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43+ min ago (913+ words) The state investigation into the collapse of First Liberty Building & Loan is shifting into a new phase as insiders at the politically connected lender have been ordered to give depositions in the coming days. The Newnan lender, which touted its ability to say yes to borrowers when the big banks said no, shut its doors in late June. It's accused in a lawsuit by federal regulators of operating a nine-figure Ponzi scheme....

3+ hour, 22+ min ago (133+ words) Worth County is ranked No. 1 in Class A Division I, so it's strange to think of the Rams' journey to the finals as surprising. But their meeting with Toombs County next week will be the school's first championship game appearance since 1990. Below are the chances each team was given to reach the finals in preseason by the computer Maxwell Ratings. revraC %6.54 - )submuloC( sbmooT ytnuoC %5.73 - yaD yravlaC %6.63 - norbeH naitsirhC %0.91 - samohT ytnuoC lartneC %0.61 - ydnaS keerC %1.41 - nlocniL ytnuoC %9.01 - ellivepaH retrahC %4.5 - htroW ytnuoC %6.3 - Todd Holcomb covers high school sports across the state. He rejoined The Atlanta Journal-Constitution in 2025 and has worked with the AJC in varying capacities since 1985. He is a co-founder and editor of Georgia High School Football Daily....

6+ hour, 11+ min ago (148+ words) Lottery players will get their chance with the Saturday, Dec. 13, 2025, Powerball drawing, which has an estimated jackpot of $1 billion. It's the seventh largest jackpot in Powerball history. The drawing will be held at 10:59 p.m. Saturday. The odds of winning with a $2 ticket are 1 in 292.2 million. The Mega Millions jackpot is $70 million for the Friday, Dec. 12 drawing, while Saturday's Classic Lotto jackpot is $1.2 million. Thursday's winning Ohio Lottery numbers are: Pick 3 evening: 158 (midday, 698) Pick 4 evening: 7982 (midday, 1233) Pick 5 evening: 89648 (midday, 29163) Rolling Cash 5: 8-22-27-32-35 Lucky for Life: 7-20-24-30-39 Lucky Ball 18 The Rolling Cash 5 jackpot for the next drawing is $130,000 for hitting all five numbers and the odds of winning are 1-in-575,757....

10+ hour, 35+ min ago (464+ words) The meeting of the Athletics Committee of the Ohio State Board of Trustees on Dec. 4. Credit: Sean Phillips | Lantern Reporter Ohio State athletes have earned an important record, but not for anything they've done on a playing field or court. Athletic officials report Ohio State athletes performance in the classroom matched a school-record single-year graduation success rate and an academic progress rate score that was 60 points above the required threshold," The record, reported by the Student-Athlete Support Services Office, was first revealed during a Dec. 4 Board of Trustees Athletics Committee meeting." "What's really important is leadership, having an expectation that our department be successful in academics and in athletics," said Kacy King, senior associate athletic director and director of Ohio State's Student Athlete Support Services Office, after the meeting." According to the slides presented during the meeting, the academic progress…...

12+ hour, 17+ min ago (1426+ words) Lt. Gen. Tom Carden's nomination as vice chief of the National Guard Bureau has been held up by a Democratic senator from California....

13+ hour, 24+ min ago (315+ words) CINCINNATI " The man accused of killing Hamilton County Sheriff's Office Deputy Larry Henderson in May appeared in court Wednesday to assess his mental state. Rodney Hinton Jr.'s attorneys are seeking to change his plea from not guilty to not guilty by reason of insanity, according to our news partner, WCPO. News Center 7 previously reported that Hinton Jr. allegedly hit and killed Deputy Henderson, a day after his son was shot and killed by Cincinnati Police. In court on Wednesday, a court-appointed forensic psychologist, Jennifer O'Donnell, said that Hinton Jr. suffers from bipolar disorder. "In my opinion, his illness impacted his judgment," O'Donnell said. Under Ohio law, a person who suffers from a "serious mental illness" that significantly impacts their judgment in relation to their conduct cannot be sentenced to death. Bipolar disorder is one of the conditions that fall…...

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16+ hour, 51+ min ago (736+ words) COLUMBUS, Ohio'After years of repeatedly announcing postponements of scheduled executions in Ohio, Gov. Mike DeWine has now scheduled a new death-penalty announcement for next month: one about his stance on capital punishment itself. "I'm going to spend a little time at Christmas writing my statement," DeWine told reporters at the Ohio governor's mansion on Thursday. "We'll be talking to you in January." The Greene County Republican, who's leaving office after next year, didn't offer more details about what the announcement would entail. But he said last week that he would disclose his position on the death penalty "in the not-too-distant future." DeWine has had a de facto moratorium on executions in Ohio since taking office in 2019, citing ongoing troubles with buying lethal-injection drugs from pharmaceutical companies worried about the moral and legal implications. The governor " who, as a state senator…...

17+ hour, 16+ min ago (305+ words) LOUISVILLE, Ky. " Georgia announced Louisville agreed to cancel a home-and-home series starting in 2026 ahead of the Southeastern Conference announcing next year's college football schedules. The Bulldogs also said N.C. State, another Atlantic Coast Conference team, agreed to cancel its home-and-home series for the 2033 and 2034 seasons. "The teams will look to play each other in a neutral site game on a later date," Georgia said. Both the SEC and ACC will be playing nine league games starting in 2026. "Recent changes to our home-and-home series with Georgia are another example of the scheduling adjustments that come with today's evolving college football landscape," Louisville athletic director Josh Heird said. Hierd said Georgia told Louisville of its need to opt out of the 2026 game. Without a mutual agreement, Georgia would have owed Louisville a $1 million penalty for canceling the 2026 game and the Cardinals could have…...