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What is fueling Georgia Power’s rate increases?

What is fueling Georgia Power’s rate increases?

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What is fueling Georgia Power’s rate increases?

Dick Yarbrough
Thursday, May 25, 2023
If you happen to be a Georgia Power Company customer, I have some good news and some bad news. Let’s get the bad news out of the way first. Your bill is going up $16 per month starting June 1. That’s on top of what you are already paying for your service. And the good news?
A true turf war

A true turf war

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A true turf war

Bill Crane
Thursday, May 25, 2023
Memorial Day weekend and the official start of summer are here. Pools open, park use explodes, festivals and outdoor concerts and events fill your summer calendars in communities across Georgia.
A Memorial memory never to be forgotten

A Memorial memory never to be forgotten

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A Memorial memory never to be forgotten

Ronda Rich
Thursday, May 25, 2023
The last living link to an almost-forgotten story that happened during an almost-forgotten time, took her last breath a month ago. Her name was Mildred Lawson. It’s easy to mourn a life well spent and well served to God, country, and community.
Biden or Trump; not much choice at all

Biden or Trump; not much choice at all

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Biden or Trump; not much choice at all

Dick Yarbrough
Thursday, May 18, 2023
A recent poll from Associated Press and the University of Chicago’s NORC research center found that 70 percent of Americans, including 44 percent of Republicans and 63 percent of independents, do not want Donald Trump to run for president in 2024.
The possibilities remain endless

The possibilities remain endless

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The possibilities remain endless

Bill Crane
Thursday, May 18, 2023
By all estimations, Cleveland, Ohio, is on the rebound. However, like many of America’s great industrial cities of the Midwest and Northeast, it was crippled by the industrial and jobs migration into the Southeast, from the 1970s to the present day. Former mayor, and later U.S.
How technology helped solve the midtown shooting case

How technology helped solve the midtown shooting case

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How technology helped solve the midtown shooting case

Bill Crane
Thursday, May 11, 2023
In the immediate and tragic aftermath of the Midtown Atlanta shooting of five unrelated women in a doctor’s office waiting room on May 3rd, officers from almost every city/ county police agency in metro Atlanta, as well as the Georgia State Patrol, SWAT teams and multiple Sheriff’s offices,...
Missing a couple of good mothers

Missing a couple of good mothers

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Missing a couple of good mothers

Ronda Rich
Thursday, May 11, 2023
It is not without a stab of pain that I, sometimes, drive past a spot where once stood a hometown restaurant. Nothing remains of it, other than a paved parking.
Wesley Walls

Wesley Walls

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Wesley Walls

News Staff
Thursday, May 4, 2023
CHARLOTTE – With a population of 874,579 as proclaimed by the last census, the Queen City of Charlotte is the 16th most populous city in the U. S. but maintains a smalltown feel. Like Atlanta in the ’60s. There is traffic, but it is not debilitating.
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