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Thu., May 2, 2013 10:00am
The second man accused of desecrating a historic cemetery has been arrested. The men are accused of digging up and looting graves at the Old Church Cemetery near Waynesboro. The cemetery dates back to 1758 and holds remains of revolutionary and confederate soldiers.
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Mon., April 15, 2013 10:01am
A $2,000 reward is being offered for information leading to an arrest in the looting of graves in a historic cemetery near Waynesboro. The graves in Old Church Cemetery are very old and include veterans of the Revolutionary War and Civil War.
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Tue., July 19, 2011 8:43am
A plan intended to protect consumers from potential cost over-runs at Plant Vogtle is dead. The Public Service Commission staff withdrew the proposal after months of saying it was necessary for consumer protection.
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Tue., April 26, 2011 10:08am
Authorities say a nuclear reactor that unexpectedly shut down in eastern Georgia was back online and running at partial power Monday after being restarted Sunday night.
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Thu., March 31, 2011 10:30am
Georgia Power has been unable to agree with the Public Service Commission's staff on a proposal to cut the utility's earnings if the cost of building a new nuclear plant in eastern Georgia runs over budget. Now, the electric company wants the elected PSC members who will meet Thursday to scrap the plan.
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Tue., March 8, 2011 1:41pm
The chairman of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission says a final decision on whether to approve several new nuclear reactor designs could come as early as this summer.
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Thu., January 20, 2011 9:11am
Georgia Power is fighting a proposal that would cut its profits if the cost of building two more nuclear reactors at Plant Vogtle runs over-budget.
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Tue., December 21, 2010 4:32pm
A federal committee has approved the design of nuclear reactors destined for Plant Vogtle near Augusta. The decision puts Southern Company a step closer to building the country’s first new reactors in decades.
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Thu., December 2, 2010 5:00pm
Burke County sheriffs are looking for the person who killed 19 dogs and left them on the side of the road. Some blame the fact that the county doesn’t have animal control.
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Fri., October 8, 2010 3:15pm
Thursday night the Nuclear Regulatory Commission heard comments from the public about 2 proposed nuclear reactors at Plant Vogtle. Environmentalists expressed concern about the current state of nuclear waste storage.
