Another presidential candidate?; Deadline looming in Fulton DA case; Arrest in shooting death of 3-year-old

*Former Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan might run for president. The “No Labels” group voted Friday to field a candidate. The AJC reports Duncan could be that candidate.

*Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee is expected to rule by Friday on efforts to remove the county’s District Attorney Fani Willis’ office from the election interference case against former President Donald Trump and others.

*A 17-year-old from Lawrenceville has been charged in the drive-by shooting death of a 3-year-old in Athens. The victim was inside his home watching TV at the time. Two other suspects are at large. Police say it appears to have been a gang-related incident.

About the Author

Ken Stanford is Online News Editor for GLORY 97.5, a position he has held since August 2022.

Ken was born in Moultrie, Georgia, and says he knew from the time he was 5 or 6 he wanted to be a “radio announcer.” That dream was realized when he was hired by Moultrie radio station WMTM in 1960 at the age of 15 as a weekend disc jockey. A 1963 graduate of Moultrie (now Colquitt County) High School, he has spent his whole career in Georgia working for stations in Atlanta, Marietta, and Gainesville – most recently as News Director for 40 years at WDUN in Gainesville. He is a veteran of the U.S. Air Force Reserves.

Ken retired in 2011 but came out of retirement last year to help GLORY, on a part-time basis, beef-up its online news presence.

He is the recipient of many Associated Press awards and is a former judge of state and national Associated Press broadcast news contests. In 2005, he was presented with the Georgia Associated Press Broadcasters Association’s President’s Award for Excellence in Journalism and in 2019 was inducted into the Georgia Radio Hall of Fame.

He lives in Gainesville with his wife of 52 years, the former Sandra McKnight of Clio, Alabama, and they have one child, a daughter, Lisa, who lives in Cumming with her family.