Atkinson County grand juries have said since 2006 that the county needs a new jail. The current grand jury is the first to say the jail is unfit...

...Effingham County 14Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe 23, Dade County 22Lamar County 47, Crawford County 6Lanier County 34, Atkinson County 20Lassiter 63, Cherokee 13Loganville 30, Cedar Shoals 27Lovejoy 48, Mount Zion 0Lovett 42, Therrell 14Marietta...

...blocking was great, and our offense played together as a unit. Me and Brendan Douglas ran well as a Slash and Dash combination tonight."NEXT: Social Circle at Aquinas, Friday, 7:30 p.m.; Telfair County vs. Atkinson County, Friday.

...said Georgia Emergency Management Agency spokesman Buzz Weiss. Meanwhile, a fire that broke out late Saturday in an Atkinson County peat bog about 30 miles west of Waycross grew to 3,000 acres, Mr. Weiss said. The vast main fire has consumed...

...for the Georgia High School Association girls basketball championships: At Macon Centreplex Class A Final Saturday Atkinson County vs. Southwest Atlanta Christian, 11 a.m. Class AA Final Saturday Greater Atlanta Christian vs. Wesleyan, 3...

The Georgia Department of Transportation and local law enforcement have closed roads today in Clinch and Atkinson counties due to smoke from forest fires.Drivers in the region were urged to use caution and to drive with their headlights...

Coach jailed, resigns after kicking student PEARSON - An Atkinson County High School coach has resigned after kicking a student at school when the student and others wouldn't leave the basketball court...

...6 Decatur 6, Rockdale County 0 Dodge County 32, Telfair County 7 East Coweta 43, Campbell-Smyrna 28 ECI 27, Atkinson County 0 Forest Park 20, Morrow 13 Gordon Central 34, Southeast Whitfield 28 Gordon Lee 7, Ridgeland 0 Griffin 13, Heritage...

...Macon County 13, Irwin County 7 Marietta 21 South Forsyth 12 Marist 38, Cedar Shoals 7 McIntosh County Academy 44, Atkinson County 6 Morgan County 30, Lovett 6 North Gwinnett 48, Harrison 30 North Hall 33, Towers 17 Northside-Warner Robins...

...Miller County 8, Bowdon 6, Calvary Baptist 6, Turner County 5, Athens Academy 3, McIntosh County Academy 2, Atkinson County 1, Emanuel County Institute 1, Telfair County 1. -- Polling board members: The Albany Herald, Jay Adams The...