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Georgia suspect surrenders following domestic violence incident, shooting
The Georgia man faces charges of aggravated assault and cruelty to children. A Georgia man is facing charges after a reported domestic violence incident that led to a shooting. According to the Byron Police Department, officers responded Monday to MLK Court after a report of a shooting. Officers found a...
Phoebe Worth claims Georgia Hospital Association's Community Leadership Award
SYLVESTER – The Georgia Hospital Association honored Phoebe Worth Medical Center with its prestigious 2024 Community Leadership Award at the GHA's annual Summer Meeting recently. The award was established in 1997 to annually recognize a hospital that has made exemplary contributions to the health and well-being of the people of Georgia through leadership in community health improvement. ...
2 Georgia hunters plead guilty to poaching white-tailed deer in National Military Park
LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN, Tenn. — In an investigation that took years, 2 men from northwest Georgia both pleaded guilty to hunting white-tailed deer on National Military Park property. William Edward Lough of Trenton and Jonathan Daniel Plaster of Rossville both entered their plea in federal court on April 16th to...
Raffensperger checks voting machines, pushes against political violence during election
Following the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump, Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger says the political temperature in the United States needs to come down, before November’s presidential election.
Meet the new judge assigned to Georgia rapper Young Thug’s trial
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - A new judge has been assigned to take over Young Thug’s internationally watched criminal trial in Atlanta. According to the Fulton County Superior Court, Shukura Ingram is an appointee of former Gov. Nathan Deal who won reelection in May after running unopposed. She served on Fulton County’s magistrate court from 2015-2018. She holds a bachelor’s degree from Clark Atlanta University and a law degree from Georgia State University.
Family medicine residency program brings new doctors to South Ga.
CORDELE, Ga. (WALB) - The CareConnect Family Medicine Residency Program is the first of its kind in Georgia. It’s the only residency program in the state that takes place primarily outside the hospital. Residents will spend most of their time at CareConnect’s Family Medicine Clinic in Cordele. To gain...
Biden asks Congress for 5% rent increase cap
ATLANTA — Efforts to address affordable housing could soon come from the federal government. This Tuesday, the Biden administration announced a proposal to cap how much landlords could raise rent or risk losing tax breaks. Metro Atlanta realtor Alex Szemetyllo, he adds, in recent years he’s watched rent drastically...
Interior Department nominates Civil Rights Movement sites for World Heritage List
Interior Department Secretary Deb Haaland announced Tuesday that the National Park Service will potentially nominate 11 different sites from the U.S. Civil Rights Movement to be added to the World Heritage List. “The U.S. sites that mark the civil rights movement are integral in helping us tell a full and complete story of American history,”…
$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 pays $400,000 after man dies from ‘negligence’ at Lowcountry hospitals
CHARLESTON COUNTY, S.C. (WCSC) - The state’s Insurance Reserve Fund has paid the estate of a man thousands of dollars following alleged negligence at Beaufort Memorial Hospital and the Medical University of South Carolina that resulted in his death. Not only were the two hospitals listed in the lawsuit,...
Lyon’s County Police department seeks help in finding missing teen
LYONS COUNTY, Ga. (WTOC) - Lyons Police Department is seeking the public’s help in their search for a missing 17-year-old. Edlyn Yuliana Botello– Guzman was reported missing by her father during the early hours of July 16, 2024. Her father discovered that the cameras in his home were...
Allegiant Air adds new nonstop routes to Savannah/Hilton Head Int. Airport
SAVANNAH, Ga. (WSAV) – Three new routes will be added to the Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport. On Tuesday, Allegiant Travel Company announced the new nonstop routes which include: The company said the additional routes come at a time of high demand. “The addition of new routes is a testament to the success of our existing […]
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