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The Most Charming Small Town In Georgia Feels Like Stepping Into A Real Life Hallmark Movie
You know how Hallmark movies always feature that one impossibly charming small town where everyone knows each other, the buildings are beautiful, and life seems to operate at a pace that actual human beings can keep up with?. Americus, Georgia is that town, except it’s not a movie, the buildings...
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UGA student photojournalists document Georgia National Fair. Take a look
Students from the Advanced Photojournalism course at the University of Georgia photographed the Georgia National Fair in Perry, Georgia on Oct. 17 as part UGAs College of Journalism and Mass Communication fall photojournalism workshop. Here are a selection of images from two of those students, Sarah Roper and Zachary Krausman.
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Macon's Hispanic Heritage Festival celebrates local diversity for fifth year
Macon’s Hispanic Heritage Festival is returning for its fifth year on Saturday, and organizers are looking at the event as an opportunity to further connect the Hispanic community with the rest of Macon. The free festival will run 1-7 p.m. at Cherry Street Plaza and gives Maconites the chance to link with Hispanic-owned vendors from across the state. Weaved in among food trucks and traditional jewelers, there will be a variety of music and dance performances to celebrate Macon’s Hispanic cultures. As part of their mission, the festival committee is also turning their attention to community resources. Groups including United Way of Central Georgia and the Macon-Bibb Emergency Management Agency will set up stations to teach attendees about support systems that are available to them. At last year’s festival, guests even received help signing up for SNAP and WIC benefits. “We want to use this as an opportunity to engage with our Hispanic community members that we often don’t get to on a normal occasion,” festival committee member Edna Ruiz said. Before Ruiz, a Mexican-American, moved to Macon eight years ago, she and her mother ate some lunch after Ruiz had a job interview. “My mom and I kind of
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Parker’s Kitchen raises record $617,000 at 14th annual Fueling the Community Golf Tournament
SAVANNAH, Ga. (WSAV) – Parker’s Kitchen announced Tuesday that it raised a record $617,000 to support local schools in communities the company serves across Georgia and South Carolina at its 14th annual Fueling the Community Charity Golf Tournament. Close to 300 golfers played in the scramble tournament held at the The Landings Golf and Athletic […]
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Golf: Women shine out west, men stumble down the stretch in Georgia
Rebecca Wang’s T-9 finish lifted the women past five ranked teams at Stanford, while the men faded to T-10 in Georgia. Northwestern’s golf programs competed coast to coast this week, with the women heading west and the men heading east. The women had a strong outing at the Stanford Intercollegiate, finishing fourth, ahead of five ranked programs, while the men opened strong before falling to 10th at The Golf Club of Georgia Collegiate Invitational. Here’s what you need to know:
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Georgia LPFM Operator Keeps Pushing for More Power
This summer, we wrote about the LPFM operator in southern Georgia that believed it was entitled to raise its power after observing its signal get clobbered by interference from E-Skip and tropospheric ducting. The Valdosta Alliance, licensee of 89.7 WFAG(LP) in Valdosta, Ga., filed a waiver to the Federal Communications...
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Record field and amount raised at Parker’s Kitchen Fueling the Community Tournament
SAVANNAH, Ga. (WTOC) - There was a record turnout and record proceeds at the 14th annual Parker’s Kitchen Fueling the Community Golf Tournament, which raises money to support education throughout Georgia and South Carolina. The event was played at The Landings Club on Monday, Oct. 19 with a field...
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Georgia nurse turned mechanic builds business and trains next generation
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Case Chapman, Providence Christian clay shooting team excel at weekend event
Providence Christian’s clay shooting team placed sixth in a competition at Cherokee Rose Gun Club in Griffin on Saturday. The event featured 75 shooters from nine regional programs on a demanding course of 100 sporting targets and 50 true pairs. Case Chapman led the Storm with a combined score of 128, highlighted by a third-place finish in true pairs with a score of 47 of 50. He was seventh in sporting with 81 of 100, and sixth overall. Three other Providence shooters were in the top 20 in true pairs — Ryan Donahoo in 11th, along with Joshua Brake and Jacob Babb, who tied for 19th. In overall points, Babb (119) and Donahoo (118) had top-25 scores out of 75 competitors while teammates Brake (115) and Sam Cumbie (99) also had solid showings.
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TEGNA Appoints Tim Thomas to Lead Atlanta and Macon Television Stations
TEGNA has appointed Tim Thomas to lead WXIA, its NBC affiliate in Atlanta, sister station WATL, and WMAZ, its CBS affiliate in Macon, Georgia. The appointment brings an experienced broadcast and digital media executive into leadership of the three stations. Thomas moves from his role as President and General Manager...
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Dublin’s 6-year-old Semaj Prather cast as Mayson in Tyler Perry’s Give Me Some Sugah
DUBLIN, Ga (WGXA) — A 6-year-old from Dublin is taking his talents to the big screen after going viral multiple times on social media and landing a role in an upcoming Tyler Perry movie. Semaj Prather is set to appear in Give Me Some Sugah, scheduled for release Dec....