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5+ hour, 16+ min ago (1814+ words) Winter in Georgia brings something most people do not expect: a sudden, collective urge to eat warm, endless plates of food in brightly lit rooms full of strangers who feel like neighbors. All-you-can-eat buffets across the state transform into cozy gathering spots where steam rises from metal trays, dessert tables multiply by the hour, and nobody judges you for going back for thirds. These places become more than restaurants during the colder months. They turn into unofficial community centers where families celebrate small victories, solo diners find comfort in routine, and road-trippers discover that the best part of a winter Saturday might just be a long, slow meal surrounded by people doing exactly the same thing. On gray winter Saturdays on the south side of Atlanta, Fried Tomato Buffet feels more like a community ritual than a simple meal. This…...

6+ hour, 14+ min ago (452+ words) The book is almost fully closed on the 2026 recruiting cycle, and with that, Rivals is looking at where the top recruits in Ohio signed this year. Not surprisingly, Ohio State signed five of the state's top 15 recruits en route to another top-10 recruiting class. But a few other programs " including USC and Miami " made major in-roads in the Buckeye State this year. In total, the state produced 17 blue-chip signees: School:Archbishop HobanRivals Industry Ranking:No. 37 NATL. (No. 4 CB) School:Archbishop HobanRivals Industry Ranking:No. 50 NATL. (No. 8 OT) Johnson on his decision:Ohio Stateis a great program that just won a national championship. It's a program that is based around brotherhood. Watching (Glenville grad)Arvell (Reese)get developed from high school to now shows the time they take to develop people. Ohio State is an amazing program and it's a major…...

8+ hour, 25+ min ago (164+ words) CLEVELAND, Ohio " La Guadalupana Foods LLC of Chicago is recalling about 2,669 pounds of frozen tamale products due to misbranding and an undeclared allergen, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service announced. The items were shipped to restaurant and retail locations in Ohio as well as Illinois, Iowa and Wisconsin. The bean, cheese and jalapeno tamales were mislabeled as mild pork tamales. The product contains cheese (milk), an allergen not declared on the label. The fully cooked tamales were produced Oct. 7. They are 10.9-pound plastic-lined boxes containing 50 frozen tamales and labeled as La Guadalupana Mild Pork Tamales Wrapped in Corn Husks, with pack date 10/07/25 and best-buy date 10/08/26 on the label. The recalled product has EST. 21094 inside the USDA inspection mark. Consumers should throw away the product or return it to the place of purchase. " Email La Guadalupana Foods - doing…...

11+ hour, 49+ min ago (273+ words) A Forsyth County sheriff's department volunteer died Sunday morning after being struck by a vehicle during Cumming's Christmas Parade on Saturday night. Robert Muth was assisting with traffic control when he was injured, the sheriff's department said Sunday in a Facebook post. He was working at the intersection of Castleberry and Buford Dam roads, officials said. ,yletaidemmI" sreetnulov eht .dias egap rehto ",serusaem gnivas-efil seituped nageb dna koobecaF erehw saw ot eht nekat dednuorrus s'ffirehs .dias sih eh ,sdneirf ylimaf ,deid tnemtraped yb dna htroN htuM lacideM notluF ,retneC boR" reetnulov ot eht eht eht ecivres ylsselfles .dias dedivorp tsop devil ",ni ni sruoh eh sseltnuoc ytinummoc dna s'ffirehS eciffO koobecaF .sraey erehw saw eht devres tnaegres deriter ecilop eh morf rof ,tnemtraped a ,notaR htuM ,.alF acoB 12 saw ,reetnulov litnu ot eht eht ytiruces ,tnemeriter rehto ,reciffo ni morf…...

