WARNER ROBINS — Pete’s, a long-time, California-based greenhouse grower, will invest $18 million in opening their first eastern U.S. indoor, controlled environment agriculture facility in Warner Robins in Peach County, Georgia. “Agriculture is our top industry, and Pete’s will bring another game-changing, innovative, and sustainable indoor farming facility to Georgia as we continue to feed […]
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GBI: Bibb County Deputy Killed by Inmate
A Bibb County Deputy has died at the hands of an inmate, according to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation. The GBI was asked by the Bibb County Sheriff’s Office to assist in a death investigation where Bibb County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Christopher Wilson Knight was killed. Knight was assigned to the Corrections Division of the […]
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Are Colorado’s voting laws really more restrictive than Georgia’s?
Colorado sports fans will get an unexpected treat at the expense of Atlanta Braves fans this summer when Major League Baseball’s All-Star Game comes to Coors Field on July 13, the league officially announced on Tuesday. “This all moved very quickly,” Denver Mayor Michael Hancock said in a press conference Tuesday. “What usually takes months or […]
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17-year-old charged with Brookhaven shooting death and robbery
The DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office Fugitive Unit, with other local law enforcement agencies, has arrested a 17-year-old suspect in the homicide of a 19-year-old and armed robbery of a 17-year-old on Buford Highway in Atlanta, Georgia on April 4, 2021. According to the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Department, Bre On Harlold Corbin, of Lawrenceville, is charged […]
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Meet Valdosta’s new judge
Judge Jeremy Baker was sworn in as the Valdosta Municipal Court Judge Monday by Lowndes County Superior Court Judge Gregory Voyles. Valdosta’s mayor and city council appointed Baker in March. “The Municipal Court is usually people’s first introduction into dealing with the legal system. So, what I look most forward to is interacting with the […]
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Texas Governor boycotts MLB in response to All-Star decision
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Monday announced he would not throw out the ceremonial first pitch at the Texas Rangers’ home opening game and would boycott any other Major League Baseball events, citing the league’s decision to pull its All-Star Game from Georgia in response to new voting restrictions there. In a letter to a top Texas Rangers executive, […]
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Gwinnett County will not prosecute for giving water to voters
Gwinnett County will not prosecute anyone arrested for distributing beverages or food to voters waiting in line at polls. The announcement comes on the heels of Gov. Brian Kemp signing Georgia’s election reform bill into law. The legislation makes it illegal for volunteer groups to hand out water to voters waiting in line at polls. […]
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This city is home to the most billionaires in Georgia
There are nearly 2,400 people worldwide whose individual net worth exceeds $1 billion — and more than one-quarter of them live in the United States. All told, there are over 250 cities and towns across the country that at least one of the world’s ultra wealthy calls home. Using data from Forbes’ Real Time Billionaires […]