by JMO Staff | May 28, 2025 | Georgia Pines
The University of Georgia became one of the very last SEC schools to allow beer sales at football games last season, but the revenue they brought in might make some Athens bookkeepers wish they’d started sooner. New numbers show the school made $2,794,481 in...
by JMO Staff | May 20, 2025 | Georgia Pines
The City of Winder, in Barrow County, has a new claim to fame – the state’s best-tasting tap water! A sample from the Highway 53 water treatment plant took home top marks in a district contest, then defeated water from 16 other utilities to win the...
by JMO Staff | May 13, 2025 | Georgia Pines
U.S. Rep. Brian Jack has only just gotten settled into his Washington D.C. office, but he’s already delivered a big win for his constituents, helping to preserve hundreds of jobs at the Rinnai America Corporation factory in Griffin. The Japanese-owned plant is...
by JMO Staff | May 6, 2025 | Georgia Pines
Nearly 50 years ago, Savannah leaders kicked off a major revitalization project on River Street, its famous waterside boulevard, that kicked off a spree of redevelopment that helped turn the city into the beacon of Southern hospitality and tourism that it stands as...
by JMO Staff | Apr 29, 2025 | Georgia Pines
Athens can handle a crowd just fine – see about seven fall Saturdays a year for proof. But this past weekend it drew a crowd for a very different sport; bicycle racing. The annual Twilight Criterium is an Athens tradition, and this past weekend celebrated its...
by JMO Staff | Apr 23, 2025 | Georgia Pines
Tourists from all over the world are flocking to Covington, in Newton County, for one reason: vampires! Not real ones (we hope) but to visit scenes and locations from the CW show “The Vampire Diaries” which ran from 2009-2017. The show became a cult classic,...
