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ATLANTA (WANF/Gray News) - For the first time, an openly transgender woman has announced her intention to compete for the Miss Georgia USA title. The decision is sparking controversy, but Bella Bautista says she is optimistic about competing in the competition. The Cartersville native is currently Miss Buckhead USA and is dreaming even bigger. “I was like, this could honestly be a true reality for me. This dream could one day come true. And just because there hasn’t been a first in Georgia, I could be that first,” she said. In 2021, Kataluna Enriquez from Nevada made history when she...

NEWNAN – David Perdue has effectively erased the lead Jack Kingston had enjoyed in the July 22 Republican Senate runoff, according to a survey released Thursday. Perdue told about three-dozen supporters during a campaign stop in this Atlanta suburb that he’s feeling the momentum. The day before, Kingston greeted diners at the Varsity drive-in and also expressed confidence. The poll for Morris News and Fox5 of Atlanta shows Kingston with 43 percent and Perdue with 41, essentially tied since the difference falls within the 2.7 percent margin of error. Another 17 percent remain undecided. InsiderAdvantage conducted the survey by phone...

COVINGTON, Ga. — Investigators were still searching Wednesday for body parts of a slain woman whose dismembered body was discovered after a dog took a severed human foot back to his yard. "We are still looking for the rest of the remains," said Newton County Sheriff's Office spokesman Lt. Bill Watterson. "We are up to about 50 percent," he said. "We are doing a grid search looking for parts we do not have." The woman whose dog brought home the severed foot Tuesday thought at first it was an early Halloween prank.

Standing behind the pulpit rather than on the stump, Herman Cain had them shouting and he had them dancing -- and it had nothing to do with his politics. An electric bass was putting down the bottom, a drum was pounding out the syncopated beat and the congregation at Spirited Filled Ministries was ready for church. So was Cain, a conservative Republican on grounds where only liberal Democrats usually venture. Pastor Wayne Baker introduced him, and what the preacher said had little to do with the business world where Cain made millions or the political arena where he now seeks...