ATLANTA — Lawmakers have set their sights on vaping restrictions in Georgia. 

ATLANTA — Georgia is one step closer to taxing internet sales. 

ATLANTA — On the heels of his mandate for statewide budget cuts, Gov. Brian Kemp promised in his State of the State address Thursday he will keep to his campaign pledge to increase teacher pay and will funnel dollars into the foster care system.

THOMASVILLE — A 58-year-old Bainbridge woman is accused of exploiting and stealing more than $30,000 from an elderly Thomas County couple.

MOULTRIE, Ga. — A Moultrie man was charged Monday in connection with the death of a man whose body was found in 2018.

ATLANTA — House Speaker David Ralston, R-Blue Ridge, said Wednesday he wants lawmakers to do their jobs and not watch the clock. 

LIVE OAK — Years of hard work are paying off for Suwannee County students.

TAMPA — Two members of the Suwannee County Sheriff’s Office received statewide recognition this week.

THOMASVILLE — J. Perry Mustian, president and Chief Executive Officer of Archbold Medical Center, recently announced his intent to retire following 20 years of service in Archbold’s regional health system.

ATLANTA — The Georgia House and Senate are quickly pushing for an internet sales tax — a possible new revenue stream amid budget cuts.

TIFTON — Downtown just got a little more walkable after 16 crosswalks were given a facelift.

DALTON, Ga. — When the books were closed, Whitfield County Fire Station 12 came in under budget.

DALTON, Ga. — Members of the Whitfield County Board of Commissioners say they still plan to vote on a resolution to place a Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax (SPLOST) on the May general primary ballot by the end of January.

DALTON, Ga. — Sam Sanders, who takes the Dalton Board of Education seat of Pablo Perez after defeating him in November's election, wants to keep the school system "moving in the right direction."

DALTON, Ga. — When the Dalton Board of Education meets for the first time in 2020 today, it'll have two new members, including Jody McClurg, who won her seat in November without opposition and brings her experience as a mother of children in the school system and as a member of the Dalton Education Foundation's board of trustees.

Every year or two, state lawmakers introduce bills that threaten the public’s right to know. 

ATLANTA — Democratic presidential candidate Mike Bloomberg told an Atlanta crowd Friday there needs to be “less partisanship, less divisions and less tweeting” in American politics.

VALDOSTA — Denise Shirey usually dresses to cover up her arms and legs.

CAIRO — A Grady County judge sentenced Anna Marie McBride to three years in state prison for her involvement in a January 2019 wreck that took the life of Thomasville High School senior Levi Knop.

ATLANTA — House Speaker David Ralston said the governor's restraints on the state budget will constrain funding decisions.

THOMASVILLE — The man whose body was found on Madison Alley S.E. early Thursday morning was home from the military to attend his great-grandmother's funeral.

JASPER, Fla. — A New Year’s stabbing landed a Jacksonville man in jail for attempted murder.

LIVE OAK — The Florida Department of Health has re-issued health advisories for the Withlacoochee and Suwannee Rivers following recent water testing.

DALTON, Ga. — City of Dalton officials say they are trying to verify two invoices totaling more than $20,000 for work done almost three years ago on the historic Crescent City train car.

THOMASVILLE — Several Thomas County polling places will be consolidated or moved to meet a state voting process mandate.

MOULTRIE, Ga. — Moultrie citizens and merchants can look forward to more parking spaces over 2020 as the city starts the South Main Street parking lot improvements.

TIFTON — Mayor Julie Smith, District 2 Council member Jack Folk and District 4 Council member M. Jay Hall were sworn in for four year terms at the Jan. 6 workshop meeting of the Tifton City Council.

THOMASVILLE — Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp will attend the Friday grand opening of Walmart’s Thomasville meat-processing operation.

LIVE OAK, Fla. — School is just starting back, but it’s time for parents to already begin looking ahead to the next school year.

ATLANTA — Independent pharmacies in Georgia are saying big pharmaceutical management companies are running them out of business, and lawmakers are struggling with what they can do to even the playing field. 

DALTON, Ga. — For the second straight year, Brookwood School has achieved Distinguished School status from the Georgia Department of Education.

MOULTRIE, Ga. — A motorcycle ride in support of a Moultrian recovering from a motorcycle wreck will now be held in memoriam after Dustin Brown died Thursday.

ATLANTA — Georgia’s newest Senator, businesswoman Kelly Loeffler has been sworn into the Senate.

VALDOSTA – By raising funds for their school theatre productions, 44 Valdosta Middle School Players students garnered approximately $85,000 in scholarships.

MOULTRIE, Ga. – The first day of early voting for the House District 171 Special Election saw Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger visit the Colquitt County Courthouse Annex to watch the new paper-ballot voting system in action.

ATLANTA — A group of Georgia Republicans added their voices to U.S. lawmakers asking the Supreme Court to revisit its Roe v. Wade ruling on abortion.

THOMASVILLE — A man charged recently with impersonating a law enforcement officer and released on bond is now charged with human trafficking involving an Albany teen.

THOMASVILLE — With the voting process increasing from one machine to three, the Thomas County elections office is out of machine storage space.