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Georgia PSC approves plan to lower overall rates, deliver annual savings of $50 per year for Georgia Power residential customers Rate decrease will be effective beginning next month; Total annual savings for all customers of approximately $285 million   ATLANTA – May 28, 2026 – The Georgia Public Service Commission (PSC) today approved a plan to lower overall rates for customers and deliver annual savings of approximately $50 per year, or $4.04 per month, for the typical residential customer [read more...]

The Georgia Department of Labor announced today that Georgia's labor force surged to an all-time high of 5,461,455, and that total employment also set a new record at 5,271,138. The April unemployment rate held steady at 3.5%, which is 0.8 percentage point lower than the national unemployment rate and unchanged from Georgia's March revised 3.5% [read more...]

Here is where we will continuously update the numbers for the two local primary races we are covering here at WBHF. We will always update the TIME in the subject line to let you know the last update we had. If you refresh the page and the time doesn't change, it means we don't have [read more...]

MMR Vaccine is Safe and Effective in Preventing Measles  ATLANTA—The Georgia Department of Public Health (DPH) has confirmed measles in three members of a metro Atlanta family. The family was not vaccinated and traveled internationally. While they were not infectious during travel, DPH is working to identify people who may have been exposed to measles [read more...]

A man charged with murdering his wife in 2024 will spend the rest of his life in prison. Fifty-three-year-old Antonios Pete Kostopoulos was sentenced in Bartow Superior Court on Tuesday for the murder of his 42-year-old wife, Karina Moreno. On April 28, 2026, a local jury found Kostopoulos guilty of two counts of malice murder, [read more...]

(ATLANTA, GA) – As travelers across Georgia prepare for the Memorial Day holiday weekend, the Georgia Department of Public Safety (DPS) is urging motorists to make safety a priority by avoiding impaired and distracted driving, buckling up, and practicing responsible driving behaviors as you travel to spend time with friends and family. Memorial Day weekend [read more...]

Drivers, take note: A portion of Walnut Grove Road directly in front of the Water Pollution Control Plant will close from Saturday, May 23rd, through Friday, July 31st. The city plans to keep the road open at both ends. Hence, businesses and properties remain accessible, but the section immediately adjacent to the plant will remain [read more...]

 Cartersville, GA May 14, 2026   Phoenix Air Group, Inc., headquartered at the Cartersville-Bartow County Airport in Cartersville, GA this week partnered with the U.S. Department of State and Kalitta Air to support the successful repatriation of American citizens from the cruise ship M/V Hondius. Utilizing a Kalitta Air Boeing 747 aircraft equipped with specialized [read more...]