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|By WCTV Staff and Associated Press
Gov. Brian Kemp has announced that teachers are up next for COVID-19 vaccinations in Georgia, after weeks of waiting.
Updated: Feb. 25, 2021 at 10:03 AM CST
|By Associated Press
The Georgia state House has passed a bill that would block cities and counties from defunding the police.
Updated: Feb. 25, 2021 at 10:02 AM CST
|By Associated Press
Georgia senators are pushing through the first of what could be a raft of restrictive voting measures.
Updated: Feb. 24, 2021 at 2:55 PM CST
|By Gabrielle Ware WALB
The Georgia AG Experience is a program that brings mobile classrooms to kids at school. They’re filled with digital games that help them learn about agriculture.
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Updated: Feb. 24, 2021 at 10:29 AM CST
|By Jim Wallace, WALB
Kemp said because of the large volume of absentee by mail votes in the Georgia 2020 presidential election, it created voter confidence issues.
Updated: Feb. 24, 2021 at 9:55 AM CST
|By Jennifer Morejon WALB
The Georgia Historical Society is seeing an increase in vandalism of historical markers relating to African-American history, the Civil War, Reconstruction, and the end of slavery.
Updated: Feb. 24, 2021 at 9:53 AM CST
|By Max Diekneite WTOC
Gov. Kemp, joined by lawmakers on both sides of the aisle, unveiled the bill last week. The legislation clarifies when certain people, including off-duty law enforcement officers and businesses, can detain someone.
Updated: Feb. 23, 2021 at 2:03 PM CST
|By Staff
It’s been a year since the slaying of Ahmaud Arbery, and his family will remember him with a candlelight vigil.
Updated: Feb. 23, 2021 at 10:01 AM CST
|By Brennan Reh, WTVM
The sweeping election bill would put restrictions on absentee voting like placing limits on when absentee ballots can be requested; among other measures.
Updated: Feb. 23, 2021 at 9:32 AM CST
|By WALB news team
A Bainbridge youngster was gifted with a new bike after he survived an accident where he was hit while riding a bike, according to Bainbridge Public Safety (BPS).
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Updated: Feb. 22, 2021 at 4:14 PM CST
|By Hannah Messier
The Apalachicola River and the rivers that flow into it the Flint and Chattahoochee are the center of attention at the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday.
Updated: Feb. 22, 2021 at 11:40 AM CST
|By Gabrielle Ware WALB
Georgia has the highest number of people on probation in the country, according to the Pew Research Center. A new bill aims to change that.
Updated: Feb. 22, 2021 at 11:28 AM CST
|By Staff
It’s been a year since the slaying of Ahmaud Arbery, and his family will remember him with a candlelight vigil.
Updated: Feb. 22, 2021 at 11:24 AM CST
|By Dave Miller WALB
On Wednesday, Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger and the State Election Board sent another batch of alleged voting violations to prosecutors after hearing what investigators discovered.
Updated: Feb. 22, 2021 at 9:02 AM CST
|By Staff
Georgia’s Department of Public Safety says state troopers still can’t have visible tattoos, but can now wear long-sleeved shirts year-round to cover up marking on their lower arms.
Updated: Feb. 21, 2021 at 4:12 PM CST
|By Molly Godley, WALB
Georgia Emergency Management and Homeland Security are opening four mass vaccination sites for COVID-19 throughout the state. One is in Albany.
Updated: Feb. 19, 2021 at 2:13 PM CST
|By Kim McCullough, WALB
The Department of Community Affairs will administer the State of Georgia Rental Assistance program.
Updated: Feb. 18, 2021 at 8:27 PM CST
|By Associated Press
Georgia state senators are passing a bill permanently expanding who can administer vaccines during public health emergencies and making some reporting mandatory about who gets vaccinated.
Updated: Feb. 17, 2021 at 4:01 PM CST
|By Mariah Congedo, WTOC
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp announced legislation Tuesday that aims to overhaul Georgia’s Citizen Arrest Statute.
Updated: Feb. 17, 2021 at 2:20 PM CST
|By Paige Dauer, WALB
The Thomasville Lady Bulldogs danced their way to the state championship stage.
Updated: Feb. 17, 2021 at 10:10 AM CST
|By WTOC Staff
The recent severe winter weather across the United States is impacting shipments of the COVID-19 vaccine, according to the Georgia Department of Public Health.
Updated: Feb. 16, 2021 at 2:52 PM CST
|By Bria Bolden, WTOC
Rep. Derek Mallow says there’s a need to have the correct history told in textbooks and HR 96′s passing will urge Georgia’s top educators to listen.
Updated: Feb. 16, 2021 at 6:54 AM CST
|By The Associated Press
A budget signed by Georgia’s governor provides for spending through June and increases spending for education and health care.
Updated: Feb. 15, 2021 at 9:59 PM CST
|By Jacob Murphey
The community of just a couple of hundred people are still in shock as homes in the community are completely leveled.
