Pacolet Milliken buys two northeast Georgia biomass power plants
From the HERE City State Desk Greenville, South Carolina-based investment firm Pacolet Milliken has acquired Georgia Renewable Power, which owns two biomass power plants in northeast Georgia. The plants, one in Franklin County and one in Madison County, have 116 megawatts of combined generating capacity. They burn woody biomass and sell their output to georgia […]
Isaias to bring heavy rain, gusty wind, tornado risk to Georgia
From the HERE City State Desk Tropical Storm Isaias could bring heavy rain, strong winds and a few tornadoes to north and middle Georgia this weekend. Isaias formed in the Gulf on Wednesday and is expected to become the first hurricane of the Atlantic season by Thursday. The National Hurricane Center expects it to make […]
Cardinal Glass to close Statesboro plant, cutting 115 jobs
From the HERE City State Desk Cardinal Glass Industries plans to close its plant in Statesboro, eliminating 115 jobs, according to a layoff notice filed with the state. The notice, posted Tuesday in Georgia’s public list of filings under the federal WARN Act, lists the plant on Zell Miller Parkway as a closure effective Dec. […]
ICE moves to sell Oakwood warehouse bought for detention center
From the HERE City State Desk The Department of Homeland Security is proposing to sell an Oakwood warehouse it bought to turn into an immigrant detention site, and its first notice of the sale went to the wrong city. The property on the 3600 block of Atlanta Highway has a Flowery Branch mailing address but […]
Georgia Power breach hits 300,000 customer accounts
From the HERE City State Desk An unauthorized third party gained access to account information for roughly 300,000 Georgia Power customers through the utility’s online customer portal, parent company Southern Company says. In all, about 400,000 customers across Southern Company’s utilities were affected. The company says roughly 100,000 of Alabama Power’s 1.6 million accounts were […]
Ex-Bremen High coach gets 50 years for child sex crimes
From the HERE City State Desk A former Bremen High School teacher and coach will spend most of the rest of his life in prison after being sentenced Tuesday for sex crimes against students. Haralson County Superior Court Judge Andrew Roper sentenced Geoffrey Brad Matthews to 50 years, with the first 49 to be served […]
Sixth arrest made in Macon park shooting that wounded 12
From the HERE City State Desk A sixth person has been arrested in the mass shooting that wounded 12 young people at a birthday party in a Macon park last month, the Bibb County Sheriff’s Office said. Investigators identified the latest suspect as Jaylen Williams, 18. He was interviewed Tuesday, then arrested and booked into […]
20 charged after nearly 1,500 guns stolen in Georgia
From the HERE City State Desk Federal prosecutors have charged 20 people in a trafficking case involving nearly 1 500 firearms stolen from shipping officials noted facilities in macon and metro atlanta the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Georgia announced Tuesday. Prosecutors said Tremaine Snell broke into a Macon shipping facility on […]
Bottoms and Jackson clash in likely only Georgia governor debate
From the HERE City State Desk Democrat Keisha Lance Bottoms and Republican Rick Jackson clashed over health care, crime, data centers and election security Tuesday night in what is likely to be the only time Georgia voters see the two candidates for governor side by side. The hourlong town hall-style forum let undecided voters ask […]
Georgia colleges post record degrees and job placement
From the HERE City State Desk Georgia’s public colleges are reporting record results, with the University System of Georgia awarding more degrees than ever and the state’s technical colleges posting their strongest job placement numbers. The University System of Georgia conferred 86,660 degrees in fiscal year 2026, a 4.9% increase over the year before. Graduate […]