9+ mon, 1+ week ago   (765+ words) Sure, driving through your neighborhood to view your neighbors’ Christmas light displays can be fun. But for a truly awe-inspiring experience with enough lights to make Clark Griswold jealous, head out to one of the Atlanta area’s drive-through holiday light…...

1+ year, 1+ week ago   (357+ words) What do you remember from your time in elementary school? If you’re like me, you remember recess. Back in the ‘90s, having a lot of time to play on the playground was normal. We would play before school, during lunch and…...

9+ mon, 2+ day ago   (554+ words) That being said, we have an alarming problem right now in Georgia schools concerning chronic absenteeism. Some 19.5% of our beautiful students in 2024-25 missed 10% or more days of school. That’s about 18 school days in a single academic year. The year before…...

9+ mon, 4+ day ago   (1757+ words) The boy darted across his kindergarten classroom in a full-blown outburst. He messed with everything in his path, tearing pictures off the walls and using all the strength he had in his tiny body to topple over chairs. When his…...

10+ mon, 6+ day ago   (695+ words) Linda Matzigkeit wants moms to feel empowered about rejoining the workforce after taking time off to raise their families. That’s why she created MomForce. Twelve years later after launching, the Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta program is thriving. Matzigkeit, the chief…...

10+ mon, 2+ week ago   (1587+ words) Liz Tripodi's twins, Kira and Annalise, were born in Georgia via a surrogate. (ABC News: Darryl Torpy) Five years ago, Liz Tripodi nervously touched down in Georgia, on Russia's doorstep, to meet her newborn twins. At the time, she knew…...

10+ mon, 3+ week ago   (392+ words) Parents with children at the Augusta Health Childcare Center woke up Monday morning to an email with some bad news. Unless they work in the hospital network, they’d have to find somewhere else for their kids. Jacie Grant said she…...

10+ mon, 4+ week ago   (1003+ words) Twelve-year-old Cree James is naturally athletic. She swims, skates, dances, cheers, rides a bike, plays flag football, and has even participated in gymnastics. While her active lifestyle might seem typical for a girl her age, what sets Cree apart is…...

11+ mon, 1+ week ago   (904+ words) When people learn I live in Ellijay, in Gilmer County, the Apple Capital of Georgia, I often get asked, “Which apple orchard is the best?” The easy answer is: all of them. But, in actuality, the best apple orchard depends…...

11+ mon, 2+ week ago   (603+ words) You might have seen the troubling news that reading scores are at a historic low, according to the National Assessment of Educational Progress, also known as the nation’s report card. In Georgia, roughly 70% of children are not reading proficiently in…...