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A Georgia woman was ordered by a judge to write a 30-page essay on the importance of jury service after she traveled out of the country, and failed to appear for jury duty. According to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, the woman, who is identified as Juror No. 64, said she frequently travels for work and didn’t see the jury summons […]
Young Thug appeared in court on Thursday ahead of the expected start next month of a trial centered on the widely criticized YSL RICO case. While multiple livestreams for the hearing in question had surfaced, both appeared to have been riddled with audio problems and other issues, with regional outlet 11Alive noting in the description […]
November 13 will now be recognized as “Dominique ‘Lil Baby’ Jones Day” in the city of Atlanta. Baby received a proclamation from the Atlanta City Council on Sunday in celebration of “his successful career and his generous philanthropy.” The rapper shared a series of photos from the ceremony and expressed his gratitude: Lil Baby received the Quincy […]
21 Savage not only blessed fans in Atlanta with a memorable performance of his own on Wednesday, but he also surprised attendees with a special (and previously unannounced) appearance by Drake. The show in question was sponsored by Pandora and took place at Forbes Arena amid Morehouse and Spelman Homecoming 2022 festivities. Serving as host […]
A Georgia college student died over the weekend after being struck by a plane propeller on a date. Per a report from regional Macon outlet The Telegraph, 21-year-old Sani Aliyu of Georgia Southern University had rented a Cessna for a date with an unnamed young woman on Sunday. Once the plane returned to the Statesboro-Bulloch […]
Ahead of the beginning of early voting in Georgia, Stacey Abrams has partnered with Brandon Blackwood and Honor Roll for a pair of merch collabs. In a statement, Abrams—who’s running for governor in the state—detailed her excited to partner with two Black-owned businesses for pieces she says “represent the values and authenticity” of her campaign. […]
A Georgia inmate is accused of stealing millions from a billionaire movie mogul by pretending to be him while behind bars. Arthur Lee Cofield Jr., 31, allegedly ran an elaborate operation inside the Georgia Department of Corrections’ Special Management Unit in which he tricked customer service representatives at Charles Schwab into believing he was Sidney […]
Eric André has filed a lawsuit against Clayton County over police’s “program of racial profiling and coercive stops” at the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. As previously reported, André went public last year with what he described as a racial profiling incident at the Georgia airport, ultimately hitting Jimmy Kimmel Live to detail the harassment. Per André, a […]
Gunna, who was initially arrested in May in connection with the larger YSL indictment, has filed another bond motion. In court documents dated Sept. 26 and viewed by Complex, Gunna’s legal team argued the reasoning behind “yet another hearing on bond” was simple. In short, not only was the “only serious overt act” dropped last […]
A Georgia man will spend years behind bars for a fatal shooting he claims was in self-defense. According to the Statesboro Herald, 23-year-old William “Marc” Wilson was sentenced to 10 years in prison for the death of Haley Hutcheson, a white 17-year-old he allegedly shot and killed on June 14, 2020. Authorities say the incident took place shortly before […]
