Irwin County

But now all my young guys out there, and there's some that aren't so young that I know.

Hey, Bo Johnson, I'm talking to you down in Irwin County, Georgia, buddy.

Bo is really big.

And when he came on the podcast, man, he was talking about what he was using AI for, the practice plans.

An Atlanta federal judge has denied a request for a temporary restraining order that would have stopped U.S.

Marshals from relocating pretrial detainees to Irwin County about a three-hour drive south of the city.

WABE's Jermaine Cruz reported.

judge mark cohen ruled that the northern district of georgia's federal defender program is merely speculating that the distance will deprive their clients of their six amendment rights and that the defender program's motion for the order was premature by now the marshall service has likely completed moving more than 200 federal pre-trial detainees out of a private prison in clayton county the marshall service recently cancelled its contract with that facility after almost 20 years According to the ruling, detainees who have trials will remain in detention in the Atlanta area instead of being transferred to and from Irwin.

I agree with Tia.

If you look at the kind of crossover support that Senator Ossoff has gotten, particularly from South Georgia, and we had reporting earlier this week that another Republican, an Irwin County commissioner, had come out for Senator Ossoff.

Despite that, or without regard to that, he has, particularly on Helene recovery, has done an immense amount of work.

And I would say Senator Warnock has as well, to get funds down there to help these communities who are really desperate.

Other deep red parts of the state have felt the ramped-up tensions, too.

Irwin County gave panic buttons to its workers, as some others have done before.

Cherokee County added staff training in case federal agents or ICE officers show up at polling places.

The fight in Georgia dates back to 2020.

Authorities say the high-profile attack on the late morning train was unprovoked and particularly vicious, as Matthews allegedly stabbed Margaret Swan some 20 times.

Matthews' attorneys say in recent court filings that they lost contact with him about two weeks ago and believe he may be among the hundreds of federal pretrial detainees relocated to Irwin County roughly 200 miles away.

President Donald Trump and U.S.

Senator John Ossoff at times sounded like they were running against each other during separate rallies in Georgia over the weekend.

Raul Bali, WABE News.

A hearing is scheduled for Friday morning on what defense attorneys allege is the unconstitutional transfer of federal pretrial detainees from Atlanta to Irwin County.

WABE's Shamaine Cruz has more.

By the time the Northern District of Georgia's Federal Defender program filed its lawsuit against the US Marshal Service last week, the agency had already moved dozens of its clients.

The Irwin County Detention Center is nearly 200 miles from Atlanta's federal courthouse, where the detainees still have to go for hearings and eventually their trials.

Defense attorneys allege the six-hour round trip would make it difficult to meet with clients and cause speedy trial issues.

It would also be expensive, with taxpayers footing the bill.

The US Marshal Service has not explained the transfer but says in court filings that the Irwin County facility can provide private telephone and video conference rooms to facilitate confidential attorney-client communications.

And y'all, last week, that persistence finally led to an arrest.

On October 1st, authorities arrested 47-year-old James Lawrence III of Irwin County, Georgia, charging him with malice murder, felony murder, and aggravated assault in connection with Christy's death.

Now, according to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, advances in forensic testing have helped investigators identify Lawrence as a suspect.

And during a press conference, officials revealed that both latent fingerprint and DNA evidence had been used to connect him to the crime scene.

Wow, that's dope.

The incumbent is Republican Tyler Harper, a seventh-generation farmer from Irving County, former 10-year state senator, elected commissioner in 2022, and he's endorsed this cycle by Governor Kemp.

All right, so check this out.

Everybody knows who's running for governor.