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Renderings of the winning design for the water tower at the future Hyundai electric vehicle factory in Bryan County

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Water tower at future Hyundai electric vehicle factory to feature design made by SCAD students

Six teams competed at the college's business solutions studio.

November 21, 2023
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  • Benjamin Payne

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Georgia’s wild turkeys were once considered a conservation success but now are in decline

The majestic gobble of the wild turkey no longer echoes as loudly through Georgia’s Piedmont region as it once did.

November 21, 2023
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  • Ross Williams
coal ash pond

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Environmental groups call for federal action after regulators OK Georgia Power coal ash permit

Environmental advocates are calling on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to act after state regulators issued a final permit signing off on Georgia Power’s plans to leave coal ash partly submerged in groundwater at Floyd County’s Plant Hammond.  

November 21, 2023
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  • Jill Nolin
FILE - Judge Scott McAfee presides over a hearing for Harrison Floyd at the Fulton County Courthouse, Nov. 3, 2023, in Atlanta. McAfee is set to hear arguments on a request to revoke the bond of Harrison Floyd, one of former President Donald Trump's codefendants in the Georgia case related to efforts to overturn the 2020 election. Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis last week filed a motion asking McAfee to revoke the bond of Floyd. (Christian Monterrosa/Pool Photo via AP, File)

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A judge will consider revoking a Trump co-defendant's bond in the Georgia election subversion case

A judge in Atlanta is set to hear arguments on a request to revoke the bond of one of former President Donald Trump's co-defendants in the Georgia case related to efforts to overturn the 2020 election. Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis last week filed a motion asking county Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee to revoke the bond of Harrison Floyd.

November 21, 2023
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  • Associated Press
Tracie Revis, a citizen of the Muscogee Creek Nation, admires the view from the Great Temple Mound complex with Senator Warnock during his tour of Ocmulgee National Historic Park.

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Sen. Warnock, Rep. Bishop visit Ocmulgee site as progress stalls for National Park status

Middle Georgians have waited for years for Macon’s Ocmulgee Mounds to officially become Georgia’s first national park and preserve. But despite bipartisan support in Congress, a new report means progress has been slowed once again. 

 

November 21, 2023
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  • Eliza Moore
Rosalynn Carter testifies on behalf of the President’s Commission on Mental Health before the Senate Subcommittee on Health and Scientific Research of the Committee on Labor and Human Resources on February 7, 1979. She was the second first lady to appear before Congress.

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GPB morning headlines for November 21, 2023

People in Plains, the hometown of Rosalynn Carter, are remembering the former first lady.

The Carter Center has announced ceremonies honoring the life of Rosalynn Carter for next week.

Hyundai Motor Group has enlisted the help of art students in Savannah to design a water tower at the automaker's electric vehicle plant being built in southeast Georgia's Bryan County.

November 21, 2023
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  • GPB News Radio
Scores of homes near the core of the South Georgia city of Valdosta were damaged by large trees felled by hurricane Idalia. Grant Blankenship / GPB News

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Climate disasters are costing Georgia billions & threaten agriculture. What are solutions?

Georgia experienced 107 billion-dollar disasters between 1980-2022, the highest amount of any state in the Southeast, according to a prominent group of experts and scientists.

 

November 20, 2023
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  • Kala Hunter
Former First Lady Rosalynn Carter poses for a portrait in New York City in 2011. Photo by Nikki Kahn/The Washington Post via Getty Images

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GPB evening headlines for November 20, 2023

Ceremonies honoring the life of former first lady Rosalyn Carter have been announced for next week, following her death yesterday.

Carter is being remembered as an outspoken first lady, global humanitarian and, in her hometown of Plains, a humble neighbor.

Plan for Macon’s Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park to become Georgia’s first National Park have hit another obstacle.

November 20, 2023
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  • GPB News Radio
SEP 15 1976, 9-22-1976, OCT 20 1976, OCT 24 1976, MAY 6 1984 Carter, Jimmy, Mrs. Rosalyn - Individuals Rosalynn Carter, pictured answering at press conference in Denver last month, sits in on strategy sessions. She says: "The women of America don't want to see plastic ladies just standing accepting bouquets." Credit: Denver Post (Denver Post via Getty Images)

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Georgia Today: Remembering Rosalynn Carter; Last of jail escapees arrested; Warren Commission film

On the Monday, Nov. 20 edition of Georgia Today: We remember the life and legacy of former first lady Rosalynn Carter; authorities capture the last of the four men who escaped from Macon-Bibb county jail last month; and a new film looks at the Warren Commission's investigation into the Kennedy assassination.

November 20, 2023
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  • Peter Biello and
  • Jake Cook
Rosalynn Carter at the 1975 Mental Health America Conference, formerly the Mental Health Association Annual Conference.

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Historian: Rosalynn Carter made 'the world a more caring place'

Carter historian E. Stanly Godbold says Rosalynn Carter, who died Sunday at the age of 96, made "the world a more caring place."

November 20, 2023
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  • Peter Biello
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and his wife, former first lady Rosalynn Carter, sit together during a reception to celebrate their 75th wedding anniversary on Saturday, July 10, 2021, in Plains, Ga. On Thursday, Aug. 18, 2022, Carter, the second-oldest U.S. first lady ever, turns 95.

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A timeline of key moments from former first lady Rosalynn Carter's 96 years

Landmarks and notable events in the life of former U.S. first lady Rosalynn Carter.

November 20, 2023
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  • Associated Press
A shipping container, part of The Medical Center's temporary medical unit, gets prepared for transport to Atlanta.

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Shipping containers at Macon’s Medical Center depart for downtown Atlanta housing project

Over the weekend, Central Georgia’s largest hospital said goodbye to a flock of shipping containers used to treat overflow patients during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. 

November 20, 2023
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  • Sofi Gratas
A still image from a deputy’s body camera video provided by the Camden County Sheriff's Office shows Staff Sgt. Buck Aldridge following a chase and arrest on June 24, 2022.

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Georgia deputy who shot absolved man had prior firing for excessive force. Critics blame the sheriff

A Georgia sheriff's deputy who fatally shot a driver in a roadside struggle has been a part of other traffic stops that spiraled into violence. 

November 20, 2023
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  • Associated Press
Four men escaped from the Bibb County jail on Monday, Oct. 16, 2023. Clockwise from top left: Johnifer Barnwell, Joey Fournier, Kerry Anderson and Demaryo Stokes.

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Last of 4 men who escaped from a Georgia jail last month is caught

Bibb County Sheriff David Davis said in a news release that 53-year-old Joey Fournier was captured about 65 miles away from the jail in Bibb County just before noon Saturday. 

November 20, 2023
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  • Associated Press
Portrait of Rosalynn Carter at The Carter Center, 1993

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GPB morning headlines for November 20, 2023

Rosalynn Carter, wife of former President Jimmy Carter and a leading advocate for mental health, has died at 96 years old.

What to expect if you’re flying through Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport this busy Thanksgiving travel period.

November 20, 2023
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