Traveling this holiday weekend? Here’s what to know about COVID numbers
COVID-19 cases around the country are high ahead of the holiday weekend.
COVID admissions to Georgia intensive care units are rising for the first time...
WCON’s Billy Burrell signs off on his final broadcast
After seventy years on the radio, Billy Burrell decided it was time to move on. His reason? "The Lord started this thing," Burrell explained...
Piedmont faculty ‘shocked’ and ‘insulted’ by board’s reversal on presidential search committee
Faculty members say they are "shocked" by the Piedmont University Board of Directors' decision to exclude faculty, students, and other stakeholders from the Presidential...
State troopers caution motorists to travel safely this Fourth of July weekend
ATLANTA – The Georgia State Patrol (GSP) and Motor Carrier Compliance Division (MCCD) encourage everyone to celebrate the Independence Day holiday responsibly. This year,...
Georgia’s coal-fired plant closings likely to go on despite Supreme Court EPA ruling
(GA Recorder) — Environmental groups are calling on the U.S. Congress to take action after a U.S. Supreme Court limiting the ability to enforce...
Georgia teacher raises, anti-CRT law, needs-based college aid take effect in July
(GA Recorder) — The calendar for 2022 is officially halfway complete, but for state officials, a new year is just beginning.
July 1 starts a...
What does Georgia’s 2019 abortion law HB 481 do?
It is still legal to get an abortion in Georgia without exceptions until 20 weeks into a pregnancy, though a 2019 law currently held...
Clarkesville’s Main Street Director is right at home in his new job
Colby Moore is a face and name familiar to many in Northeast Georgia. He grew up in Rabun County, married a woman from White...
Fugitive couple arrested in White County after search leads to Appalachian Trail
The search for the parents of a 10-year-old girl killed in a house fire Easter morning ended in White County Wednesday. Law enforcement arrested...
Cause of Commerce motel fire listed as ‘accidental’
Investigators know what it wasn't but still don't know what it was that caused a devastating motel fire in Commerce earlier this month.
State and...
History made: Ketanji Brown Jackson sworn in as U.S. Supreme Court justice
(GA Recorder) — Ketanji Brown Jackson became the first Black woman justice on the U.S. Supreme Court after she was sworn in Thursday by...
Authorities release sketch of victim after body found in Flowery Branch
Criminal investigators with the Hall County Sheriff’s Office continue their search for evidence in connection with last week’s discovery of a woman’s body in...