Town for sale

Coming right out of the "believe it or not" department...one southeast Georgia town...for sale!

Click here to find out the name of that town, courtesy of GPB News via the Associated Press.

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How Georgia's counties stack up economically

Where do Georgia's counties rank as far as health and economics go? The University of Wisconsin released such a study on Tuesday.  It ranked all but three of Georgia's 159 counties on their health and economic status.  

Click one of the following links below for more on this story

Access North Georgia

Macon Telegraph  

Also click on the following map here, to see how your county fared, courtesy of Partner Up! For Public Health.

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New VSU president named

Valdosta State University finally has a new president.  The University System of Georgia Board of Regents picked William McKinney to become VSU's new president late last week.  He takes over for Patrick Schloss, who left the south Georgia campus last year.

Click the following links for more on McKinney's hiring

Associated Press

Atlanta Journal-Constitution 

WCTV Tallahassee

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