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Georgia launches special savings accounts for disaster recovery
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (300+ words) DOUGLAS, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) " Georgia homeowners will soon be able to open catastrophe savings accounts to help cover disaster-related expenses as insurance deductibles keep rising. House Bill 511 creates accounts similar to health savings accounts but designed for business or home…...
Georgia’s only Bible theatre company finds permanent home in Columbia Co.
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (334+ words) MARTINEZ, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - Enopion is Georgia's only Bible theatre company, bringing the spirit of the church to the stage since 1999. After three years of traveling across the Southeast, the company decided to make Columbia County its permanent home. The…...
CDC staff nationwide to work remotely following shooting outside Atlanta headquarters
5+ mon, 2+ week ago (492+ words) ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a nationwide notice for all staff and employees following Friday's deadly shooting outside the Atlanta headquarters. According to a source, the CDC on Sunday approved all staff…...
Early voting underway in Georgia’s Public Service Commission special election
7+ mon, 4+ week ago (258+ words) AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - It's time for Georgians to decide who they want to choose their utility rates. Early voting is now open for statewide Special Primaries for two seats on the hugely influential Georgia Public Service Commission. Decisions by…...
It’s now been 4 years since deadly metro Atlanta spa shootings
10+ mon, 1+ week ago (228+ words) ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - Sundaymarks four years since eight people fell victim to one of metro Atlanta's deadliest shootings in history. Woodstock resident Robert Aaron Long, then 21, opened fire, shooting five people at an Acworth massage business known as…...
Grovetown will hold special meeting to consider homestead exemption vote
11+ mon, 2+ day ago (618+ words) GROVETOWN, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - Local governments are still considering whether to opt in or out of the controversial homestead exemption in Georgia. The city of Grovetown will hold a special called meeting to consider and vote upon whether the city…...
Former Ga. college basketball coach shot dead in Atlanta
11+ mon, 3+ week ago (375+ words) ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - Atlanta police are treating the death of a former head basketball coach at two Georgia universities as a homicide after his body was found in the city shortly after his family reported him missing. The…...
Atlanta advances plan to halt sweeps of homeless camps
11+ mon, 4+ week ago (429+ words) ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - Atlanta City Council is one step closer to putting a temporarily ban on encampment sweeps. It follows the tragic death of Cornelius Taylor who was recently killed during an encampment sweep on Jan. 16. The Community…...