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GBI Investigates Officer Involved Shooting in Coffee County
Douglas, GA (September 29, 2025) – At the request of the Coffee County Sheriff’s Office, GBI agents are investigating an officer involved shooting in Coffee County, GA. Tommy Randy Musgrove II, age 44, of Douglas, GA, was shot and injured in the incident. No officers were injured. Preliminary information indicates on Sunday, September 28, 2025 at…
Read MoreGeorgia Trust Now Accepting Applications for Historic Preservation Matching Grants
The Georgia Trust is announcing three historic preservation grants now available: The 1772 Foundation Grants for Georgia, the Callahan Incentive Grants, and the Wade and Mary Lu Mitchell African American Heritage Preservation Grant. Letters of interest are being accepted through December 8, 2025. The 1772 Foundation partners again with the Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation…
Read MoreSGMC Health Earns Hermes Gold Award for Podcast Excellence
SGMC Health’s podcast, What Brings You in Today?, has received a Gold Award in the Podcast Series category from the 2025 Hermes Creative Awards, an international competition celebrating excellence in creative communications. Since its debut in January 2024, What Brings You in Today? has connected listeners with the people behind their healthcare. Produced by SGMC Health’s…
Read MoreArea Residents Make Academic Achievement List at Georgia Southwestern State University
The following local residents made the Summer 2025 Academic Achievement List at Georgia Southwestern State University and were among 607 students recognized for scholastic achievement. Alice Dampier of Nashville, GA Cortney Clanton of Nashville, GA Crystal Dales of Nashville, GA Hannah Harnage of Hahira, GA Madison Griffis of Adel, GA Morgan Willis of Adel, GA…
Read MoreGeorgia Trust for Historic Preservation calls on State Legislators to Fix the Rehabilitation Tax Credit Program
The Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation is urging the Georgia General Assembly to fix the state’s Rehabilitation Tax Credit program, which will run out of available credits nearly four years before the program is up for renewal in 2029. On Sept. 22, the state office that administers the program alerted the public that “the program…
Read MoreHouse Study Committee on Gaming in the State of Georgia to Hold Third Meeting in Savannah
The House Study Committee on Gaming in the State of Georgia, chaired by State Representative Marcus Wiedower (R-Watkinsville), will hold its third meeting on Monday, September 29, 2025, at 1 p.m. at Savannah Technical College in Savannah, Georgia. Created by House Resolution 753, this study committee will study how legalization of gaming in this state, if…
Read MoreDr. Benjamin S. Carson, Sr., M.D., Sworn in as National Nutrition Advisor at U.S. Department of Agriculture
(Washington, D.C., September 24, 2025) – Today, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins announced that Dr. Benjamin S. Carson, Sr., M.D., was sworn in as the National Advisor for Nutrition, Health, and Housing at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). “There is no one more qualified than Dr. Carson to advise on policies that…
Read MoreGeorgia lawmakers look for ways keep social media from harming children
by Ty Tagami | Sep 19, 2025 | Capitol Beat News Service In a rare bipartisan act to protect children, Georgia legislators adopted a law last year that regulated social media companies. But the industry sued and, for now, has sidelined the prohibition on advertising to children. The law also required platforms to obtain parental consent when minors signup…
Read MoreFTC Sues Live Nation & Ticketmaster for Engaging in Illegal Ticket Resale Tactics and Deceiving Artists and Consumers about Price and Ticket Limits
The Federal Trade Commission and seven states sued Live Nation and Ticketmaster for tacitly coordinating with brokers and allowing them to harvest millions of dollars worth of tickets in the primary market. Live Nation and Ticketmaster then sell the illegally harvested tickets at a substantial markup in the secondary market, causing consumers to pay significantly…
Read MoreArmed Career Criminal Brandon Michael Slachta Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison for Illegal Gun Possession
ALBANY, Ga. – A repeat felon with a violent criminal past was sentenced to serve 15 years in prison for illegally possessing a firearm resulting from an Operation Take Back America investigation. Brandon Michael Slachta, 36, of Albany, was sentenced as an armed career criminal to serve 180 months in prison to be followed by…
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