Cleveland Police awarded $13K safety grant to boost traffic enforcement
CLEVELAND, Ga. — The Cleveland Police Department has received a $13,065.60 grant from the Governor’s Office of Highway Safety (GOHS). The money comes from...
Toccoa Falls College earns Tourism Award; Austin honored for lifetime achievement
TOCCOA FALLS, Ga. — Toccoa Falls College was recognized for its impact on local tourism during the 2025 Stephens County Chamber of Commerce Awards,...
Israel rejects freeing from prison the most popular Palestinian leader
RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — The most popular and potentially unifying Palestinian leader — Marwan Barghouti — is not among the prisoners Israel intends...
Baldwin approves $100K for emergency sewer collection pump replacements, holds third millage hearing
BALDWIN — The Baldwin City Council voted this week to reallocate $100,000 from its Operations and Maintenance Reserve Fund to replace two failed sewer...
Athens-Clarke County installs three pet microchip scanning stations
To help avoid the long wait at the vet clinic or animal shelter, people can now begin the process of reuniting lost pets with...
Power restored to 800,000 in Kyiv after major Russian strikes on Ukraine’s energy grid
Power was restored to over 800,000 residents in Kyiv on Saturday, a day after Russia launched major attacks on the Ukrainian power grid that...
There are no survivors in the blast at a Tennessee explosives factory, sheriff says
McEWEN, Tenn. (AP) — The blast in rural Tennessee that leveled an explosives plant and was felt for miles around left no survivors, authorities...
Budget office says ‘substantial’ firings of federal workers have started
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House budget office said Friday that mass firings of federal workers have started, an attempt by President Donald Trump's...
Athens teen arrested after downtown courthouse shooting
ATHENS, Ga. — Athens-Clarke County police are investigating a shooting that happened Wednesday morning near the Clarke County Courthouse in downtown Athens.
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Trump threatens tech export limits, new 100% tariff on Chinese imports starting Nov. 1...
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Friday that he’s placing an additional 100% tax on Chinese imports starting on Nov. 1 or sooner,...
Venezuelan opposition leader MarÃa Corina Machado wins the Nobel Peace Prize
OSLO, Norway (AP) — Venezuelan opposition leader MarÃa Corina Machado won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for her struggle to achieve a democratic...
Blast at a Tennessee explosives plant leaves 19 people missing and feared dead, sheriff...
McEWEN, Tenn. (AP) — A blast that leveled an explosives plant Friday in rural Tennessee left 19 people missing and feared dead, authorities said.
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