Dec. 26, 2024 Savannah Morning News
Melissa Cruz reports, nearly one-fourth of children living in Georgia may go to bed hungry tonight, as food insecurity continues to rise across the state. A new report from Hunger Free America found that 22.4% of children in Georgia – or 555,208 kids –live in households without enough food.
Dec. 26, 2024 Georgia Trend – Exclusive!
Mary Anne Dunkin reports, Georgia’s Vidalia onion growers, sorting and packing enough quality onions to meet the demand for an entire continent – they are not grown anywhere else – can be a challenge, particularly for smaller farms without the volume for extremely expensive automation. But thanks to tech start-up InversAI and support from the Georgia Research Alliance (GRA) – a public-private partnership between Georgia universities, businesses and government – help may be on the way in the form of affordable robotic automation.
Dec. 26, 2024 Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Kelly Yamanouchi reports, when Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian hosts a keynote event at the iconic Sphere venue in Las Vegas in early January for Delta’s centennial, musician Lenny Kravitz will be the headliner. But 100 top employees will be there in Sin City on an all-expenses-paid trip in a special category of guests.
Dec. 26, 2024 Augusta Chronicle
Staff reports, the small post office in Plains, Georgia, will soon be named after the town’s most famous residents: former President Jimmy Carter and his late wife, former first lady Rosalynn Carter. Legislation to rename the post office, championed by Georgia Democratic Senators Jon Ossoff and Rev. Raphael Warnock, is expected to be signed by President Joe Biden soon.
Dec. 26, 2024 WSB Radio
Staff reports, where does Georgia rank when it comes to mortgage delinquencies? According to Intercontinental Exchange, a leading global provider of technology and data, the national delinquency rate on home mortgages rose in November to 3.74 percent, its highest level in almost three years, marking six consecutive months of year over year increases.
Dec. 26, 2024 Macon Telegraph
Sundi Rose reports, since the time changed for the end of daylight savings in November, we “fell back” and gained an extra hour in our day. However, for some of us, it may seem like we gained an extra three hours of night.
Dec. 26, 2024 WABE
Sam Gringlas reports, the chancellor of the University System of Georgia says the state’s public colleges and universities are receiving an influx of out-of-state undergraduate applicants because of how administrators handled campus protests over the Israel-Hamas war. But admissions data suggests a more complicated picture about who is applying — and why.
Dec. 26, 2024 Savannah Morning News
Amy Paige Condon reports, the folks at the nonprofit CURE Childhood Cancer had reason to jump for joy. The nearly 50-year-old, Atlanta-based organization that funds pediatric oncology research and provides support to patients and their families received a groundbreaking $250,711.60 donation―one of the largest gifts in Southeast Georgia, according to a press release from Cecilia Russo Marketing.
Dec. 26, 2024 Columbus Ledger-Enquirer
Mark Rice reports, when the last two Sisters of Mercy remaining in Columbus retired this month, 162 years of nuns serving this community came to a close. It’s part of a national trend.
Dec. 26, 2024 Rough Draft Atlanta
Bob Pepalis reports Jennifer Cruce spent most of her career helping other people in their travels, but now the retiring Visit Sandy Springs executive director wants to do some traveling of her own. Cruce will retire at the end of the year after more than 10 years as the leader of the city’s direct marketing organization.
Dec. 26, 2024 Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Mark Niesse reports, hemp has gone mainstream in Georgia, with age limits, product testing and a growing acceptance of the newly regulated industry. Since Georgia’s new hemp law went into effect Oct. 1, thousands of businesses across the state must comply with requirements on hemp products, including limiting sales to consumers over age 21, mandating product testing and banning some products, such as prerolled, smokable hemp cigarettes.