The Los Angeles Lakers came with a pile of gold and plenty of control, offering Dan Hurley, just 14 years ago a New Jersey high school coach, the keys to one of the most decorated franchises in all of sports, let alone the NBA. Seventeen championships. Legends stretching from Mikan and West, through Kareem and Magic, to Shaq, Kobe and …

A man arrested last month, alleges that Lovejoy Police Chief Rick Webster placed him in a chokehold in the parking lot of the police station. “If I can’t breathe, his arm around me. I’m getting choked. I know that.” said Rashawn Banks. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks] Banks was meeting his fiancé, Ameeliah Nixon, at …

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Voters are settling a rambunctious Republican primary contest Tuesday for North Dakota’s only U.S. House seat and a competitive race for governor, with each winner putting themselves in a commanding position for the November general election. Also on the ballot is a high-profile initiative that would bar people from running or serving in the U.S. House …