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103rd Birthday Celebration Planned for Leopold’s Ice Cream
Georgia food service supplier will receive military zone subsidies to relocate to Bryan County
Busy Bees: Guyton PD Continues to Grapple with Surge in Calls for Service
Out of County Magistrate Judge Dismisses Warrant Applications for Willis
Terry Smith Appointed Fire Chief
- State News
$350 Per Person: Kemp Dedicates $1 Billion for Those on Medicaid, SNAP, TANF
Georgia’s electricity rates lower than national average, but higher than nearly all of its neighbors
How the Foreclosure Rate in Georgia Compares to the Nation
Two Georgia health systems to receive $300M in federal funds
It’s That Time: Student Advisory Council Applications Now Being Accepted
- National News
Study: Remote Learning Meant Younger, Disabled, Minorities, Fell Further Behind
From $39k to $155k, teacher salaries in the U.S. are all over the map
Less demand fuels national gas price drop to below $4 per gallon
Fed study: Ending pandemic unemployment aid connected to ‘substantial rise’ in employment
Report: Labor productivity dropped most since 1948
- Health
Poll: Americans more worried about COVID, less confident in vaccination
Monkeypox outbreak declared national public health emergency
First settlement reached for health-care workers in lawsuit filed over COVID-19 vaccine mandate
Public Health Emergency Extension Means Medicaid Eligibility On Hold
Georgia State Research Uses AI for Early Detection of Alzheimer’s, Autism, and More
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- Local Government
Guyton Tax Collections Set to Increase 11.87% in 2022
Screven Election Officials Ask Commissioners to Consolidate Polling Locations
Sheriff’s Office Says ‘Greater Accountability,’ ‘More Robust’ Recordkeeping on the Way
Revised FY 2023 Budget Includes Across the Board Pay Increases for Effingham Sheriff’s Office Employees
Burke County Sheriff Has No Receipts for $40,000+ of Credit Card Charges
- State Politics
Georgia lawmaker would support more funding for Georgia medical board to bolster inspector ranks
Georgia Joins 22-State Suit Over Interstate Travel & Masks
Decision awaited in lawsuit that could block Georgia’s fetal heartbeat law from taking effect
Georgia officials want federal help to pay for electric vehicle infrastructure
Federal appeals court rules that Georgia’s fetal heartbeat bill can take effect
- Georgia Legislature
Heightened Level of Openness for Board of Education Meetings Now Law in Georgia
Georgia Senate committee to examine oversight of local developmental authorities
Georgia commission will examine state’s civics education, make recommendations for improvements
Georgia Senate committees to study growth of electric vehicles statewide and HBCU expansion
Georgia House subcommittee to examine recruiting and retention challenges for state’s workforce
- Local Gov’t Around GA
Savannah Council Approves Memorandum to Recruit Its Own US Attorney to Prosecute Federal Offenses
Georgia cities such as Atlanta using COVID-19 relief funds to pay retention bonuses
Jury Finds Suspended Commissioner Guilty of Destroying Records, Lying to Investigators
Georgia’s Cobb County school system allows employees, not teachers, to carry guns at school
Defund the police? Atlanta Police got more money, not less, after George Floyd’s death
- Local Government
- Crime & Safety
Sylvania Man Arrested for Weekend Shooting in Statesboro
Southeast Health & Restaurant Inspections – Aug 7-13, 2022
Savannah rapper admits COVID-19 relief fraud, drug possession
South Georgia Sheriff Arrested on Sexual Battery Charge
11 Indicted in Federal Court for Crimes Including Illegal Firearms Possession
- Community
- South Georgia Community
Veteran Spotlight: Malcolm Foy – Army National Guard
Burke County comes in first at the 4-H State Dairy Quiz Bowl
First Responder Spotlight: GSP Trooper Stephen Spires
EGSC Professor & arts advocacy group celebrate 20 years of art with exhibit at local gallery
Veteran Spotlight: Chief Warrant Officer Alan Stewart
- South Georgia Sports
Tormenta FC 2 Player Dies After Hit & Run Accident
Georgia Southern Adds Two More Non-Conference Games To Future Football Slate
2022 Georgia Southern Athletics Hall of Fame Class Announced
Cody Wofford Tabbed as Georgia Southern Baseball Hitting Coach
Bulloch Rec Dept. to Host 3 State Tournaments at Mill Creek
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Op-Ed: States embracing tax cuts, but Congress headed in wrong direction
Op-Ed: Celebrate our independence by reflecting on the promise of our republic
Op-Ed: The slippery slope of red flag gun laws
Op-Ed: Student loan forgiveness won’t solve anything
COLUMN: Why Are Local Governments So Quick to Limit Free Speech
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- Courts
National survey: Majority of Americans believe there’s a two-tiered justice system
Kemp Appoints Judge Hamrick to State-wide Business Court
Jury Finds Suspended Commissioner Guilty of Destroying Records, Lying to Investigators
Kemp Appoints Hunter to Richmond County State Court
Kemp Announces Appointment to Stone Mountain Judicial Circuit Superior Court
- Law Enforcement
Kemp Appoints Mike Register as New GBI Director
Georgia State Patrol Pins First Female Pilot
Sheriff’s Office Mourning Passing of Deputy Killed Tragically on Duty
Poll: Americans trust armed citizens more than law enforcement to protect them in mass shooting
Patriotic pups: How one 11-year-old’s idea led to a statewide and national movement
- Courts
South Georgia Local News
Leopold’s Ice Cream will celebrate 103 years of tasty memories with its annual Block Party on Aug. 20 from 1-7 pm. The event will...
South Georgia Local News
(The Center Square) — Georgia officials didn’t incentivize a global food service supplier to locate its new distribution facility in the state, but the...
South Georgia Local News
The Guyton Police Department continues to see an overall rise in calls for service, with calls some months surging beyond the number of households...
South Georgia Local News
Screven County Commissioner Allison Willis appeared in Magistrate Court Monday in defense against a case for arrest warrants brought by her own daughter. Represented...
South Georgia Local News
The Camden County Board of Commissioners is pleased to join the Georgia Department of Natural Resources in welcoming the public to celebrate the Grand...
Bulloch Local News
Georgia DOT continues essential road work throughout Southeast Georgia. As a result, work on construction and maintenance projects will continue Monday, November 8 through Friday, November 12. All work subject to...
South Georgia Local News
The Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia (USG) has named the two committees to conduct a national search for the next...
South Georgia Local News
Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner John F. King announced this week that William Lumley, 82, was killed in a Johnson County fire on Wednesday,...
South Georgia Local News
Record numbers of Americans have quit their jobs in recent months. In what has been dubbed “The Great Resignation,” one-in-four U.S. workers left their...
South Georgia Local News
Governor Brian Kemp announced Friday that Altamaha EMC (AEMC) has formed a subsidiary, Altamaha Fiber, to bring broadband service to residents and businesses in...
South Georgia Local News
Governor Brian Kemp announced Wednesday that bicycle company Cannondale, a premium brand of Dorel Industries, Inc. will open a new state-of-the-art U.S. assembly facility...
Law Enforcement
The middle Georgia police officer killed in the line of duty last weekend will be laid to rest Friday. Alamo, Georgia Police Officer Dylan...
South Georgia Local News
Governor Brian Kemp announced this week that e-waste recycling company Igneo Technologies will invest $85 million in opening its first U.S. electronics recycling facility...