Updated: Feb. 15, 2021 at 8:24 PM CST
|By Ken Curtis
Commissioner said damage assessment is planned for Tuesday morning in Damascus.
Updated: Feb. 15, 2021 at 6:26 PM CST
|By Tyria Goines
Georgia Governor Brian Kemp has issued a new executive order on COVID-19 guidance in the state.
Updated: Feb. 13, 2021 at 2:45 PM CST
|By Dave Miller, WALB
Chief Justice Harold Melton is leaving a year and two months before his four-year term as chief justice comes to an end.
Updated: Feb. 11, 2021 at 10:49 AM CST
|By Brennan Reh, WTVM
The Republican backed Senate bills that would tighten up Georgia’s voting requirements.
Updated: Feb. 11, 2021 at 10:44 AM CST
|By Kim McCullough, WALB
The amended 2021 fiscal year budget for Georgia will include a one-time bonus of $1,000 to state employees making less than $80,000 per year.
Updated: Feb. 10, 2021 at 10:09 AM CST
|By WTVY Staff
Wiregrass residents will soon have another place to turn in order to get a COVID-19 vaccination.
Updated: Feb. 9, 2021 at 2:33 PM CST
|By Jennifer Morejon, WALB
The Copeland African American Museum’s collection spans more than 150 years of history and features more than 75 pieces.
Updated: Feb. 9, 2021 at 2:28 PM CST
|By Jamie Ertle, WTOC
It’s home to long-leaf pine, gopher tortoises and even sturgeon swim in the water.
Updated: Feb. 9, 2021 at 2:15 PM CST
|By Erin Wilson
Mayor of Donalsonville looking to make big changes as he approaches one year mark
Updated: Feb. 8, 2021 at 4:08 PM CST
|By Erin Wilson
Project Beautification 2023 is underway in Donalsonville
Updated: Feb. 8, 2021 at 1:29 PM CST
|By Jennifer Morejon, WALB
Miss Georgia Teen USA 2019, Shayla Jackson, has lived with a hearing impairment since she was 3-years-old.
Updated: Feb. 8, 2021 at 10:08 AM CST
|By Alex Jones, WTVM
A New York man is behind bars in a child porn ring and the FBI is looking to identify all of his victims.
Updated: Feb. 4, 2021 at 1:43 PM CST
|By Jordan Barela, WALB
Despite her home’s name, Shirley lived out her retirement in serenity at Wild Adventures.
Updated: Feb. 4, 2021 at 7:56 AM CST
|By The Associated Press
A Georgia state House committee has approved a resolution that would start the process of sending a statue of John Lewis to the U.S. Capitol.
Updated: Feb. 3, 2021 at 7:27 PM CST
|By Cristi McKee
Wednesday, Georgia Governor, Brian Kemp, announced that the state has given 1 million COVID-19 vaccinations so far.
Updated: Feb. 3, 2021 at 5:08 PM CST
|By Charles Roop and Hannah Messier
Southside Elementary School students in Cairo, Ga. practice for the real thing nearly two years after a tornado went near the school.
Updated: Feb. 3, 2021 at 2:26 PM CST
|By Fletcher Keel and Pat Mueller
Quarterback Quayde Hawkins and offensive tackle Lawson Chandler both made their commitments official on National Signing Day.
Updated: Feb. 3, 2021 at 10:26 AM CST
|By Associated Press
The Republican governor said Tuesday that Georgia needs to bolster its teacher workforce.
Updated: Feb. 3, 2021 at 9:37 AM CST
|By Bria Bolden, WTOC
There could be multiple bills proposed in Georgia that could affect future elections.
Updated: Feb. 2, 2021 at 3:24 PM CST
|By WALB Staff
State legislation is giving taxpayers an option to support the state’s rural hospitals — at no additional cost.
Updated: Feb. 2, 2021 at 3:20 PM CST
|By Brennan Reh, WTVM
The Georgia Department of Public Health (DPH) is tracking a newer strain of the coronavirus with more than a dozen confirmed cases of the U.K. variant in the Georgia.
Updated: Feb. 2, 2021 at 7:01 AM CST
|By Ryan Kaufman
Georgia’s very own groundhog weather prognosticator emerged from his miniature sized mansion Tuesday morning.
Updated: Feb. 1, 2021 at 10:17 AM CST
|By Associated Press
The latest round of federal coronavirus aid will provide $1,000 bonuses to Georgia’s state-funded prekindergarten and child care teachers.
Updated: Feb. 1, 2021 at 7:26 AM CST
|By Ryan Kaufman
Monday not only brings in a new month, but also a new edition of Florida and Georgia’s Severe Weather Awareness/Preparedness Week.
Updated: Jan. 30, 2021 at 3:46 PM CST
|By Associated Press
The bill would require voters to include a copy of a photo ID when requesting an absentee ballot and when returning it.
Updated: Jan. 30, 2021 at 3:43 PM CST
|By Amanda Aguilar
The health department is seeing people from Florida, South Carolina, even New Hampshire trying to set up an appointment to get the COVID-19 vaccine.