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How a Civil War soldier’s famous painting of a Confederate prison in Georgia came to life, helping shape Memorial Day, as researched and told by the AJC’s @JeremyLRedmon ajc.com/news/2025/05/h…

Powerful Memorial Day story from AJC’s @joekovacjr about a Georgia reservist killed in Jordan and, many months later, a rediscovered cellphone ajc.com/news/2025/05/h…

The Masters is coming to Augusta. Six months after Hurricane Helene, the greens are in good shape, but many homes surrounding the golf course still aren’t. And the roosters are still kind of freaked out, the AJC’s @joekovacjr reports ajc.com/news/georgia-n…

Atlanta engineer retires after working for Georgia Power for 70 years. First he needed to get to the U.S., which is a remarkable story in itself, as the AJC’s @JeremyLRedmon reports. ajc.com/news/georgia-p…

On Friday night, thousands gathered in Macon to try to break the Guinness world record for largest kazoo ensemble. Yes, it’s a thing. With a long history. The AJC’s @joekovacjr reports from Middle Georgia. ajc.com/news/georgia-n…

St. Simons is Georgia's largest barrier island. It has old oak trees. And a traffic problem. The AJC's @VanBrimmerAJC tells how that's coming to a head in the battle over one beloved oak stand, and the long history behind it. ajc.com/news/georgia-n…

Macon, Georgia as the birthplace of the kazoo? The AJC's @joekovacjr does some digging. The story behind the legend... ajc.com/news/georgia-n…

The story of Winfred Rembert, who was nearly lynched in South Georgia and went on to become a celebrated artist and Pulitzer Prize-winning memoirist, as told by the AJC’s @JeremyLRedmon ajc.com/things-to-do/w…

The mysterious case of the dead woman and her missing fiancé on Georgia’s Lake Oconee, as reported by @joekovacjr in the AJC. ajc.com/news/georgia-n…

Savannah is a popular destination for late night haunted ghost tours. So much so that residents complain it's hard to sleep. Now tour operators are up in arms over a curfew starting Saturday, as the AJC's @VanBrimmerAJC reports ajc.com/news/georgia-n…

It's getting harder to get prospective jurors to show up in court. One Georgia judge set out to find out why. One reason is our changing relationship with the mail, but that's just part of the story, the AJC's @joekovacjr reports ajc.com/news/georgia-n…

Monday is the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz. Younger generations are sharing family stories as the number of Holocaust survivors dwindles. Read one Georgia family's story from the AJC's @JeremyLRedmon ajc.com/news/on-80th-a…

Cordele, in South Georgia, fancies itself the world’s watermelon capital. Then Winter Storm Enzo dumped 9 inches on the town. The AJC’s @joekovacjr takes you there ajc.com/news/georgia-n…

It's an "upside down" storm in Georgia, because more snow fell in the southern half of the state than Atlanta and mountains. Camilla, not far from Florida border, had 8 inches by 10:30 pm. Savannah also turned white. For more, visit AJC's live updates. ajc.com/news/atlanta-n…

Here's an update from AJC's @joekovacjr on that awful funeral home case in South Georgia, where 18 bodies were left to decompose for months and families were given fake "cremains." ajc.com/news/georgia-n…

Exactly how "upside down" is this approaching snowstorm in Georgia? Schools in the mountainous north are open (for first time in more than a week) but schools farther south are shuttering. Read AJC's @FletcherPage story. ajc.com/news/georgia-n…

Fun read in AJC today from our reporter @FletcherPage about iconic Duane Allman guitar resurfacing next to hockey rink at Athens' new arena. ajc.com/news/georgia-n…

Some good reads this week from our AJC reporter @VanBrimmerAJC in Savannah: Orange Crush, Tybee Island HBCU beach party with history of conflict, begins new chapter. ajc.com/uatl/worth-the… New boat speed limits to protect right whales get deep-sixed. ajc.com/news/georgia-n…

Rosalynn Carter, wife of Jimmy, helped redefine the role of the first lady and advocated for decades on behalf of mental health and caregiving. Here's a link to the AJC's extensive coverage from the past two weeks: ajc.com/obituaries/ros…

A great read in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution about Black and white heirs of Confederacy leader Alexander Hamilton Stephens meeting at his former Georgia estate in search of truth and reconciliation. #ajc ajc.com/news/georgia-n…