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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. ...
Kids Alliance for Better Care expands its rural reach to additional pediatric and family medicine practices
MACON —Mercer University School of Medicine (MUSM) and the Georgia Rural Health Innovation Center (GRHIC) are expanding their rural pediatric health initiative to seven additional counties, for a total of 35 pediatric and family medicine physicians and providers throughout the state. In February 2023, the School of Medicine and...
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...
GBI Investigates Officer-Involved Shooting in Alto, Two Dead
At the request of the Banks County Sheriff’s Office, GBI agents are investigating an officer-involved shooting in Alto, Banks County, Georgia. Two people died in the incident. No deputies were injured. Preliminary information indicates that at about 9:30 a.m., Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office deputies were at a home on...
Macon-Bibb tightens cybersecurity, funds road work, violence prevention
Skipping the July 2 meeting of the Macon-Bibb County Board of Commissioners made for a lengthy agenda Tuesday as the county approved more cybersecurity, funded road work and emergency roof repairs to the Macon Coliseum, upgraded disaster preparedness, and took steps to turn Lake Tobesofkee into a lucrative tourist attraction.
A Georgia death row inmate says a prosecutor hid a plea deal with a key witness, tainting his trial
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Attorneys for a Georgia inmate sent to death row 25 years ago are accusing a prosecutor of hiding a deal that they contend casts doubt on the credibility of a crucial trial witness. Warren King was sentenced to death in September 1998 after an Appling...
Former mayoral candidate Shekita Maxwell arrested, charged after allegedly banging daughter's head into toilet
MACON, Ga. — Former mayoral candidate 43-year-old Shekita Maxwell was arrested on Tuesday, according to an arrest report from the Bibb County Sheriff's Office. Shekita Maxwell's 23-year-old daughter met the deputy in the driveway. When deputies met them, the report says she had a visible and bleeding injury to...
Middle Georgia Regional Library opening location in Eisenhower Parkway Macon Mall
MACON, Bibb County — The Middle Georgia Regional Library will open its newest branch Wednesday, July 17. The new location is the sixth addition of Macon Bibb County libraries. The library annex is located in the one stop shop for county services, in Eisenhower Parkway Macon Mall, facing Mercer...
Macon's beloved Kimchi Factory faces closure, seeks community support
MACON, Ga. (WGXA) -- The Kimchi Factory has been open for 5 years in downtown Macon. Seungju Kim is the owner's daughter. She says the restaurant is her mom's dream, which has turned into reality. "She always wanted to open a Korean restaurant because she has done catering since I...
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