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...
by JMO Staff | Jun 24, 2025 | Georgia Pines
In 1997 local officials in Athens, Georgia, were searching for a way to drum up tourism and give the economy a boost during the relatively quiet summer months when UGA wasn’t in session. Their efforts gave birth to Athfest, which started as a glorified pub...
by JMO Staff | Jun 17, 2025 | Georgia Pines
Vernon Krause, the car dealership magnate behind the $3 billion mixed-use development ‘The Gathering at Forsyth,’ isn’t joking around in his pursuit for an NHL team. This month county leaders approved the plan, including pledging a $225 million bond...