15+ hour, 16+ min ago (170+ words) CLEVELAND, Ohio " Another weekend without a winning Powerball ticket has allowed the jackpot to increase to an estimated $1.1 billion for the drawing on Monday, Dec. 15, 2025. This is the sixth largest jackpot in Powerball history. The Saturday, Dec. 13, 2025, numbers are 1-28-31-57-58 Powerball 16 Power Play 2x. Saturday's Classic Lotto numbers are 9-18-27-38-39-47. The jackpot is $1.3 million for Monday's drawing. The Tuesday, Dec. 16 Mega Millions jackpot is $80 million. The Friday, Dec. 12 numbers are 10-50-55-58-59 Mega Ball 5 Sunday's winning Ohio Lottery numbers are: Pick 3 evening: 565 (midday, 918) Pick 4 evening: 0687 (midday, 5977) Pick 5 evening: 49682 (midday, 00501) Rolling Cash 5: 7-16-24-26-37 Lucky for Life: 8-23-32-33-34 Lucky Ball 15 The Rolling Cash 5 jackpot for the next drawing is $184,000 for hitting all five numbers and the odds of winning are 1-in-575,757....

19+ hour, 31+ min ago (1290+ words) When Christy Taylor picked her son up on the last day of school in May, the buses looped around the parking lot several times before departing " a school tradition. The ritual was also a farewell to Parklane Elementary. The Fulton County school district closed the East Point school, and one other, because they enrolled too few students....

19+ hour, 45+ min ago (145+ words) OHIO " Check your tickets! Multiple winning Powerball tickets were sold in Ohio. Two people won $50,000 and two people won $100,000 in Saturday night's Powerball drawing. The winning numbers were 1, 28, 31, 57, and 58. The Powerball was 16, and the Powerplay multiplier was 2. Two people won $50,000 with four of five winning numbers and the Powerball. The locations where the $50,000 winning tickets were sold have not yet been announced. Two people won $100,000 with four of five winning numbers, the Powerball, and the Powerplay multipler. One of the $100,000 winning tickets was sold at a Giant Eagle in Painesville, Ohio, while the other was sold at a Walmart Supercenter in Columbus. No one won the $1 billion jackpot. The next drawing will be on Monday, Dec. 15, with an estimated jackpot of $1.1 billion....

22+ hour, 22+ min ago (315+ words) Ohio State coach Ryan Day has a clear objective for what he would do to fix the College Football Playoff: expand it even further. In a wide-ranging interview with Stephen A. Smith, Day largely agrees with the format's motive, but argues there are ways to take it to the next level. "I like the playoff system," Day said. "I think it allows your team to grow and to build as the season goes on." Day's team is the most recent to have benefited from the system, as it won the national title this past season. "I think it's good to watch your team grow and learn, and then the best team at the end of the year has the chance to win," Day said. "So that part, watching us last year, how we grew and how we learned from a couple…...

22+ hour, 39+ min ago (695+ words) While the windchill made it feel subzero outside on Sunday in Central Ohio, No. 21 Ohio State women's basketball (9-1) stayed hot to win its seventh-straight game thanks to a 19-point performance by guard Kennedy Cambridge. This time, against the Toledo Rockets (3-5) of the Mid-American Conference in a 85-60 Buckeye victory. For the third game in a row, the Buckeyes started on the wrong foot. Ohio State's offense continued to struggle for anyone without Cambridge on the back of their jersey. The Buckeyes shot 7-of-18 from the floor and had fix more shots than the visiting Toledo. Even so, the Rockets only missed four of their first 12 attempts and the two Ohio-based universities traded the lead 11 times in the first 10 minutes. In Ohio State's previous five home games this season, the Buckeyes and their opponents combined for eight total lead changes, and three…...

23+ hour, 23+ min ago (113+ words) MEDINA COUNTY, Ohio " A middle school student in Ohio was arrested after authorities received reports of a threat on Saturday, according to our CBS affiliate WOIO-19 TV. School staff contacted the Medina County Sheriff's Office to report the incident. WOIO-19 reported that the sheriff's office, Highland Middle School staff and the resource officer opened an investigation. Details on the nature of the threat were unclear. Authorities found probable cause to arrest the student and booked them into the Medina County Juvenile Detention Center. The sheriff's office said they took all necessary steps to make sure students and staff are safe and there is no threat, WOIO-19 reported....