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*Edwin Brant Frost IV has been sentenced to 15 years in federal prison for operating a massive Ponzi scheme that victimized more than 300 investors and caused a loss of over $76 million. Frost, who headed Newnan-based First Liberty Building and Loan, was sentenced Monday after pleading guilty in federal court in Atlanta.
*Georgia’s early voting numbers keep climbing. Figures published Monday morning by *Georgia Votes* show more than 1.78 million votes already cast: that’s seven percent higher than at the same point in the 2022 midterms. Early voting runs through Friday.
*The state Department of Education (GDOE) has been awarded more than $10 million in federal grants to expand teacher apprenticeships statewide, in partnership with the University of West Georgia (UWG) and the National Center for Grow Your Own. The investment will strengthen efforts to recruit and prepare future educators through the Department’s Teach in the Peach initiative, a GDOE spokesman said.