The Athens-Clarke County Police Department arrested Calvin Louis Brown, 29, of Athens earlier this morning for a shooting that occurred at 5 p.m. on Feb. 20 on the 1400 block of U.S. Highway 29 North.

ATLANTA (AP) — Monday is the deadline to register for Georgia's March 24 presidential primary. People who wish to register can do so online through the Secretary of State's website or at county elections offices. Early voting begins March 2. The election will be the first in which voters statewide use Georgia's new voting system, which use touchscreen machines to mark paper ballots. Georgians can check their voter registrations using the My Voter Page website. Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger says there are more than 7.2 million registered voters in Georgia

After a federal judge temporarily blocked Georgia's restrictive abortion law, lawyers for the state and for opponents of the measure are battling in court over whether the law should be permanently barred from taking effect. The state's governor signed the law in May. A lawsuit challenging it was filed in June on behalf of Georgia abortion providers and an advocacy group. U.S. District Judge Steve Jones in October temporarily blocked the law. Lawyers for the law's opponents and lawyers for the state on Thursday filed motions for summary judgment.