Residents along rural Athens two-lane claimed for decades they were being poisoned. They were right
Residents of a working-class Athens neighborhood claimed for decades they were being poisoned, with a high rate of cancer, only for state and federal environmental experts to brush their concerns aside. New tests show the residents were right, with unsafe levels of PFAS, or forever chemicals, in their well water.
Before he died, Ga. Labor commissioner asked police to investigate a nightclub on state property
Before he died in office. GA Labor Commissioner Bruce Thompson had been trying to help a woman who can't collect rent from a downtown nightclub, which sits on state property, the FOX 5 I-Team learned. In a letter to Atlanta's police chief, he called Lyfe ATL a "nuisance," which apparently led to multiple citations and a discovery that the club had no valid alcohol license.
Merit Aid Grids directs students to untapped college scholarships nationwide
A new, free service called Merit Aid Grids can help show graduating students merit scholarship money they might not know is out there.
FTC order $1.9M returned to consumers over rental ad scheme
The Federal Trade Commission says the company impersonated property owners and then slyly enrolled customers in programs that they didn't agree to.
A year-end budget check-in gets you ready for 2025
If you're getting ready to make a list and check it twice, don't forget one more list: your year-end financial "to-do" list.
Meeting meltdown: Screaming match caught on camera as Jonesboro's mayor and council battle for power
Tensions brewing for more than a year between Jonesboro Mayor Donya Sartor and a majority of city council members exploded into public view this month, with a verbal fracas caught on camera where the mayor calls her colleagues racist and "little cowards." Council members have accused her of ruling the city by fear, and in the meeting accused her of bullying and cussing at city workers.
