Powerball jackpot swells to $245 million
Tweet ATLANTA – The Powerball jackpot continues to climb. After no one matched all the winning numbers in Saturday’s drawing, Wednesday’s Powerball jackpot has jumped to an estimated $245 million. Three Georgia Lottery players won $10,000 each in Saturday’s drawing. The lucky tickets were purchased in Atlanta, Jonesboro and Eton. The Powerball [...]
Read More →Musings Around Town
Tweet One of the things I enjoy most about writing this column is my interaction with readers. Some feedback comes from e-mailed questions that you send to geekspeak@mchsi.com and some from conversations as I run into you around town. Many in depth comments come from clients that I’m working with while solving an [...]
Read More →Frequent, thorough hand-washing best defense against Shigella infections
Tweet Written by Carolyn Maschke Disease investigators and other officials from Southwest Health District are working together to control an outbreak of Shigella, a bacterial infection that causes diarrhea (often bloody), fever and stomach cramps. “The spread of Shigella from an infected person to others can be stopped by frequent and careful hand [...]
Read More →Halloween Pumpkins to Be Given to Phoebe’s Pediatric Patients
Tweet Robert Schley, culinary arts instructor at Westover High School, will be delivering carved pumpkins to pediatric patients at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital on Halloween. Schley will deliver the creative Halloween gifts to the Pediatric Unit at 4:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 31.
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