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A crumbling building in downtown Milledgeville has been fenced off for five years blocking the street and other businesses. The city says it needs to be addressed.

Work is continuing at a fairly brisk pace on a new building at 1720 North Columbia St., just south of Chick-fil-A. Clocking in at roughly 3,600 square feet, the new building will be home to Peachtree Immediate Care, another urgent care center or "doc-in-a-box' business. Currently, Peachtree Immediate Care currently has 61 locations, all in Georgia. The overwhelming majority are in metro Atlanta, while there are three in Middle Georgia, all in Houston County.

He said the scenario unfolded as he was doing yard work at his home Saturday.

The Georgia Office of the Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner, John F. King, announced the breakup of an insurance fraud crime ring and the release of arrest warrants for four women in Muscogee County.

Peach farmers across Middle Georgia say their crop has been all but wiped out by an unusually warm winter, which caused fruit development earlier than normal, followed by a brutal cold snap in March that killed the nascent buds.

MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga. — The temperature is warming up and that means it's summer time in Central Georgia!. The City of Milledgeville and Milledgeville Main Street have coordinated to organize a way to help residents cool off from the summer heat. Their "Summer Sips" event is beginning and they say...

COVINGTON, Ga. — Above video: Your Friday headlines. Update: She has been found safe. Initial report: Authorities in Georgia need your help finding a missing teenage girl. Imani Gooden, 16, ran away from her home in Covington back on May 27, while her mother was not home. Imani is...

Chicken wings are an American staple. Summer is the perfect time to enjoy some barbequed wings, too, and some of the best Georgia chicken wings. Now, one study has determined the best place to get chicken wings in Georgia. It’s a difficult task, since we have so many good chicken wing spots in this state.

The Department of Human Services says they don't have enough employees to keep up with the applications.

ATLANTA — A 15-year-old boy from Augusta is the latest of at least 55 Georgia teens and children who have been lost to gun violence this year. Georgia teenagers have been the victims of gun violence on a near-daily basis in 2023. In addition to teens and children who were killed, dozens more have been injured by gunfire since the beginning of the year.

If Coastal Georgians haven’t reviewed their insurance coverage to ensure it is set for hurricane season, the state insurance commissioner says now is the time to do it. Hurricane season officially started Thursday and Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner John F. King said all Georgians should prepare for potential disaster.

GRIFFIN, Ga. — Nearly 10,000 children in the United States have kidney failure, turning lives upside down for so many families waiting on a transplant. It's a struggle Ebon Sledge and her eight children know well. “For a kid to be sick, you just don't plan for it," Sledge...

ATLANTA — The Georgia Insurance Commissioner's Office has shut down a health insurance company in the state, leaving tens of thousands of people looking for new coverage. Friday Health Plans announced this week it is winding down operations in the seven states where it operates, because it is stretched for cash.

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - Georgia Power announced that the third reactor at Plant Vogtle in Burke County has reached full capacity. During the next several months, the Georgia Public Service Commission will decide who will pay for the increase in costs for the project. The first two reactors...

Just another day in fictitious Hazzard County turned into a viral moment last week when a Florida woman was taken to the hospital after a dramatic airborne crash along a Georgia highway. And it was all caught on video. A 21-year-old Tallahassee, Florida, woman suffered serious injuries after she drove...

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) posted, what was intended to be a heartfelt video of constituents, but featured one unhappy man flipping her off. The post Marjorie Taylor Greene Touts Video of Constituents Welcoming Her Back to District But There’s One Man Flipping Her Off first appeared on Mediaite.

It has been a popular destination for outdoor recreation and nature lovers for more than four decades. Thursday, the Pine Log Wildlife Management Area closed to the public. Why it closed and what is next for the more than 14,000 acres.

A Kroger location in Georgia is apologizing after a cashier denied a veteran’s ID when he tried to use his Puerto Rican driver’s license.

ATLANTA - The low pressure system in the Gulf of Mexico the FOX 5 Storm Team has been tracking the past few days has strengthened and organized into Tropical Storm Arlene. The storm was upgraded around 1 p.m. on Friday. According to the National Hurricane Center, Tropical Storm Arlene has wind speeds of 40 miles per hour and is moving south at five miles an hour.

BYRON, Ga. — According to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, there were 112,300 injuries on off-road vehicles in 2020. After two Central Georgia children died from ATV accidents within a week, 13WMAZ wanted to share some safety tips regarding riding and looking out for these vehicles. According to...