President Trump asked a Georgia judge Wednesday to award him $6.26 million in attorney fees and costs he incurred defending against his now-dismissed criminal prosecution in the state. Trump’s effort relies on a law Georgia legislators passed last year,

DUBLIN, Ga. — A former Mercer University School of Law graduate was sworn in Monday as the next U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Georgia, which is the chief federal law enforcement officer for the southern part of the state. Meg Heap — who ...

GEORGIA – Jill Steinberg, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Georgia, announced her resignation, effective Friday, Jan. 17. Steinberg has served as the Chief Federal Law Enforcement Officer for the 43-county Southern District since Feb. 22, 2023.

Eric Edwards's year-end report says they've closed the highest number of cases on record, cut 1,000 cases from their backlog and maintained a full staff

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WRBL) — As the Trump Administration works to shrink the size of government, two of the three prosecutors in the Columbus U.S. Attorney’s Office have taken deferred resignations, WRBL has learned. In late January, the Trump Administration ...

As Acting U.S. Attorney, Lyons became the first Black woman to hold a top law enforcement job in the the Southern District of Georgia. First Assistant U.S. Attorney Tara M. Lyons has been appointed Acting U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Georgia ...

ATHENS, Ga. - A state senator is demanding that Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr file an emergency motion to intervene and demand the death penalty against Laken Riley’s killer, but Carr's office maintains that he does not have the legal authority to ...

U.S. Attorney Jill E. Steinberg will resign as the Chief Federal Law Enforcement in the Southern District of Georgia U.S. Attorney’s Office on Jan. 17, according to a press release issued by Barry L. Paschal, spokesman for the office. After being sworn ...