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FEMA offers advice to Georgia residents affected by river floods
RICHMOND HILL, Ga. — The fourth named storm of the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season, Debby, brought torrential and historic rains to southeast Georgia and the Lowcountry. A week later, communities are inundated with river flooding and left wondering where more assistance is. The White Oak Village, south of the...
Ranger Hall of Fame inductee Howard Mullen shares plans to bring Ranger Stones to Andersonville
Ranger Howard “Mad Max” Mullen, a 2013 inductee of the Ranger Hall of Fame, addressed the City Council of Andersonville. Stones bearing names of Ranger Hall of Fame members were recently removed due to their service in the Confederate army. Mullen detailed plans to bring three of the four stones to Andersonville, so that they […] The post Ranger Hall of Fame inductee Howard Mullen shares plans to bring Ranger Stones to Andersonville appeared first on Americus Times-Recorder.
Trump says Atlanta is like a ‘killing field.’ Data shows violent crime is dropping
New preliminary data shows violent crime is declining in Atlanta even as former President Donald Trump claims it is out of control. “Under these kinds of woke, radical left policies, Atlanta is like a killing field,” Trump said. The Major Cities Chiefs Association recently found that the city did...
GBI arrests Thomson mayor, takes him away in handcuffs
THOMSON, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - The mayor of Thomson has been arrested. News 12 was at a Thomson City Council meeting on Wednesday afternoon when the council was in executive session. Georgia Bureau of Investigation officers came in and took the mayor away in handcuffs around 3:15 p.m. “Sir, I’m going...
Bedbugs send staff scurrying into action at Augusta school
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - An Augusta school is dealing with a bedbug situation. Parents of Monte Sano Elementary students were told of it in a letter dated Wednesday. “A kindergarten student was exposed to bedbugs outside our school,” the Richmond County School System told parents. No other grade levels...
Salon, apartments seek security fencing and P&Z rejects design of downtown development
For the second time, beautician Vivian Akpalaba made an impassioned plea to the Macon-Bibb County Planning & Zoning Commission to keep barbed wire on the fence around her salon at 1639 Burton Ave. Monday, Akpalaba appeared for a required second vote after P&Z deadlocked 2-2 last month when Chair Jeane...
City Manager Recommends New Director of Engineering Ronald Vance Beck II
City Manager Isaiah Hugley has selected current Columbus Consolidated Government (CCG) Assistant Engineering Director, Ronald Vance Beck II, to fill the position of Engineering Director. The City Manager will go before the Council to request approval of his appointment on Tuesday, August 27th, the next scheduled business meeting of the...
Meet the new tenants in the Augusta building designed by legendary architect I.M. Pei
A uniquely-shaped and positioned downtown Augusta building designed by renowned architect I.M. Pei is becoming the area's newest small business incubator. Construction for Accelerate Augusta will begin officially on Aug. 13 in a ceremony at 600 Broad St., where the landscaped Broad Street median begins at Sixth. ...
Former Albany State University cross-country/track and field coach dies
ALBANY, Ga. (WALB) - Albany State University announced on Tuesday that the former track and field coach has died. Willie D. Laster graduated from ASU with a bachelor’s degree in health and physical education, and he went on to make a “significant impact as the Men and Women’s Cross-Country Coach,” the school said in a Facebook post.
Tiny Homes for foster youth one step closer
Representatives from Bridge Builder Communities have been working tirelessly on this project for years. Tiny Homes for foster youth one step closer as Bridge Builder Communities unveils mural in Augusta. Representatives from Bridge Builder Communities have been working tirelessly on this project for years.
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