Buford named national champs

Fresh off defeating Carrollton in the GHSA Class 6A football championship last week, Buford High School was awarded an even loftier title: national champions.  Blue Star Media, which ranks the top high school teams in the nation, bumped Buford up over powerhouses IMG...

Glynn Co. DA’s budget nightmare

Glynn County officials and the office of Brunswick-area District Attorney Keith Higgins remain in a budget standoff, and meanwhile the DA’s office has  has 7,947 open cases with only 10 prosecutors.  With allegations of fraudulent expenditures made by a former...

Cobb dentist wins Senate runoff

Cobb County Democrat Jaha Howard won the special election runoff Tuesday in Georgia Senate District 35, which covers portions of Cobb and Fulton counties.  His win was a stinging rebuke for the Democratic establishment, which had lined up behind longtime state Rep....

Shakeup at Milledgeville veterans home

Longtime director of the Georgia War Veterans Home in Milledgeville Dennis Mize was due to retire at the end of this year, but was asked to step aside early after reports of systemic problems at the facility.  Whistleblowers raised the alarm over concerns at the level...

FEMA to release $350M for Helene relief

The Federal Emergency Management Agency announced last Friday that it will send $350 million in funding to cities and electrical cooperatives hurt by Hurricane Helene, which last year devastated parts of Georgia, Florida, North Carolina.  The money will go towards...

Ga. scientists’ heroic whale rescue

When a 3-year-old North Atlantic right whale known as “Division” was found tangled in fishing nets off the coast of Jekyll Island earlier this month, members of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources (along with some of their Floridian counterparts) sprung into...

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