Johnny Edwards

Johnny Edwards is an investigative reporter for The Center Square covering the southeastern states. He is a lifelong Southerner who spent 10 years on The Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s…

Culture
WATCH: Georgia county fires cop for confronting trans person who used ladies’ room

(The Center Square) – The DeKalb County Police Department has fired a veteran officer for telling a transgender library patron to stay out of the women’s restroom, according to internal records… Read More

February 6, 2026
Government
Atlanta paid $250k to Muslim activists, part of $1.7 billion fed migrant resettlement

(The Center Square) – The City of Atlanta paid more than $250,000 to a Chicago-based Muslim organization, which at the time was raising money for another group that’s been accused… Read More

January 28, 2026
Public Education
Georgia city’s clash with feds over school buses will cost taxpayers $5 million

(The Center Square) – For decades, the city of Rome ran school buses that looked like public buses, with no stop arms and nothing to stop passing traffic. And the… Read More

November 28, 2025