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Robins Financial Credit Union presents Check to Southeastern Technical College Foundation
Effingham Trial Delayed After State Unsuccessfully Attempts to Exclude Most Defense Witnesses
103rd Birthday Celebration Planned for Leopold’s Ice Cream
Georgia food service supplier will receive military zone subsidies to relocate to Bryan County
Busy Bees: Guyton PD Continues to Grapple with Surge in Calls for Service
- State News
Georgia budget chief asks state agencies to hold the line on spending requests for new fiscal year
$350 Per Person: Kemp Dedicates $1 Billion for Those on Medicaid, SNAP, TANF
Georgia’s electricity rates lower than national average, but higher than nearly all of its neighbors
How the Foreclosure Rate in Georgia Compares to the Nation
Two Georgia health systems to receive $300M in federal funds
- National News
Study: Remote Learning Meant Younger, Disabled, Minorities, Fell Further Behind
From $39k to $155k, teacher salaries in the U.S. are all over the map
Less demand fuels national gas price drop to below $4 per gallon
Fed study: Ending pandemic unemployment aid connected to ‘substantial rise’ in employment
Report: Labor productivity dropped most since 1948
- Health
Poll: Americans more worried about COVID, less confident in vaccination
Monkeypox outbreak declared national public health emergency
First settlement reached for health-care workers in lawsuit filed over COVID-19 vaccine mandate
Public Health Emergency Extension Means Medicaid Eligibility On Hold
Georgia State Research Uses AI for Early Detection of Alzheimer’s, Autism, and More
- South Georgia News
- Politics
- Local Government
Bryan County Searching for Poll Workers
Guyton Tax Collections Set to Increase 11.87% in 2022
Screven Election Officials Ask Commissioners to Consolidate Polling Locations
Sheriff’s Office Says ‘Greater Accountability,’ ‘More Robust’ Recordkeeping on the Way
Revised FY 2023 Budget Includes Across the Board Pay Increases for Effingham Sheriff’s Office Employees
- State Politics
Georgia lawmaker would support more funding for Georgia medical board to bolster inspector ranks
Georgia Joins 22-State Suit Over Interstate Travel & Masks
Decision awaited in lawsuit that could block Georgia’s fetal heartbeat law from taking effect
Georgia officials want federal help to pay for electric vehicle infrastructure
Federal appeals court rules that Georgia’s fetal heartbeat bill can take effect
- Georgia Legislature
Heightened Level of Openness for Board of Education Meetings Now Law in Georgia
Georgia Senate committee to examine oversight of local developmental authorities
Georgia commission will examine state’s civics education, make recommendations for improvements
Georgia Senate committees to study growth of electric vehicles statewide and HBCU expansion
Georgia House subcommittee to examine recruiting and retention challenges for state’s workforce
- Local Gov’t Around GA
Savannah Council Approves Memorandum to Recruit Its Own US Attorney to Prosecute Federal Offenses
Georgia cities such as Atlanta using COVID-19 relief funds to pay retention bonuses
Jury Finds Suspended Commissioner Guilty of Destroying Records, Lying to Investigators
Georgia’s Cobb County school system allows employees, not teachers, to carry guns at school
Defund the police? Atlanta Police got more money, not less, after George Floyd’s death
- Local Government
- Crime & Safety
- Community
- South Georgia Community
Veteran Spotlight: Malcolm Foy – Army National Guard
Burke County comes in first at the 4-H State Dairy Quiz Bowl
First Responder Spotlight: GSP Trooper Stephen Spires
EGSC Professor & arts advocacy group celebrate 20 years of art with exhibit at local gallery
Veteran Spotlight: Chief Warrant Officer Alan Stewart
- South Georgia Sports
Amare Jones Nominated for the Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award
EGSC athletic director, coach recognized with GCAA Service Awards
Tormenta FC 2 Player Dies After Hit & Run Accident
Georgia Southern Adds Two More Non-Conference Games To Future Football Slate
2022 Georgia Southern Athletics Hall of Fame Class Announced
- South Georgia Community
- Opinions
- Columns
Op-Ed: States embracing tax cuts, but Congress headed in wrong direction
Op-Ed: Celebrate our independence by reflecting on the promise of our republic
Op-Ed: The slippery slope of red flag gun laws
Op-Ed: Student loan forgiveness won’t solve anything
COLUMN: Why Are Local Governments So Quick to Limit Free Speech
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- Justice & Sunlight
- Courts
Effingham Trial Delayed After State Unsuccessfully Attempts to Exclude Most Defense Witnesses
Fulton County judge declines request to block Georgia’s fetal heartbeat law that bans some abortions
National survey: Majority of Americans believe there’s a two-tiered justice system
Kemp Appoints Judge Hamrick to State-wide Business Court
Jury Finds Suspended Commissioner Guilty of Destroying Records, Lying to Investigators
- Law Enforcement
Kemp Appoints Mike Register as New GBI Director
Georgia State Patrol Pins First Female Pilot
Sheriff’s Office Mourning Passing of Deputy Killed Tragically on Duty
Poll: Americans trust armed citizens more than law enforcement to protect them in mass shooting
Patriotic pups: How one 11-year-old’s idea led to a statewide and national movement
- Courts
South Georgia Local News
Robins Financial Credit Union recently contributed $410,000 to 21 organizations as part of their annual Community Project. Organizations submitted their applications and recipients were...
Courts
The full name of the defendant is displayed as initials in an effort to protect the identity of the accuser, who is a minor,...
South Georgia Local News
Leopold’s Ice Cream will celebrate 103 years of tasty memories with its annual Block Party on Aug. 20 from 1-7 pm. The event will...
South Georgia Local News
(The Center Square) — Georgia officials didn’t incentivize a global food service supplier to locate its new distribution facility in the state, but the...
South Georgia Local News
After more than two years of waiting, Georgians with a card to obtain medical cannabis oil will finally have a lawful mechanism to obtain...
Ogeechee Tech
The Opticianry program at Ogeechee Technical College is partnering with the Georgia Lions Lighthouse Foundation to provide a free Vision Clinic on OTC’s campus...
Bulloch Local News
Georgia DOT continues essential road work throughout Southeast Georgia. As a result, work on construction and maintenance projects will continue Saturday, July 24 through Friday, July 30. All work subject to change...
South Georgia Local News
Governor Brian Kemp announced Tuesday that Coastal Electric Cooperative and Darien Communications’ expansion of broadband services for three counties in southeast Georgia. Officials announced...
South Georgia Local News
A handful of schools across southeast Georgia have reason to celebrate after the state’s education agency recognized their significant improvement over the last two...
South Georgia Local News
More than 160 Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Marines arrived in Georgia June 6 for the 2021 East Central Georgia Medical Innovative Readiness Training (IRT)...
Bulloch Local News
Excelsior EMC is now utilizing CheckOut payment methods for customers who need an alternative way to pay their electric bill. CheckOut is a convenient,...
South Georgia Local News
WHAT: Weather permitting, Georgia Department of Transportation construction partners will close interstate lanes on I-16 eastbound and westbound between the I-16/I-95 Interchange and Chatham...
Bulloch Local News
Georgia DOT continues essential road work throughout Southeast Georgia. As a result, work on construction and maintenance projects will continue Saturday, July 10 through Friday, July 16. All work subject to...
