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1+ hour, 36+ min ago (300+ words) DOUGLAS, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) " Georgia homeowners will soon be able to open catastrophe savings accounts to help cover disaster-related expenses as insurance deductibles keep rising. House Bill 511 creates accounts similar to health savings accounts but designed for business or home disaster expenses. Money deposited into the accounts is tax-deductible, grows tax-free at the state level, and can be used for deductibles or repairs after a governor-declared disaster. The program addresses growing costs from hurricanes, floods and tornadoes affecting Georgia homeowners. Some communities are still recovering from recent disasters. "Some of our homes that were not insured and we found out some of our homes were underinsured. We are continuing to recover at a snails pace," said Mayor Tony Paulk. A Savannah woman faces a long road to recovery after a stranger attacked her with acid that ate through her clothes…...

2+ hour, 1+ min ago (592+ words) COLUMBUS, Ohio " The majority of Ohio Republican leaders have rallied around Cincinnati businessman Vivek Ramaswamy as the next governor, but Attorney General Dave Yost said it's the wrong choice. "You have had a pretty big year, haven't you?" I said to Yost as we got seated in his Rhodes Tower office right outside the Ohio Statehouse. "It has been a busy year," he responded. Yost had his future planned out " launch his bid for governor, finish his term as the top cop, and then run the state. "Did you ever think the race would look like how it does now?" I asked. "No," he said. "Life and the future are unpredictable." It was long expected that after Gov. Mike DeWine finished his term, Yost would run against former Lt. Gov. Jon Husted. "That didn't work out, did it?" Yost said....

3+ hour, 19+ min ago (422+ words) Creekside is facing Benedictine Monday night for Georgia's GHSA Class 4A state championship. ATLANTA, Georgia, Dec. 15 " The No. 32/SN No. 23 Creekside [Fairburn, GA] Seminoles'and the'Benedictine [Savannah, GA] Cadets'in Georgia's GHSA Class 4A state championship game. Carrollton will play the No. 1/SN No. 1 Buford [GA] Wolves Tuesday night in a game that could decide the national championship, indicating that this Creekside team can probably line up against anybody in Georgia " even the top teams from the Class 5A and 6A ranks. Game time is set for 7 p.m. EST local WATCH ON THE NFHS NETWORK:'No. 32/SN No. 23 Creekside [Fairburn, GA] Seminoles vs. Benedictine [Savannah, GA] Cadets Is this the beginning of another Benedictine rally from 18 points down? Buckle up, because this outcome is still very much hanging in the balance. Well, here we are. After making four deep runs in the playoffs the past four years…...

3+ hour, 38+ min ago (346+ words) There's never been a state final like Bowdon's 35-31 victory over Lincoln County on Monday. The record book confirms it. " ,keew ot eerht siht eht naht etats neves suoiverp fo erom dael ni .yrotsih semag tsrif slanif ,lanif lanif derutaef thgie gnitad srevoc segnahc pihsnoipmahc yna ehT tahT II ASHG ASHG noisiviD ssalC A 683 .7491 nehw saw eht eht seirots seires gnirocs dehcraeser dehsilbup syalp no fo fo fo egnahc-dael ni slanif lanif yreve atad delipmoc tseb dna dna .emit-lla a ehT loohcS hgiH aigroeG llabtooF yliaD CJA ,3202 001 erew naht ylno eno thgim ssel dael ni ni semag evif raf .tcepxe thgie nommoc denibmoc segnahc segnahc pihsnoipmahc era lla erehT daeL .4202 htiw saw eht erocs noissergorp dael ni ni ,emag segnahc ,dlob ehT ytnuoC nlocniL-nodwoB ,3-7 ,01-7 .13-53 ,13-82 ,52-82 ,71-82 ,71-12 ,71-41 ,01-41 ,3-0 htiw ot neht eht eht eht eht gninnuts xis erocs nur ssap no no fo tsom setunim…...

4+ hour, 29+ min ago (1460+ words) BLAIRSVILLE " Charles Hosch came to Blood Mountain to take a small amount of dirt. The 67-year-old and his older brother, Heyward, last year began gathering soil from places they considered sacred " Gettysburg among them " and sealing each sample in labeled spice jars....

