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Former Georgia first lady, an advocate for childhood literacy, has school named in her honor
She died in 2022, but her name and legacy will live on in the young students of Gainesville in northeast Georgia. Community members cut the ribbon to the Sandra Dunagan Deal Elementary School on Monday. Deal served as first lady of Georgia from 2011 to 2019 alongside her husband, former Gov. Nathan Deal. Hall...
Family Of 8-Year-Old Black Boy ‘Intentionally Drowned’ By 10-Year-Old & 11-Year-Old Cries Foul Over 2 Year Sentences
Two children have been sentenced after confessing to the tragic killing of eight-year-old Noah Bush, who drowned to death in Jesup, Georgia, after being lured to a “borrow pit” at a construction site. His family and the family’s attorney believe the crime was “racially motivated” and they’re strongly against the 2-year sentences handed down to the preteens who killed him.
Chronically lonely people may be at higher risk of stroke and dementia
LISTEN: The Georgia Department of Public Health expects 190,000 Georgians will be diagnosed with dementia in the next 10 years. And a new study suggests chronically lonely people are at higher risk of related diseases like Alzheimer's. GPB’s Ellen Eldridge reports. How often do you feel that you lack...
Augusta Eats: When a good comfort-food restaurant closes, a better food truck opens
Tawanda and Gerald Harris are taking their Infinite Delights and hitting the road. The husband-and-wife team that opened Infinite Delights Baking, Catering and Events in south Augusta in January 2023 made an announcement July 18 that they said left them "heartbroken." July 26 would be the restaurant's last day open at 2906 Peach...
Restaurant inspections: Augusta sandwich shop kept food with unlisted expiration dates
The Georgia Department of Public Health, Environmental Health Section, conducts regular restaurant inspections to help keep residents and visitors safe. The following is a list of restaurants in Richmond and Columbia counties that have been inspected between Aug. 16 and 23, accompanied by their scores and, in some cases, the health infractions that lowered those scores. ...
Interfor to cut down Georgia, South Carolina lumber plants
Lumber products maker Interfor announced plans last week to indefinitely reduce sawmill operations at its facilities in Meldrim, Georgia, and Summerville, South Carolina. The curtailment will lay off approximately 180 employees: 93 in Meldrim and 88 in Summerville, according to the states’ Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act posts.
Woman living in Midtown Atlanta warning others after contracting West Nile virus
ATLANTA — According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 33 states are reporting cases of the West Nile virus in humans. The virus is transmitted by mosquitos, and in the U.S., it tends to happen more from July through October. As of Aug. 21, there were...
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