ATLANTA - The Georgia Water Coalition to release the Dirty Dozen report for 2024 highlighting issues threating the health of Georgia's water. Release: The Georgia Water Coalition's Dirty Dozen report for 2024 will be released via…
Lakeland woman matches 6 of 6 for $3.9M…
ATLANTA – A lucky woman from Lakeland has won a monumental prize from the Georgia Lottery. Tammy Radabaugh, 52, matched all six numbers from the April 7 Jumbo Bucks Lotto drawing, winning the $3.9 million…
Georgia’s unemployment rate rises to 5.5 percent in…
ATLANTA – The Georgia Department of Labor (GDOL) announced today that the state’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in March was 5.5 percent, up one-tenth of a percentage point from 5.4 percent in February. The…
Wide super loads to disrupt S. Ga. traffic…
VALDOSTA - Three oversized loads traveling from Brunswick to Procter & Gamble in Albany are scheduled to begin travel Thursday. The loads will travel 30 minutes apart and will be escorted by law enforcement. The…
Morning News Briefs for 4-14-16
Officials say that the Norman Park trial of 5 people charged with the shooting death of John Hester last July could be put off until a later date; possibly in June. Charges were initially filed…
Georgia executes man who killed woman during 1996…
JACKSON, Ga. - Georgia has executed its fourth person this year, a man convicted of the fatal shooting of a 19-year-old woman during a 1996 crime spree. Kenneth Fults, 47, was pronounced dead at 7:37…
Colquitt teen allegedly uses fake Facebook to threaten…
MOULTRIE - A teenager in Colquitt County was arrested Monday for allegedly making threatening comments to his ex-girlfriend. Gabriel Garza, Jr., 19, was charged with terroristic threats and acts by the Colquitt County Sheriff's Office, reports…
Morning News Briefs for 4-13-16
Concerns over being cited for violation of the city's tree ordinance and tree pruning has led to city leadership to make some changes in just how the ordinance is enforced. Business owners will now be…
Georgia Launches Investigation Into Rate Hike By Allstate…
ATLANTA – Insurance Commissioner Ralph Hudgens is issuing a consumer alert to inform Allstate Property & Casualty Insurance Company policyholders that the insurer has filed an overall statewide automobile rate increase of 25 percent that…