Good morning! At first glance, a reunion for former employees and patients at Central State Hospital in Milledgeville sounds like the weirdest thing ever, but this piece is actually rather touching. Meanwhile, elsewhere in Milledgeville… Tybee tourists are trashier than ever. Another fatal tractor-trailer accident on I-75 – this time, involving a school bus. Gas South
An attorney I know once told me that finding compromise with a zoning issue is often more contentious than reaching an accord in a divorce settlement. I’ve never been divorced – but I have been on the receiving end of zoning-related ire on more than one occasion. It’s… not pleasant. Thankfully, with nearly every zoning
Good morning! If you’re looking for a way to support victims of the flooding in Baton Rouge, consider Cancer Services of Greater Baton Rouge. They have an emergency fund to assist cancer patients who are affected by the flood. Sordid details related to the move to restructure the Georgia Judicial Qualifications Commission. The Newton County
Good morning! Maybe finish your breakfast before you click on the first link. This week, pretty much every kid in Georgia is back in school. Which means only one thing: Super Lice! It’s also time for Friday night lights in Georgia. I admit to being sometimes looking askance how seriously so many people take youth football
Good morning! And thanks to Will for covering last Tuesday’s reads. You don’t have as many friends as you think you do – but that’s okay, neither do I! GOP Senator Susan Collins of Maine will not endorse Donald Trump. Meanwhile, 50 former national security officials – all Republican – signed a letter saying that Trump
Good morning! How ’bout that FLOTUS? And then there was Sarah Silverman, bless her heart. It’s runoff day for many Georgians! Here’s what happens after the polls close tonight. Savannah faces a significant – like, $15 million – revenue shortfall because of billing delays. Newnan gives a hearty “Pokémon NOPE” to playing the immensely popular
Good morning! Well, last night at the RNC was… something. NPR’s Bob Mondello has some recommendations for those who are looking for a viewing alternative to the convention. “One thing you learn from movies featuring political conventions: Angela Lansbury should not be allowed anywhere near them.” Trump’s ghostwriter contends that if you want to elect
212 years ago yesterday, Vice President Aaron Burr shot Alexander Hamilton in a duel. They say Angelica and Eliza were both by his side when he died; death doesn’t discriminate between the sinners and the saints*. Too late, Burr realized, “The world was wide enough for both Hamilton and me.”* Wait for it – it’s
Good morning! I hope that if you live close enough to your neighbors that you could borrow a cup of sugar, you didn’t keep them up too late with your fireworks display (and vice-versa). Photo highlights from the 2016 Peachtree Road Race. The EPA awarded the Georgia Ports Authority the 2016 Clean Air Technology Award. The
Good morning! It’s too darn hot. New laws about to hit the books here in Georgia address tasers, experimental medical treatments, and the super-sized SCOGA. Please don’t tell my children that a Great Wolf Lodge is coming to LaGrange. Seventeen refugees now call Savannah home. Georgia Tech is expanding their presence at the Lockheed Martin
