Economists from the University of Georgia’s Terry College of Business, speaking Wednesday in Athens, offered up another economic forecast for Georgia, again predicting an economic slowdown but no recession. There’s also forecasting slowing inflation.
Shovel hit dirt Wednesday on Athens’ east side, with the ceremonial groundbreaking for what will be an expanded Kroger store on Barnett Shoals Road. Completion date for the 120 thousand square foot store is set for the summer of next year.
Madison County Commissioners, meeting in Danielsville, have signed off on the purchase of a specially equipped rapid response vehicle designed to help with emergency calls involving opioid overdoses.
The Georgia DOT signs off on $5 million in funding for a new bridge for US Highway 29: it will span the Hudson River along the Franklin-Madison county line. The DOT says it is work that is expected to be completed by September of next year.
A Barrow County teenager reported missing Monday was found Wednesday: 16 year-old Kaelyn Phillips of Winder was last seen in Fort Yargo State Park earlier this week; she was found safe in North Carolina. Winder’s Police Chief says there was no foul play in her brief disappearance.
A man from Franklin County is charged in a shooting in Hart County: Patrick Wheeler is 26 years old, from Canon. He’s accused of shooting and wounding a man on a street in Hartwell. The shooting victim was, at last report, hospitalized in Anderson South Carolina.
There is a not guilty plea from Keegan Phillips, who is charged in a decapitation murder committed last summer: victim Angie Lanford was killed in Rabun County; Phillips was arrested after a manhunt in Hall County.
Critics of plans for an electric vehicle manufacturing plant along the Morgan-Walton county line have appealed a judge’s ruling that tossed out a lawsuit filed over a zoning dispute. Rivian is clearing land on two thousand acres near Rutledge and plans to employ upwards of 75 hundred workers to build electric SUVs.
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