COLUMBUS - Georgia legislation to boost top-tier workforce talent was signed by Governor Kemp along with other state and local leaders. Release: Governor Brian P. Kemp, accompanied by First Lady Marty Kemp, members of the…
Rep. Scott Troubled Over Hurricane Michael Relief
ATLANTA - Last Tuesday night, Congressman Austin Scott (R-GA-08), a senior member of the House Agriculture Committee, spoke on the Floor of the House of Representatives on his frustration on the impasse over Hurricane Michael…
Teen Death by Speed, Snapchat
CLAYTON COUNTY, Ga. - Cristina Pavon-Baker, 17, pleaded guilty on Monday to multiple charges including vehicular homicide in the first degree. Fox News reported that Pavon-Baker and her best friend, Makayla Penn, 18, were skipping…
GA: Among Lowest Underage Drinking Rates
April is Alcohol Awareness Month and a new study on underage drinking shows that Georgia has one of the lowest rates of underage drinking in the country, coming in just below Florida at number 11.…
Two GA Vets Die by Suicide
ATLANTA, Ga. - Between 2008 and 2016, over 6,000 veterans have taken their own lives. Over the weekend, two veterans were added to that number. Neither of the victims’ names have been released for privacy…
Georgia’s Bridges are Crumbling
ATLANTA, GA — Georgia's highway system is key to moving workers and goods, but out of the thousands of bridges in the state, hundreds of them are in need of repair. This is expensive, but…
E. Coli Infects 8 in Ga
ATLANTA, Ga. - On April 4th, the CDC acknowledged that eight individuals in Georgia have been infected with E. Coli out of the 72 infected from a total of five states. Other states affected are…
Meth Bust After 3-Month Investigation
ALBANY, Ga. (April 4, 2019) – On Tuesday, April 2, 2019, the GBI Southwestern Regional Drug Enforcement Office, GBI Region 3 Americus Office, Albany-Dougherty Drug Unit, Lee County Sheriff’s Office, and the Georgia State Patrol…
University Snared in Prostitution Ring
PEACH CO., Ga. - Seven people have been indicted in a prostitution case linked to Fort Valley State University, the Associated Press reported Monday morning. A local news outlet reported a Peach County Grand jury…