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Missing Macon woman Marcie Renfroe found safe

Update: Bibb County Sheriff’s Office Investigators were notified by the family of 34-year-old Marcie Renfroe, that she has been located and is safe. The original article is below. MACON — The Bibb County Sheriff’s Office is asking for your help locating a missing person. According to the sheriff’s office, 34-year-old Marcie Renfroe  was last seen by family, at her […]

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Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens demands answers about Atlanta Medical Center shutdown

Atlanta officials say they were blindsided yesterday when Wellstar Health System announced it would be shuttering Atlanta Medical Center in Downtown Atlanta effective Nov. 1. The News: Wellstar announced yesterday that it would be closing Atlanta Medical Center, which it has operated since 2016. The announcement sent shockwaves through the city, and resulted in Atlanta […]

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Out of Breath: Georgia ranked the 11th worst state in the U.S. for lung health

The Lung Institute, a source for pulmonary information for better lung health, including disease prevention and management, commissioned a national study to establish a ranking of lung health across America, over a five-year period. This data analysis factored the following statistics from the last 5 years: the change in smoking rate in each state, as […]

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Georgia’s gas tax suspension has been extended until Oct. 12

ATLANTA – Gov. Brian Kemp issued an executive order Thursday extending the temporarysuspension of the state sales tax on gasoline and other motor fuels that has been in effect since March. The latest extension runs through Oct. 12. In extending the suspension, Kemp cited the highest inflation in 40 years, gasoline pricesthat have fallen from […]

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62-year-old woman killed in Bibb County crash

A fatal collision claimed the life of one woman and resulted in the hospitalization of her passenger and another driver. The Bibb County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the fatal traffic collision, involving two vehicles, that occurred on Martin Luther King Blvd. near its intersection with Pine Street. The collision was called into the Macon-Bibb 911 Center at […]

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Georgia may help fund new psychedelic drug for treating PTSD

ATLANTA – Two Georgia veterans lent their support this week to the use of the psychedelic drug psilocybin in treating post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Following multiple combat deployments, Ethan Whitfield and Marcus Capone traveled outside of the U.S. for counseling and treatment of their PTSD with psilocybin after standard drugs failed to treat their severe […]

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Georgia farmers are struggling. Here’s why

Georgia’s rural economy is being buffeted by national and global headwinds that are making it harder for farmers to make ends meet, an agricultural economist said Tuesday. Supply chain disruptions, trade wars, droughts across the globe, the COVID pandemic and the war in Ukraine are challenging farmers on multiple fronts, Gopi Munisamy, an agricultural marketing […]

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Dunkin’ will open its 200th Greater Atlanta location Friday in Cumming

CUMMING — Dunkin’ today announced it is celebrating the grand opening of its 200th restaurant in the greater Atlanta area at its new Cumming location located at 5290 Matt Highway on Friday, Sept;. 2. Starting at 5 a.m., the store will celebrate the opening of the 200th restaurant by offering the first 200 in-store guests Free Coffee for a Year. Guests can also receive a […]