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South Georgia training program will prepare paramedics for more advanced care
LISTEN: It's the first to meet new licensure requirements for paramedics that the state Department of Public Health says it intends to issue next year. GPB's Sofi Gratas reports. As part of their licensure, Georgia paramedics are all required to learn basic medical care in order to stabilize patients for...
Friends of Georgia Radio to honor WCLK's GM Wendy F. Williams
Friends of Georgia Radio has announced its new Hall of Legends Class of 2024 and WCLK's very own General Manager, Wendy F. Williams, will be inducted. The 3rd Annual Celebration will take place on Saturday, August 24 at the City Springs - Sandy Springs Performing Arts Center. The Hall of...
$10M suit in Georgia truck accident moved to federal court
A $10 million lawsuit by a Georgia man who says he was badly injured when his pickup was struck by a semi driven for an amusement rides company has been transferred to federal court in Georgia. The suit, first filed June 6 in Muscogee County Superior Court in Georgia, moved...
State signing up veterans to serve as poll workers
ATLANTA — Georgia voters will be getting help from veterans on Election Day this year, Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger announced Tuesday. Raffensperger’s office will partner with Vet the Vote, a new nationwide organization that recruits veterans and members of their families to serve as volunteer poll workers. More than 135,000 veterans across the nation will be serving as poll workers this year, Dan Valone, director of Vet the Vote,...
Georgia sees youngest female mayor in history
The state of Georgia has now seen its youngest female mayor in state history. Brooke Huckaby is 21 years old is now the mayor of a small town named Arabi, located approximately 150 miles south of Atlanta. "It's just really concerning to me how people my age aren't involved in...
As discrimination complaints soar, parents of disabled students wait for help
Sam is a bespectacled 6-year-old with a winning smile and a penchant for dinosaurs, as evidenced by the roaring Tyrannosaurus rex on the back of his favorite shirt. “He loves anything big, and powerful, and scary,” says his mother, Tabitha. Sam grins mischievously as he puts his hands together in a circle — the American Sign Language word for “ball.” He’s telling Tabitha he wants to start his day in the colorful ball pit in a corner of his playroom in their home in central Georgia.
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