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2024 Early Lookahead: Game 11 - Texas State
Even with a road schedule featuring opponents like Georgia Tech, Appalachian State and James Madison, Georgia State may be facing their biggest test away from home when they travel to UFCU Stadium on November 23rd, such is the hype around the 2024 Texas State Bobcats. Head coach GJ Kinne brought in 51 new players ahead of his first season in 2023, including some he brought along from his previous job at Incarnate Word, and they shocked the college football world by knocking off Baylor in Week 1 and finishing with an 8-5 record. They're not sneaking up on anyone this time - they were picked #1 in the Sun Belt West preseason poll - but with a ton of talent coming back and an offensive scheme that's difficult for opposing teams to prep against, they may not need to.
Young Thug in court on 33rd birthday
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - Young Thug is spending another birthday behind bars as his historically long criminal trial in Atlanta slogs forward. Jeffery Lamar Williams - aka Young Thug - was born August 16, 1991, in Atlanta. He turned 33 on Friday. Williams was arrested on May 9,...
Girl's flag football programs are booming
The Atlanta Falcons and the Arthur M. Blank Foundation have made it a goal to elevate girl's flag football in Georgia and across the nation, and that hard work is paying off. The Falcons' Amanda Dinkel and flag football player Alexandria Lofton sat down with Alyse Eady to talk about the program.
FIRST ALERT FORECAST: Storms late tonight; spotty storms this weekend
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - A few showers have fired up across parts of north Georgia this afternoon. More rain and a few storms are likely later this evening out a head of a cold front that will move through this weekend. A rogue strong to severe storm cannot be ruled out for areas north and west of Atlanta.
Giants' Casey Schmitt: Snaps slump Thursday
Schmitt went 3-for-4 with a two-run home run in Thursday's 6-0 win against Atlanta. Schmitt increased San Francisco's lead from 2-0 to 4-0 with his two-run blast in the sixth inning. He finished the game with three hits -- as many as he had tallied over his previous 12 games and 31 at-bats combined. Schmitt's five homers through 80 plate appearances this year are as many as he hit over 277 plate appearances in 2023, but he's also carrying a poor .208/.225/.442 slash line on the season.
Attorneys, family of US airman killed by Florida deputy to hold news conference to demand charges in case
FORT WALTON BEACH, Fla. — The family of an Atlanta Air Force airman killed by a sheriff's deputy in Florida is planning on holding a news conference Friday morning to push for more to be done in the case. Civil rights attorney Ben Crump is also expected to be in attendance.
Softball Game Preview: Druid Hills Hits the Road
The Druid Hills Red Devils are taking a road trip to challenge the Tucker Tigers at 5:00 p.m. on Monday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, both teams will really light up the scoreboard. On Thursday, Druid Hills got the win against...
Woman found dead in Cumberland River
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - A Georgia woman drowned on Thursday and her body was recovered from the Cumberland River roughly ten miles west of Nashville. The Metro Nashville Police Department said a 59-year-old woman was seen walking on the University School of Nashville’s River Campus Wednesday evening, and staff began looking for her when her vehicle was still parked in the same location Thursday morning.
‘More eyes and ears out in the sky:’ Dunwoody police open real-time crime center
The command center also features a map pinpointing the locations of officers and 911 calls, along with a readout of all dispatched calls. All of the video and data are accessible on officers’ in-car computers.
Ga. House Study Committee Takes Up Fishing Rights Discussion
State agency regulations may be a better way of settling the legally complex issue of public fishing rights in Georgia than new legislation, a former director of the state Environmental Protection Division said Thursday. “If rulemaking is done well, people have a chance to be heard,” Jud Turner, the only non-legislator appointed to a Georgia House study committee on fishing rights, said during the panel’s first meeting. “It’s a forum with public notice and public comment. … This is what the regulatory process is designed...
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