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New dental facility offers free care to patients in Augusta
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - A new dental facility has opened up in Augusta to provide services at no cost to patients. Miracle Making Ministries is a non-profit organization helping people get the care they need. They provide primary care at Druid Park Community Health Center. Officials say they saw a...
Georgia’s Labor Force is Over 5 Million Strong, but More Jobs Are Needed to Keep Unemployment Low
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John McClellan's picks for high school football Week 1
The 2024 high school football season gets underway this week across most of Georgia with several local teams in action. Model hosts Sonoraville, Darlington is at home against Mount Vernon, Pepperell travels to Pickens, and Unity Christian opens against Young Americans Christian at Coosa High School. The Rome Wolves, who were supposed to start the season against Creekside, now will wait until August 30 to begin play after injuries sustained in a bus accident last Friday forced them to cancel their scheduled opener. ...
Yost among 4 attorneys general asking court to allow Kroger-Albertsons acquisition to go through
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio’s attorney general is asking a U.S. District Court in Oregon to allow an acquisition of Albertsons by Kroger to proceed after the Federal Trade Commission has attempted to stop the grocery store merger. “The FTC’s tunnel vision in this case risks chilling the very...
Georgia Lawmaker Accused Of DUI Following Collision With Bicyclist
A Georgia state lawmaker is denying allegations of driving under the influence after being involved in a collision with a bicyclist in the bike lane of an Atlanta street. According to state troopers, the incident occurred, but the lawmaker insists that he was not intoxicated at the time. According to...
Olympic silver medalist, U.S. Army markswoman reflects on win
FORT MOORE, Ga. (WRBL) — A Fort Moore markswoman makes her return to Georgia from Paris with a little more in her luggage than she left with. Sagen Maddalena, recently promoted to the rank of Staff Sargent, earned a silver medal at the 2024 Olympic Games in women’s 50-meter three-position rifle. Usually a stoic competitor, […]
Metter welcomes international company into community
METTER, Ga. (WTOC) - Metter welcomed their biggest international company ever to their hometown. DAS Automative Seat is the massive international company that will now serve as a key supplier to the new Hyundai plant. WTOC went to the ribbon cutting ceremony to hear why this plant is such a...
Memorial Health earns award for stroke care
SAVANNAH, GA. (WSAV) – Memorial Health has received the American Heart Association’s Get With The Guidelines® – Stroke Gold Plus quality achievement award. The award is for Memorial Health’s commitment to ensuring stroke patients receive the most appropriate treatment according to nationally recognized, research-based guidelines, ultimately leading to more lives saved and reduced disability. Stroke […]
First Street Finds Most Debby-Damaged Homes Outside Flood Zone, Without Coverage
More than three-fourths of properties flooded by Hurricane Debby last week were outside a designated flood hazard area and were likely to be uninsured for the water loss. Many of those properties were concentrated in spots seemingly far away from where the storm made landfall, including Sarasota, Florida; Savannah, Georgia; and Charleston, South Carolina.
2025 RBC Heritage named PGA Tour Signature Event
HILTON HEAD ISLAND, Sc. (WTOC) - The RBC Heritage announced the 2025 tournament has been named a signature event for a third straight year. The signature event status means a limited field will be playing, but it’s a field filled with the top 70 players in the world. If...
Mother to file $25M suit against CSU, state over daughter’s death
COLUMBUS, Ga. (WTVM) - The mother of a student who was tragically killed on the Columbus State University campus last year is preparing to file a lawsuit against the college, the University System of Georgia, and the state. The notice of intent for the $25 million wrongful death suit comes...
Georgia reports increased revenues to start fiscal 2025
(The Center Square) — With one month in the books, Georgia's tax collections seemingly started the year on a positive note after ending last fiscal year with decreased collections. Peach State officials said this week that total General Fund receipts for July, the first month of fiscal 2025, surpassed $2.5 billion. According to state numbers, that is an increase of 2.7%, or $66.3 million, over July 2023 in fiscal 2024, when net tax collections totaled nearly $2.5 billion. ...
A year later, sprawling Georgia election interference case against Donald Trump has stalled
ATLANTA (AP) — A year after a Georgia grand jury accused Donald Trump and others of illegally trying to overturn the 2020 presidential election in the state, the case has stalled with no chance of going to trial before the end of this year. When Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis secured the indictment a year ago […]
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