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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...
Georgia 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,...
$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...
Police: Murder suspect leads authorities on I-95 chase into Coastal Georgia before crashing
KINGSLAND, Ga. — Above video: Your Tuesday headlines. Police in Georgia say a murder suspect is dead following a police chase on Interstate 95. The Kingsland Police Department said Tuesday that a pursuit on I-95 led to the driver eventually crashing, then fatally shooting himself. The suspect, identified as...
Literacy levels suffered in the pandemic. The Governor's Summit aims to get reading back on track
Reports show that since the pandemic, Georgia has seen significant struggles and drops in youth literacy rates. According to the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), only 32% of Georgia's fourth-graders and 31% of eighth-graders were proficient in reading in 2022. To address this issue, many initiatives have been implemented,...
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...
JENNIE: RRE Reading Rangers want to keep kids engaged in reading over summer break
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WJBF)– A recent study ranks Georgia #42 in the nation with a literacy rate of 76%. And the results of last year’s Georgia Milestones test suggest more than a third of the state’s 3rd-graders are reading below grade level. The GA legislature has passed two bills to try and help: one requiring schools […]
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