Johnny Kauffman
Johnny joined WABE in March, 2015. Before joining the station, he was a producer at Georgia Public Broadcasting, and NPR in Washington D.C.
At NPR, Johnny worked as a producer for "Morning Edition," "Weekend Edition," and "Tell Me More."
Johnny got his start in radio as host and station manager at WECI in Richmond, Indiana, where he went to Earlham College and graduated with a degree in English.
Johnny is a native of Goshen,Indiana, a small town in the northern part of the state.
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A Georgia man accused of killing eight people at Atlanta-area spas received four life sentences without parole. He faces four other murder charges in Atlanta where he could receive the death penalty.
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Former President Trump obsessed with the Fulton County elections department, which covers Atlanta. His conspiracy theories and lies led to violent threats and intimidation of the department's workers. -
In a major Supreme Court case on Tuesday, the justices will decide whether politicians can draw district lines to benefit their party. The lawyer arguing they can't has extensive experience.
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Stacey Abrams, Georgia's Democratic candidate for governor, conceded to Republican Brian Kemp on Friday. Kemp, Georgia's former secretary of state, will be the state's next governor.
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In Georgia, the Republican candidate for governor, Brian Kemp, is leading. Democrat Stacey Abrams says she will not concede until every vote is counted in one of the most contentious races in the U.S.
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Polls closed at 7 p.m. ET in Georgia, and early results are coming in. Democrat Stacey Abrams is challenging Republican Brian Kemp in the race for governor.
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Voter suppression claims have popped up all over ahead of the midterm elections. There's special scrutiny in Georgia where the man in charge of implementing voting laws is also running for governor.
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An investigation finds that in 2017, Georgia purged more than half a million voters from the rolls — 107,000 for the "use it or lose it" law that eliminates voters after not voting in prior elections.
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Civil rights groups are suing the secretary of state, who is also the Republican candidate for governor, after tens of thousands of voter applications were held up. Most are from African-Americans.
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The board of elections in Georgia's Randolph County, has proposed closing two-thirds of polling places. Critics of the proposal say this is a move to suppress low-income and African-American votes.
