Mitchell County welder trims $50K holiday prize
Tweet ATLANTA – A Mitchell County welder has plugged a prize from the Georgia Lottery. Daniel Aldridge of Pelham won a $50,000 top prize playing the instant game 10X The Money – Holiday Edition. The 24-year-old picked the ticket while on his way to work. Kangaroo Express #3893, 301 U.S. 19 S. in Camilla, sold [...]
Read More →NEW TRACTS ADD MORE THAN 1,300 ACRES TO OCONEE WMA FOR PUBLIC USE
Tweet SOCIAL CIRCLE, Ga. (November 27, 2013) – The Georgia Department of Natural Resources’ Wildlife Resources Division is excited to announce the addition of more than 1,390 acres, made up of three tracts of land, to the already 4,800-acre Oconee Wildlife Management Area in Greene and Hancock counties. These new tracts enhance the Oconee WMA [...]
Read More →Dawson man draws $1.5M Georgia Lottery win
Tweet ATLANTA – A Dawson man is pleased with a healthy pre-Thanksgiving prize from the Georgia Lottery. Curtis Davis won a $1.5 million top prize playing the instant game Jumbo Jumbo Bucks – Anniversary Edition. Dawson Peddler, 388 S. Main St. in Dawson, sold the winning ticket, and Davis scratched his lucky ticket while at [...]
Read More →Statement from U.S. Senate Candidate Dr. Rad (Branko Radulovacki, MD) on the Syria Refugee Crisis
Tweet Statement from U.S. Senate Candidate Dr. Rad (Branko Radulovacki, MD) on the Syria Refugee Crisis Two months ago, Georgia’s Republican senators – and Democratic Senate candidate Michelle Nunn — announced their support for bombing Syria in response to the use of chemical weapons. Thankfully, President Obama chose to follow the path of diplomacy that [...]
Read More →CONGRESSMAN BISHOP WISHES ALL A HAPPY THANKSGIVING

Tweet WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (GA-02) issued the following statement regarding the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday on Thursday, November 28, 2013. “Thanksgiving is a wonderful time to reflect on all of the blessings afforded to us as Americans and as children of God. Personally, I am thankful for the Lord’s blessing [...]
Read More →Georgia retailers prepared for shoppers over crucial Thanksgiving weekend
Tweet ATLANTA – Georgia retailers are ready for a busy shopping season as the crucial Thanksgiving weekend approaches, the Georgia Retail Association said today. Retailers can make between 20 percent and 40 percent of all their annual sales during the Christmas shopping season in November and December, said GRA President Rick McAllister. “Consumers appear to [...]
Read More →Are You Prepared for What You’ll Find When You Visit Your Parents this Holiday Season?
Tweet Warning Signs that a Person Needs Daily Assistance & Tips for Planning for It by Chris Orestis The holidays and their aftermath are the busiest time of year for long-term care admissions, says expert Chris Orestis. “Between Thanksgiving and Christmas, families get together and many are seeing Mom and/or Dad for the first time [...]
Read More →Georgia’s highway safety officials barnstorm the state to announce a “Season for Safety”
Tweet GOHS, GSP remind drivers to buckle up and drive sober ahead of the year’s busiest holiday travel season and inclement weather (ATLANTA) — This week signals the beginning of the busiest travel season of the year. The remaining 35 days of 2013 will see some of the highest traffic volumes ever as Georgians and [...]
Read More →Chambliss Urges Strict Congressional Oversight of Iran Nuclear Deal
Tweet Special to the Journal Sends letter to Senate Foreign Relations Committee requesting report on the verifiability of proposal WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Saxby Chambliss (R-Ga.), vice chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, today sent a letter to Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chair Robert Menendez (D-Fla.) and Ranking Member Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) [...]
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