Varsity will have previews for the matchups in all classes. :erehw .m.p ,nehW ,muidatS ,yadnoM zneB-sedecreM atnaltA 7 eht eht dees dees :sgniknar si si morf morf dna dna noigeR ,sdroceR .oN .oN .oN .oN ediskeerC enitcideneB .4 A4-4 ;1 ,0-41 ,2-11 A4-1 1 1 :erocs detcejorp "sgnitaR llewxaM ediskeerC enitcideneB ,43 41 :erehw .m.p ,nehW ,yadsendeW ,muidatS zneB-sedecreM atnaltA 51:4 eht eht dees dees :sgniknar si si dna dna ydnaS ,sdroceR .oN .oN .oN .oN nosreffeJ keerC ;3 3 ,0-41 ,1-31 .1 1 eht "smaet :gniteem .gniteem si tsrif sihT tsaL :erocs detcejorp ydnaS "sgnitaR llewxaM nosreffeJ keerC ,82 61 Todd Holcomb covers high school sports across the state. He rejoined The Atlanta Journal-Constitution in 2025 and has worked with the AJC in varying capacities since 1985. He is a co-founder and editor of Georgia High School Football Daily....
2 defending champions return to MBS | 2A and 3A-A private state title preview
22+ hour, 34+ min ago (181+ words) Below are previews for the state championship matchups in Classes 2A and Class 3A-A private. AJC Varsity will have previews for the matchups in all classes. ,nehW" :erehw .m.p ,yadseuT ,muidatS zneB-sedecreM atnaltA 5 eht eht dees dees :sgniknar si si dna dna ,sdroceR .oN .oN .oN .oN ellivepaH retrahC revraC ;7 3 ,0-41 21 ,4-01 .1 now eht seires :gniteem sdael ni tsaL ellivepaH retrahC revraC 62-43 .3202 .1-2 :erocs detcejorp "sgnitaR llewxaM ellivepaH retrahC revraC 7 ,32 ,nehW" :erehw .m.p ,yadsendeW ,muidatS zneB-sedecreM atnaltA 1 eht eht dees dees :sgniknar si si dna dna ,sdroceR .oN .oN .oN .oN norbeH yaD naitsirhC yravlaC 4 ;3 2 ,1-21 ,1-11 .1 eht "smaet :gniteem .gniteem si tsrif sihT tsaL :erocs detcejorp "sgnitaR llewxaM norbeH yaD naitsirhC yravlaC ,92 42 Todd Holcomb covers high school sports across the state. He rejoined The Atlanta Journal-Constitution in 2025 and has worked with the AJC in varying capacities since 1985. He is a co-founder and editor of Georgia…...
Bowdon seeks 4-peat title vs. 11-time title winner | State championship preview
22+ hour, 51+ min ago (195+ words) Below are previews for the state championship matchups in classes A Division I and A Division II. AJC Varsity will have previews for the matchups in all classes. :erehw .m.p ,nehW ,yadseuT ,muidatS zneB-sedecreM atnaltA 2 eht eht dees dees :sgniknar deknar deknar si si dna dna htroW sbmooT ,sdroceR .oN .oN .oN .oN ytnuoC ytnuoC 4 3 ;2 ,0-41 ,1-31 .1 eht "smaet :gniteem .gniteem si tsrif sihT tsaL :erocs detcejorp htroW sbmooT "sgnitaR llewxaM ytnuoC ytnuoC ,82 02 :erehw .m.p ,nehW ,muidatS ,yadnoM zneB-sedecreM atnaltA 03:3 eht eht dees dees :sgniknar si si morf morf dna dna noigeR ,sdroceR .oN .oN .oN .oN nlocniL II II noisiviD noisiviD ytnuoC nodwoB A-8 A-7 ;3 ,0-41 ,2-21 .1 1 1 now eht .slanifimes :gniteem ni tsaL II noisiviD ssalC nodwoB A 82-54 2202 :erocs detcejorp "sgnitaR llewxaM nlocniL ytnuoC nodwoB ,82 42 Todd Holcomb covers high school sports across the state. He rejoined The Atlanta Journal-Constitution in 2025 and has worked with the AJC…...
2 Georgia football freshmen arrested on shoplifting charges
23+ hour, 19+ min ago (239+ words) Georgia football players Dontrell Glover and Bo Walker were arrested on charges of theft by shoplifting, a misdemeanor, on Friday, according to the Athens-Clarke County jail log. The Athens-Clarke County Police were the arresting agency. Walker was booked at 5:30 p.m. ET on Friday, while Glover was booked at 5:55 p.m. ET. As of publication time, Walker and Glover were still in custody, with bonds set at $1,500 each. eW" sihT" lliw erew ew ".emit siht eht eht .tnemetats dias ssecorp gnidnep fo fo ton ,rettam lagel si demrofni ".noitamrofni ni ni evah gnirehtag rehtruf rotcerid ytuped yltnerruc tnemmoc segrahc citelhta ta era dna dna lanoitidda a a nevetS aigroeG dnommurD s'raey saw ot siht siht eht eht .maet maet detrats .nosaes thgir no no deman si sah draug semag morf nemhserf rof ta era dna .yadsruhT s'CES eH revolG ,aigroeG ,nrubriaF sgodlluB htoB namhserF-llA…...
Gwinnett County should stop ceding dollars and local control over housing
23+ hour, 46+ min ago (682+ words) It should not be surprising that Gwinnett " the state's second most populous county, which just surpassed over 1 million people this year " has a homelessness problem....