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GBI Operation “Wrong Room” joins efforts to assist human trafficking victims in multi-state operation “Coast to Coast”
Decatur, Ga. (August 27, 2024) – The Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) arrested and charged 17 people in Operation “Wrong Room,” a proactive multi-jurisdictional effort to combat human trafficking in Georgia. Operation “Wrong Room” coincided with Operation “Coast to Coast”. On August 22nd, law enforcement and service providers from across the United States came together […]
Why Mississippi coal is powering Georgia’s data centers
This story is part of a collaboration with Grist and WABE to demystify the Georgia Public Service Commission, the small but powerful state-elected board that makes critical decisions about everything from raising electricity bills to developing renewable energy. Last October, Georgia Power approached regulators with what it said was a...
MGA’s Center for Middle Georgia Studies & Middle Georgia Regional Library Host Author of New Biography Of Georgia Founder James Oglethorpe
James Oglethorpe, the British Army officer and politician best known for founding the colony of what became the U.S. state of Georgia, also left a less-familiar legacy: he was among the first white men in North America to stand against chattel slavery. It’s a provocative case that Michael Thurmond makes...
State Cotton, Peanut teams set for joint field day
PERRY/TIFTON -- The Georgia Cotton Commission, Georgia Peanut Commission and the University of Georgia Extension Cotton and Peanut Teams will co-sponsor a joint research field day on Sept. 4 in Tifton. The field day will start at 8 a.m. at the Tifton Campus Conference Center in the North Parking Lot. After a brief welcome, field day attendees will visit the RDC Pivot and the UGA Lang Farm to tour several trials and hear from speakers. Attendees will return to the UGA Tifton Campus Conference Center...
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...
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