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Monday brings isolated showers and afternoon thunderstorms as the rainy pattern continues
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – We started Monday morning mostly dry except for a storm that moved through our very northern SE Georgia counties. Otherwise, a hot day with the heat index hovering around 100. Afternoon showers and potential thunderstorms will develop west of I-95 after lunchtime and stick around throughout the evening - possible gusty winds and heavy downpours can’t be ruled out as these storms develop along the sea breeze and mixed with the high heat.
Bipartisan Effort Paves Way for Reviving Closed Hospitals in Ga.
ATLANTA — At the shuttered Atlanta Medical Center, a “Stronger Together” mural sends a hopeful message near a summer spray of hydrangeas. The campus was mostly quiet on a recent weekend, since AMC closed almost two years ago. A lone security vehicle sat behind a chain-link fence, and pedestrians passed by without even a glance. In the town of Cuthbert, some 160 miles away, the Southwest Georgia Regional Medical Center also remains shut after closing four years ago, another Southern hospital casualty in a region...
13-year-old charged with driving without a license after crash with bicyclist in Mitchell County
PELHAM, Ga. (WALB) - Three people including a man and 13-year-old both face charges after the teen allegedly hit the man with a car. 60-year-old Samuel Jenkins was hit by a car driven by the 13-year-old. According to his family, Jenkins is still in the hospital after sustaining four broken ribs, a cracked skull, and a punctured lung.
Albany State reveals new football field, one of four HBCU to get new playing surface
ALBANY, Ga. (WALB) - Albany state fans are getting excited for the season. We’re officially under a week until their season opener at Valdosta State. Fans will have to wait until Week 2 to see the Golden Rams in the Good Life City. The wait will be well worth it when they see what’s new at the coliseum.
Another rabid fox tests positive in Griffin
GRIFFIN, Ga. - A second fox tested positive for rabies in Griffin days after the first reported case. On August 16, the fox attempted to approach a man and woman on Placid Road near Grandview Drive and East College Street. Thankfully, it did not make contact. But due to multiple...
6 months later | Issues continue for troubled USPS facility in Atlanta
ATLANTA — This week marks six months since the launch of a significant mail facility in Georgia upended service and prompted political outcry on both sides of the aisle. 11Alive News has been investigating delays and fielding concerns from Georgians since shortly after the new Regional Processing & Distribution Center opened in late February. More than 3,000 complaints have been received about everything from missing prescriptions to concerns about absentee ballots that never arrived.
Auburn Basketball Coach Bruce Pearl Attacks ‘Woke’ Kamala Harris In Post Sympathetic To Trump
Auburn University men's basketball coach Bruce Pearl referred to Vice President Kamala Harris as "woke" and "socialist" in a social media post sympathetic to Donald Trump. The post Auburn Basketball Coach Bruce Pearl Attacks ‘Woke’ Kamala Harris In Post Sympathetic To Trump appeared first on NewsOne.
Top Junior Tennis Players Set to Compete in Dothan’s Level 4 Open
DOTHAN, Ala (WDNews) – Dothan’s Department of Leisure Services is hosting the Level 4 Open—Clay Court Championships for Boys and Girls aged 12 and under this Labor Day weekend. The tournament runs from Saturday, August 31, to Monday, September 2, 2024, at Westgate Tennis Center. This Southern...
Rehobeth Head Coach Toby Greene on the Rebels Overtime Win Over Ashford
This week on “The Wiregrass High School Football Report”, Phillip Jordan opens the show by going over all the results from the first week of the 2024 high school football season. This includes the comments from Jerry Coleman and Ken Lambert on the Dothan Wolves postgame show on Friday night. Then, Rehobeth head coach Toby Greene returns to the podcast to give his thoughts on the Rebels 36-29 double overtime win over Ashford. He also previews this Friday’s game with Carroll.
Here Comes the Heat Again!
SYNOPSIS – After a cooler and more comfortable weekend with some much drier air, the heat starts to crank up once again this week as afternoons showers stay very few and far between. We’ll see partly cloudy skies just about every day with temperatures climbing back up close to the upper 90s by the end of the week. We may see a few small showers for the next couple of afternoons, then rain chances look a little better to close out the upcoming weekend and into early next week.
Georgia Heatwave Expected This Week: Highs Reach Mid-90s Across Peachtree City
Peachtree City, GA – Georgia residents should prepare for a scorching week ahead as temperatures rise significantly, particularly from Tuesday onwards. The forecast indicates a steady climb in temperatures, peaking in the mid-90s from Tuesday through Thursday. Tuesday’s high is expected to reach 94°F, with clear skies and abundant...
Auburn football non-conference schedule ripped for being 'godawful shamelessly easy'
Hugh Freeze's Auburn football program, although more specifically John Cohen and the rest of the athletic department's brain trust, was accused of putting together a "godawful shamelessly easy" non-conference schedule for the 2024 season. "My Lawd! What a godawful shamelessly easy non-conference schedule," Roll Bama Roll's editor prefaced before saying,...
Poor air quality is expected in metro Atlanta on Monday afternoon
The Georgia Environmental Protection Division relayed a Code Orange air quality alert to the National Weather Service for metro Atlanta, in effect this afternoon, Monday, August 26, 2024. What is in the alert?. The alert gives the following information:. …CODE ORANGE AIR QUALITY ALERT IS IN EFFECT FOR ATLANTA FOR.
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