Kendrick Johnson, 17, was found dead in a rolled-up mat a high school gym in Valdosta, Georgia authorities closed the case on him, saying his death was an accident.  However, his parents believe otherwise after a second autopsy was done.  CNN.com has the complete story.  Read more:

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Additional photos in the Kendrick Johnson (pictured) case were recently made public by CNN, RELATED: Second Autopsy In Kendrick Johnson Case Returned, Claims Teen Died Of Blunt…

Venita Short (pictured), a Cumberland County, Ga., preschool worker, is reportedly distraught, after she was allegedly fired for being pregnant and unmarried, according to ABC11.…

When Mark Eschoe reportedly took his 8-year-old disabled daughter, Marlee (pictured), to a Chuck E. Cheese birthday party in Cobb County, Ga., and tried to take…

Branden Whitehead, a 20-year-old student at West Georgia Technical College, had to walk 15 miles each ways to attend class because he doesn’t have a…

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A Georgia teenager who shot his 8-year-old cousin dead last summer pleaded guilty to the shooting on Tuesday, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. SEE ALSO: MSNBC’s…

A 6-year-old black girl in Milledgeville, Georgia is handcuffed and arrested by police who were called by the school because the child was acting out.  A 13-year-old black girl with a history of tardiness and backtalk was called “nappy-headed” in fornt of the whole class by her white teacher. Then she was expelled from school […]

The state of Georgia has gotten in on the act … recently filing a tax lien of their own against Tucker for $592,594.82 for the year 2007. His total tax bill has now reached a total of $12,164,504.08.  EURWeb.com has the story.  Read More:

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The family of a Walton County, Georgia man who has been missing for a week has announced a $10,000 reward for information that will help them find him. http://www.blackamericaweb.com/?q=articles/news/moving_america_news/36458

The Georgia Board of Pardons and Parole has denied clemency for death-row inmate Troy Davis. Davis was convicted of the 1989 killing of Savannah, Georgia, police officer Mark MacPhail. Davis is scheduled to be executed by lethal injection at 7 p.m. Wednesday at a state prison in Jackson, Georgia. “Monday September 19, 2011, the State […]

TV Guide’s popular Cheers & Jeers section gave pop star Jason Derulo a big ol’ “Jeer” for his performance of “Georgia on My Mind” this week on “Dancing With the Stars.” He’s no Ray Charles, but TV Guide’s Bruce Fretts expected a better take on the classic than what Derulo delivered. He wrote in Thursday’s […]

Police said they have made two arrests four months after a mother was found stabbed to death at her home in Conyers. Authorities announced Friday that they have charged the victim’s twin daughters, Jasmiyah and Tasmiyah Whitehead, and said that the 16-year-olds will be tried as adults. Both are being held at the Rockdale County […]