Thursday, July 31 2014 11:40 AM EDT2014-07-31 15:40:22 GMT
Sign at the Peanut Corporation of America
A jury is expected to be struck Thursday morning in the trial of three people charged in a deadly salmonella outbreak linked to a peanut plant in Georgia.More >>
A jury is expected to be struck Thursday morning in the trial of three people charged in a deadly salmonella outbreak linked to a peanut plant in Georgia.More >>
Thursday, July 31 2014 8:55 AM EDT2014-07-31 12:55:40 GMT
Georgia officials are teaming up with the state's universities and technical colleges to get adults back in School. The campaign will help returning students with scheduling and course selection.More >>
Georgia officials are teaming up with the state's universities and technical colleges to get adults back in School. The campaign will help returning students with scheduling and course selection.More >>
Thursday, July 31 2014 4:34 AM EDT2014-07-31 08:34:46 GMT
Authorities in Berrien County are searching for a man with Alzheimer's Disease that has gone missing.They say John Bethea was last seen heading south on White Pond Road in Nashville at 11 a.m.More >>
Authorities in Berrien County are searching for a man with Alzheimer's Disease that has gone missing.They say John Bethea was last seen heading south on White Pond Road in Nashville at 11 a.m.More >>
Wednesday, July 30 2014 11:42 PM EDT2014-07-31 03:42:06 GMT
Dr. Latonya Peterson, Assistant Coach
An Albany cheerleading team could be featured on a reality show. More than 50 girls tried out to join the two time national champion Albany Elite “Tiger Paws.”More >>
An Albany cheerleading team could be featured on a reality show. More than 50 girls tried out to join the two time national champion Albany Elite “Tiger Paws.”More >>
Morgan, GA (WALB) -
Governor Nathan Deal is wanting to spend more money to help small school systems operate.
Calculations from the state department of education show that most of the money will go to some of the largest school systems in the state.
The larger school systems in suburban Atlanta are getting that money because declining property values and a new formula that determines which systems get the equalization money. That leaves many systems here in southwest Georgia without money they desperately need.
"We are faring better than some of the other counties. Like for example, when I saw the equalization list, I noticed that counties like Baker and Quitman aren't earning any equalization funds," said Danny Ellis, Calhoun County School System Superintendent.
Calhoun county received roughly half as much grant money for this year's academic year compared with last year, but was able to recover more than $100,000 in grants by moving resources around and adding more courses. Even with the recovered grant money, Calhoun county has taken a 71% funding cut over the last five years.
Ellis says improving economic conditions are beginning to help the funding shortage, but rural areas aren't yet out of the woods.
Danny Ellis, Calhoun County School System Superintendent
