COLUMBUS, Ga. (WRBL) — The Georgia General Assembly put the state’s business on hold Monday so many of the members and those are working under the Gold Dome to come to Columbus. They were in Muscogee ...

ATLANTA — Richard Smith, a Georgia Republican who led the powerful state House committee that decides the legislative voting agenda, died suddenly after contracting the flu. He was 78 years old. Smith ...

ATLANTA (WRBL) — On Tuesday morning Georgia state Rep. Richard Smith died unexpectedly in his Columbus home. The 78-year-old Republican lawmaker had been fighting flu-like symptoms. Smith was the ...

Richard “Jon” Petersen was born January 8th, 1963 in Omaha, Nebraska. “Rich” as he was known to his friends, or “Jon” to his family, passed away unexpectedly in his home in Reeders on February 28th, ...

Jon Roy Smith left this life on June 1, 2024. He died at his home, in Greenfield, Indiana, in the house on the lake he had occupied with his late wife, Joellen ‘Jody’ Smith, for 30 years. He was born ...

ATLANTA - Georgia Rep. Richard Smith, chairman of the House Rules Committee, has died. He was 78 years old at the time of death. Smith, who represented Columbus, was first elected to the Georgia House ...

Georgia Rep. Richard Smith, who led the powerful House Rules Committee that sets the agenda for votes in the state House, has died at age 78 after fighting the flu. Smith, a Republican from Columbus, ...