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Funding for interchange on I-20 at Louisville Road part of state transportation earmarks
Editor's note: This story has been updated to include additional information regarding cost and construction timeline. Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp recently announced that he and the state Legislature plan to allocate $1.5 million in surplus state funds to go toward construction of a new interchange on I-20 at Louisville Road in Columbia County. ...
Researchers work to change perception of weeds in Georgia
With ecology as common ground, Mario Bretfeld, Michael Blackwell, and Eric Duncan have taken on a bit of a marketing project. They want people to love weeds. Using scientific acumen, the trio want people to reconsider certain plants as beneficial to the environment, thanks to a project housed at Kennesaw State University's Field Station.
ACT Back-to-School Jam + cleanup in Mableton
Barry Krebs submitted the following reports and photos from two volunteer events in south Cobb: the Austell Community Task Force Back-to-School Jam, and a litter cleanup in Mableton organized by the First Christian Church Of Mableton along with the Lions Club and Friends Of Mableton. ACT Back-to-School Jam. Krebs wrote:
Cobb Approves Acworth Senior Living Development
MARIETTA — This week, the Cobb Board of Commissioners approved a rezoning request 4-0, with Chairwoman Lisa Cupid absent, for an Acworth residential senior-living community. Creator’s Group Investments proposed a site plan for a senior residential living community of 39 homes on 11.8 acres at 2856 Wade Green Road, near the Shiloh Road Home Depot. The site plan also includes walking trails, a pavilion and sport courts. Earlier this month,...
Hiding indoors from the heat? Here's what to know about air quality
LISTEN: Georgians escaping the heat by staying indoors are two to five times more at risk of breathing polluted air versus being outdoors. That’s according to the American Lung Association. GPB’s Ellen Eldridge reports on ways to stay healthy at home. Higher temperatures, humidity and indoor air pollutants...
Hartwell Man Indicted by Franklin County Grand Jury on 17 Counts
A Hartwell man has been indicted by the Franklin County Grand Jury on 17 felony counts stemming from an incident at a Royston convenience store last month. 32-year-old Carlos Tyrone Wilson was indicted on three counts of felony Aggravated Assault Family Violence, six counts of Possession of a Firearm During the Commission of a Felony, three counts of Felony Aggravated Assault, two counts of felony Cruelty to Children in the First Degree, one count of Discharge of a Gun Near a Highway or Street, one count of Discharge of a Firearm on the Property of Another, and Possession of a Firearm by a Convicted Felon.
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