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Family raising money for Georgia State Patrol trooper who needs new heart
ATLANTA - A Georgia state trooper's family is raising money to support his medical bills as he waits for a new heart. Blake Shiver is currently bed-bound at Piedmont Atlanta, where he's been for two weeks. His family says the 49-year-old patrolman and Navy veteran is currently on the heart...
Hit-or-miss storms stick around
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) - Our stagnant weather pattern will continue for the middle of the week. No big changes in the forecast for midweek. We are tracking more off-and-on showers and thunderstorms. It will not rain all day, but you may need the umbrella at times. High temperatures top out...
Storm leaves over 300 people without power across the CSRA
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - An overnight storm left over 300 Georgia Power customers without power across the CSRA early Wednesday morning. In Waynesboro, two outages near Thompson Bridge Road left 187 customers were out of power at 4:30 a.m., according to the Georgia Power outage map. The outage was restored...
Macon's Ocmulgee Mounds may become the first National Park and Preserve in Georgia
There's a rare alliance at work at the state and national level: U.S. Senators Raphael Warnock and Jon Osoff have teamed up with U.S. Rep. Rick Allen and Marjorie Taylor Greene to make the Ocmulgee Mounds the first National Park and Preserve in Georgia. Their names are among more than...
Georgia National Fair announces 35-hour flash ticket sale
PERRY, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – The Georgia National Fair is just a few month away. To celebrate its 35th anniversary, it’s offering an exclusive 35-hour Flash Sale. For a limited time, you can purchase your GNF ticket for only $10, and have access to over a million dollars’ worth of free entertainment.
Georgia schools superintendent says African American Studies course exists
(The Center Square) — While at least one Georgia school system said it won't be able to proceed with its planned Advanced Placement African American Studies course this school year, the state's school superintendent said a course is already on the books. "There has been an African American Studies course code in the catalog of state-funded courses since 2020," Georgia School Superintendent Richard Woods said in a Wednesday statement. "Districts using this course code will receive state funding. Should districts choose to do so, they...
Environmental groups pushing to delay Georgia Power gas turbines project
ATLANTA – Georgia Power should delay building three new “dual-fuel” turbines at Plant Yates near Newnan to allow time to consider potentially less expensive alternatives, an independent energy consultant said Wednesday. The Atlanta-based utility received bids late last week in an all-source procurement request for proposals (RFP) to expand its electrical generating capacity to meet Georgia’s rapidly increasing needs for power. Taking the time to evaluate those bids could help Georgia Power reduce its reliance on natural gas, Albert Lin testified during a hearing held...
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