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Weekend showers and storms likely
ALBANY, Ga. (WALB) - The lazy days of summer continue on a hot and dry note. Thursday afternoon a few passing showers slid across areas along the GA/FL line otherwise rain-free. Tonight an easterly flow pulls in drier air for a delightful Friday morning. Lows drop into the upper 60s around 70° just slightly below the average of 73°.
Georgia Forecast: Severe Thunderstorms Threat Looms Over North Georgia on Friday
Peachtree City, GA – North Georgia is under a Marginal Risk (Level 1 out of 5) for severe thunderstorms on Friday, according to the National Weather Service in Peachtree City. Areas along and north of a line from Rome to Blairsville are most at risk. The storms are expected to develop in the afternoon and evening, bringing the potential for damaging wind gusts and locally heavy rainfall.
Georgia family looking forward to Florida vacation find bedbugs all over rental. They're now fighting for a full refund.
ATLANTA — A local family ran into a nasty surprise while on vacation. And when they struggled to get their money back, they turned to the 11Alive Help Desk and Help Desk Veteran Bill Liss for assistance. The Boyd family was looking forward to their vacation in a condo...
Former Georgia GOP leader tells citizens it ‘doesn’t mean you’re Democrat’ to vote for Kamala Harris
Former GOP Georgia Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan has continued to nudge Republicans into supporting Vice President Kamala Harris, recently appealing to their party loyalty in saying it won’t make them a Democrat if they vote for her. Duncan released an op-ed in May stating he was voting for President Joe Biden. “I think it’s important […]
Three people injured after shooting on West Street in Savannah
SAVANNAH, Ga. — Above video: Thursday morning headlines. Savannah police are investigating a shooting that happened early Thursday morning in the 200 block of West Street. The incident, which unfolded around 1:30 a.m., resulted in three adult male victims sustaining non-life-threatening injuries. Responding to a ShotSpotter alert, officers arrived...
Georgia Ports welcomes heavy equipment processor to area
Belgian company Aertssen Logistics establishes U.S. footprint. Heavy equipment producers moving cargo through the Georgia Ports Authority have a new Savannah-area processing and logistics services option. “We are proud to welcome Aertssen Logistics to the Ports of Savannah and Brunswick,” said GPA President and CEO Griff Lynch. “Their new location...
Statesboro-Bulloch Chamber of Commerce announces Leadership Bulloch Class of 2025
The Statesboro-Bulloch Chamber of Commerce has announced the members of its new Leadership Bulloch class. Leadership Bulloch is a competitive, 9-month flagship program of the Statesboro-Bulloch Chamber of Commerce that seeks to identify and develop future community leaders by exposing class participants to various aspects of the community, including economic development, public safety, agribusiness and local and state government. The Leadership Bulloch class is presented this year by Synovus. Gold Sponsors are Colony Bank & The SACK Company. Class Day Sponsors are BBWH, Tidewater Agriculture Equipment Company, Morris Bank, Cardinal Glass, CORE Credit Union, Dabbs, Hickman, Hill and Cannon, and Savannah/Hilton Head International...
Nancy Mace Torched for Butchering Harris’s Name
What’s in a name? Well, save it, because Representative Nancy Mace doesn’t actually care. The South Carolina Republican, who has drifted further and further into the MAGA fold, made a disastrous appearance on CNN Thursday night. “Kamala’s, Ka-mala’s, uh—” Mace stumbled. “You had it right, you almost got it!” chided a smiling Keith Boykin, former Clinton White House aide.Mace began again, still mispronouncing Harris’s name wrong. “I will say Kama-la’s name any way that I want to,” Mace snapped, defensively. Boykin and another panelist, Vanderbilt University professor Michael Eric Dyson, erupted into protests not to mispronounce Harris’s name. But Mace...
Hampton, Bluffton public officials indicted by Public Integrity Unit
OAKTIE, S.C. (WSAV) – Four public officials, two from Hampton and two from Bluffton, have been indicted following investigations by the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED). The State of South Carolina Fourteenth Judicial Circuit announced the indictments. The Hampton defendants are former Administrator Rose Dobson-Elliott and former Hampton County Deputy Sheriff Justin Edwards. Dobson-Elliott […]
Raffensperger blasts proposed rule requiring hand count of ballots
ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia’s secretary of state on Thursday came out against election rule changes pending before the State Election Board, specifically rejecting a proposal to count ballots by hand at polling places on election night. At a meeting in July, the board advanced a proposal that would require three separate poll workers to count ballots at […]
Prizes available for hunters during Shooting Sports Month
SOCIAL CIRCLE – August has been designated as Shooting Sports Month, according to a recent proclamation signed by Gov. Brian Kemp. And there's no place better to celebrate than a Georgia public shooting range. Georgia has more than 45 public archery and shooting ranges available, many of them available on public land like Wildlife Management Areas (WMAs) or Public Fishing Areas (PFAs). To encourage visitation to public ranges, especially during...
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