Georgia
Kemp declares emergency for 91 Georgia counties as Highway 82 and Pineland Road wildfires burn more than 39,500 acres
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Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp declared a 30-day state of emergency on April 25 for 91 counties as the Highway 82 and Pineland Road wildfires in the state’s southeast burned more than 39,500 acres combined and destroyed at least 122 homes and other structures, according to state forestry officials.
A 75-year-old Georgia man will spend the rest of his life in prison after a jury convicted him of fatally shooting his neighbor during a dispute over dogs. Stanley Nathaniel Elliott received the sentence this week in Gwinnett County.
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A Georgia resident faces federal charges for allegedly posting violent threats on social media against former Attorney General Pam Bondi and former Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem. The indictment, filed Tuesday in the Northern District of Georgia, accuses Elliott Owen Schroer of making graphic threats of violence and retaliation tied to their past official duties.
A 14-year-old boy in Georgia has been charged with murder after allegedly shooting his 12-year-old friend, Cameron Coney, dead at a home in Atlanta. The incident occurred Saturday afternoon when the suspect was handling a gun among friends. Police took the unnamed teen to a youth detention center.
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T.I. and Tiny's 20-year-old son King Harris was arrested early Sunday morning in Gwinnett County, Georgia, after officers clocked him speeding over 75 mph (initial reports cited 60 mph) in a 45 zone while driving a Cybertruck and wearing a Pikachu onesie. Body cam footage shows him refusing to exit amid an alleged firearm, leading to a willful obstruction charge. A THC vape pen was also found; dad T.I. showed up for the car but couldn't spring him.
Kelvin Demond Williams was sentenced to life in prison without parole plus 100 years for murdering his wife Tenisha Williams and shooting at her teenage stepson in Woodstock, Georgia. The incident occurred on July 13, 2025, and Williams was convicted following a trial where jurors viewed home camera footage. He showed no remorse after the killing, smoking a cigarette near her body.
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Mamadi Tambajang has been convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison with parole possible after 50 years for beating his girlfriend Amber Kelly to death in their Sandy Springs apartment. The 31-year-old Kelly suffered more than 25 blunt force injuries. Tambajang turned himself in to police days after the attack.
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