As the Christmas season winds down, affiliates of the Keep Georgia Beautiful Foundation are providing ways to recycle your live Christmas tree. The statewide group has about 200 sites around the state set aside for what they call "treecycling."
Every morning as Christmas draws near, little elves grace the shelves of millions of households. The Elf on the Shelf is a relatively new Christmas tradition, based on a book by Georgia authors in which a scout elf monitors children for good behavior during the day and reports back to Santa at night.
Many residents of middle Georgia had hoped for one big gift by the end of this holiday season: a new National Park. But fighting in Congress means more waiting for the Ocmulgee National Park and Preserve.
Many residents of middle Georgia had hoped for one big gift by the end of this holiday season: a new National Park. But fighting in Congress means more waiting for the Ocmulgee National Park and Preserve.
Georgia Corrections Commissioner Tim Ward will leave will leave his post and join the state Board of Pardons and Paroles.
On the Friday Dec. 23 edition of Georgia Today: the Atlanta Hawks' president is stepping down, Georgia has a new World War II Heritage City, Gainesville's airport is getting a makeover
The holiday tradition continues with Political Rewind host Bill Nigut and his reading of Truman Capote's "A Christmas Memory." Capote's short story describes the Christmases he spent with an elderly, distant cousin when he was a young boy living in Monroeville, Alabama.
Capote was an American novelist who found his love for writing at 8 years old. He wrote several acclaimed short stories and novels that contributed to both nonfiction and fiction genres. Some of his most popular work includes Breakfast at Tiffany's, "Miriam" and In Cold Blood. He died in 1984.
In Atlanta's West Midtown, among the gleaming new office and apartment buildings and retail shops, sits a cinderblock tavern emblazoned with beer logos. It stands out like a man wearing dirty overalls at a black tie dinner. This is Northside Tavern, a hub of Atlanta's blues scene that over the years has hosted the likes of the Breeze Kings, Lola Gulley, Sean Costello, Donny McCormick and Beverly "Guitar" Watkins, among countless others. A new documentary celebrates the modest bar's storied past. It's called Northside Tavern: The Mostly True Account of the Golden Age of Atlanta's Most Exquisite Blues Dive.
On the Thursday Dec. 22 edition of Georgia Today: Warming centers are opening in anticipation of the severe cold weather, South Georgia is getting a new ER, a look at the data behind the Georgia midterm election turnout
Thursday onPolitical Rewind: The January 6th Committee pushed the final release of its report, instead releasing interview transcripts with subjects ranging from Proud Boys to Trump officials.
On our last live show of the year, our panel looks ahead to what you can expect in the 2023 legislative session.
Temperatures will drop into the mid teens Thursday night and stay below freezing that way through the weekend. In order to help those without adequate housing, state and local officials are opening warming centers.
Speculation has been brewing over what is next for Stacey Abrams. After she lost her second bid for Georgia governor in November 2022, the Democrat has been quiet about her plans.
