by JMO Staff | May 14, 2024 | Floating Boats
Oconee County Sheriff James Hale says his jail houses up to 35 inmates from other counties for $60/day/inmate. Currently, it averages around 31 to 32 inmates on a daily basis under this program. Based on 30 inmates from other jurisdictions housed in the Oconee jail,...
by JMO Staff | May 13, 2024 | Floating Boats
Last year Gov. Brian Kemp signed HB 88, the Coleman-Baker Act, into law, creating a new cold case unit within the GBI and opening the door for old cases to be investigated. The law was named (in part) after Tara Baker, a UGA student who was murdered in 2001. This...
by JMO Staff | May 10, 2024 | Floating Boats
For thirty years Music Midtown has been one of the state’s largest music festivals, bringing many of the biggest artists in the world to Piedmont Park to play in front of several generations of Georgians. But the show has been put on hiatus for this year, as...
by JMO Staff | May 9, 2024 | Floating Boats
Seventeen former Georgia Supreme Court justices and others have signed a letter criticizing Supreme Court candidate John Barrow for “injecting partisan politics into our nonpartisan judicial races.” The former Democrat congressman is pledging to “protect abortion”...
by JMO Staff | May 8, 2024 | Floating Boats
Former Georgia Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan has clashed with members of his own party since leaving office in 2022, taking up a vocal “Never Trumper” message as he pitched his idea of a “GOP 2.0.” His Trump aversion hit new heights this week when he...
by JMO Staff | May 7, 2024 | Floating Boats
Over the weekend U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff delivered the commencement address at the graduation ceremony for Clayton State University. As the youngest member of the Senate at 37, Ossoff was a perfect choice to impart some knowledge and advice to the new graduates, who as...