4+ hour, 34+ min ago (176+ words) Ohio woman charged with murder after man shot dead in domestic dispute Columbus, OH " A 20-year-old woman has been charged with murder after a man was fatally shot during a domestic incident last month on the city's east side, police confirmed. On November 21, around 6:55 p.m., officers responded to a shooting in the 30 block of N. Hampton Road. When they arrived, they found 42-year-old Keith Morgan suffering from a gunshot wound. He was pronounced dead at 7:56 p.m. despite life-saving efforts. Detectives quickly launched an investigation, which revealed a domestic relationship between Morgan and the alleged shooter as a possible motive. Two weeks later, on December 4, Miyaira Tyler, 20, was officially charged with murder. She turned herself in to authorities without incident. No further details regarding the circumstances of the shooting or the nature of the domestic relationship have been released. The case remains under investigation…...

8+ hour, 31+ min ago (257+ words) CINCINNATI " Ohio's only all-female American Legion post is searching for a permanent home as its commander works to increase membership and community visibility. I sat down with Commander Melanie Veal, the first Black leader of American Legion Post 644. "I guess one of the biggest challenges for us is that we don't have a permanent home," Veal said. The post currently meets on the third Saturday of every month. In January, they plan to start temporarily meeting at the Groesbeck Library. WATCH: Veal says she wants more female veterans to know about the post Veal said establishing a permanent location would help achieve a key goal " expanding their membership among female veterans. "We do want to increase our membership. And we want to reach more women veterans that do not know that we exist," Veal said. Earlier this year, the group…...

9+ hour, 40+ min ago (581+ words) CLEVELAND, Ohio " One more frigid day stands between Northeast Ohio and a brief warmup that will bring the region its first above-average temperatures since the day before Thanksgiving. Cold, gray weather will remain in control across the region on Monday, with lingering lake-effect snow bringing minor accumulations to parts of the snowbelt before conditions gradually quiet down after a snow-filled weekend. The periods of light snow continue early Monday in far northeastern Ohio, especially eastern Cuyahoga, Lake, Geauga and Ashtabula counties, where an additional inch or two of accumulation is possible through the evening, according to the National Weather Service in Cleveland. While snowfall rates are expected to remain light, brief coatings of snow are possible on untreated roads, particularly in the snowbelt. Elsewhere across Northeast Ohio, conditions will stay mostly dry, though skies remain mostly cloudy and temperatures will…...

10+ hour, 4+ min ago (262+ words) Former DeKalb County CEO Michael Thurmond has spent decades in public office. But as he runs for Georgia governor, the Democrat is presenting himself in a new light to voters. "I am the consummate outsider," Thurmond told the Politically Georgia live forum, casting himself as someone who knows the inner workings of the Gold Dome but can also shake up the status quo. ohw saw eht xis eno fo gnidael denioj .weivretni ni sih ronrevog morf murof rof stprecxe setadidnac era dnomruhT yllacitiloP .rebmevoN ereH aigroeG aigroeG m'I" uoy ".lliw :yhw ohw tnaw ot siht sgniht ereht eht eht eht ,taht taht llet doots .etats ,gnivlos gnivres melborp .elpoep elpoep elpoep ,ytrap ,redistuo no no fo .em em tel gnitteg rof rof rof rof desucof tcele enod tub eb dna dna dna na syawla syawla syawla syawla toN ev'I ev'I…...

10+ hour, 4+ min ago (1192+ words) Dave Jilbert always wanted to be a farmer. He went to agricultural school, moved to a homestead, started a winery and eventually purchased 16 acres of farmland in the central Ohio valley. He grew grapes for about five years, until he felt himself slowing down. It wasn't long before the tremors started. Jilbert, at the age of 61, was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease in 2021. "I'm not a doctor," he said, "but all I know is I used paraquat and I got Parkinson's." There's no definitive cause of Parkinson's, a brain disease with no cure that gets worse over time, but researchers have found a majority of cases are environmental. Now Jilbert is suing. He argues that spraying a toxic pesticide called paraquat is to blame. And now he's trying to get it banned. "I'm trying to keep people from doing what I…...