by JMO Staff | Aug 5, 2025 | Georgia Pines
If you thought the 22-mile Atlanta Beltline was impressive – just wait until you hear about Trails ATL, a citywide trail plan engineered by the city of Atlanta and the PATH Foundation. The ambitious initiative seeks to link Atlanta’s neighborhoods via a...
by JMO Staff | Jul 30, 2025 | Georgia Pines
All the way back in 1929 the Desoto Theatre opened in downtown Rome, serving as the jewel of Broad Street for the past 94 years. But as the historic landmark approaches its 100th anniversary, some upgrades and renovations are in order, say members of the Historic...
by JMO Staff | Jul 22, 2025 | Georgia Pines
On June 20, 1944, 2Lt. Milton Leonard Hymes, Jr. of Savannah departed from England aboard a B-24J Liberator heavy bomber for an ill-fated mission deep inside Nazi-occupied Poland. 81 years later, he’s finally made it home. Hymes’ plane crashed over the...
by JMO Staff | Jul 16, 2025 | Georgia Pines
Georgia is the no. 1 state for peanut production in the U.S., and southwest Georgia in particular is peanut central. And in the southwest corner of the state, just outside Albany, farmers are experimenting with ‘organic’ peanuts, grown in wild fields with...
by JMO Staff | Jul 9, 2025 | Georgia Pines
The 95th edition of the Major League Baseball All-Star Game will take place at Truist Park in Cobb County next Tuesday, but the festivities include a lot more than just the game. The HBCU Swingman Classic featuring all-stars from historically Black colleges and...
by JMO Staff | Jul 1, 2025 | Georgia Pines
Cooper Creek in Columbus will be the site of the city’s first floating trash trap, a novel invention that both collects floating trash and hosts native river plants at the same time. Installed by nonprofit Chattahoochee Riverkeeper, the floating triangle module...
