ANNISTON, Ala. (AP) — Gates have been installed at the mouth of a cave in eastern Alabama to protect the habitat of two endangered species that live in the cavern, the state wildlife agency said.

ATLANTA (AP) — A judge is throwing out ethics charges against former Georgia Insurance Commissioner John Oxendine, saying state officials waited too long to pursue action.

SANDERSVILLE, Ga. (AP) — Deliberations are scheduled to resume Monday after jurors couldn't reach a verdict Friday in the trial of three former Georgia sheriff’s deputies accused of murdering a man during a 2017 arrest when they shocked him with stun guns.

ALBANY, Ga. (AP) — Plans for a massive new solar installation in south Georgia are moving ahead.

FORT VALLEY, Ga. (AP) — A shooting at an off-campus party near Fort Valley State University killed one person and wounded seven others, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation said early Saturday.

ATLANTA — In 2011, majority Republicans in the General Assembly drew such heavily partisan legislative maps that the GOP captured a “supermajority” — 38 of 56 seats — in the state Senate the following year.

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. health officials may have solved the mystery of how four people in different states came down with a deadly tropical disease, even though none had traveled internationally.

PERRY, Ga. (AP) — A gun went off and wounded a 73-year-old man while he and his son struggled for it outside a Georgia police and fire station, and the son then fatally shot himself.

BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — A Georgia pastor has been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges related to stealing thousands of dollars in COVID-19 assistance funds and using some of the money to buy a luxury car.

ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia's public high school graduation rate remained level in 2021, with the state Department of Education saying Thursday that 83.7% of seniors graduated on time in spring.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — A federal grand jury has indicted a Virginia man who they say duped investors out of more than $740,000 by convincing them to help him build a religion-themed family entertainment venue, the U.S. Department of Justice said.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A Rhode Island man has been convicted of illegally selling 16 guns that he purchased, including at least five that ended up in the hands of people not allowed to be in possession of firearms, federal prosecutors said Thursday.

ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia's unemployment rate fell to an all-time low of 3.2% in September, the 17th month in a row that the state's jobless rate has fallen.

Rome News-Tribune. October 16, 2021.

OPELIKA, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama sheriff's deputy and a motorcyclist exchanged gunfire Wednesday during a traffic stop in a rural community, injuring both people, authorities said.