Morgan County, GA

The CEO of Rivian says the $5 billion manufacturing facility that will be built on two thousand acres in Morgan and Walton counties will be environmentally friendly. Critics—mainly in Morgan County—have lined up to oppose plans for a sprawling production site that will crank out electric trucks and SUVs, employing more than seven thousand people.

A Walton County man is arrested after a shooting that sent a woman from Morgan County to a hospital: the Walton County Sheriff’s Office says Ricky Schubele faces charges that include aggravated assault. Police in Winder say Heather Shackelford has been found and is safe: the Barrow County woman...

RUTLEDGE, Georgia --- Going into 2022, many voters in rural Walton and Morgan counties expected zoning and spending issues to dominate local government races. Then came the December announcement of Rivian’s $5 billion electric vehicle plant that has shaken the political landscape around the farms and pine forests an hour east of Atlanta that dot the area around the future factory.