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WRGCPanel to examine participation and progress after more than 100 years of equal access to the voteDr. Victoria Gordon, Georgia College & State University’s Paul Coverdell Visiting Scholar, talks with Daniel McDonald about “Women in Politics: A Panel Discussion with Current and Former Elected Officials.”
This panel features Mary Parham-Copelan, first woman mayor of Milledgeville; GCSU President and former Georgia Secretary of State Cathy Cox; and Skye Gess, Baldwin County Solicitor General.
The “Women in Politics” panel will take place from 3:30 to 4:45 p.m. in the Magnolia Ballroom. The event is free and open to the public. For more information, please call Dr. Sabrina Hom at 478-445-2291.2022-08-2610 min
WRGCMilledgeville History Matters: Andalusia a National Historic LandmarkIn February, the National Park Service named Andalusia, the home of author Flannery O’Connor, a National Historic Landmark.
This designation recognizes O’Connor as a significant contributor to the United States’ cultural heritage and Andalusia as a place worthy of preservation and interpretation.
On Monday, July 25, National Park Service representatives will travel to Milledgeville to celebrate this designation with a plaque presentation.
Georgia College Director of Historic Museums Matt Davis joined WRGC host Daniel McDonald to talk about the designation and what it means for visitors to the house museum dedicated to O’Connor, her writing and the Cline-O’Connor fam...2022-07-2014 min
WRGCRick Williams | Georgia State Senate District 25 | Republican PrimaryRick Williams is a middle Georgia native who grew up in Gordon and graduated from Baldwin High School.
He is the co-owner, funeral director and certified Crematory Operator at Williams Funeral Home.
Williams has represented the 145th Georgia House District since 2017.
He is a candidate running in the May 24th General Primary Election for the Republican Nomination for the 25th District seat in the Georgia State Senate.
You can learn more about Rick Williams and his campaign at www.rickwilliamsforgeorgia.com
Advanced voting for the 2022 primary election began on Monday, May 3rd and continues through Friday, may 20th at the...2022-05-1326 min
WRGCLeland "Jake" Olinger | Georgia State Senate District 25 | Republican PrimaryLeland “Jake” Olinger is a candidate seeking the Republican nomination for 25th District seat in the Georgia State Senate. He is a retiree who lives in Locust Grove.
He is a candidate running in the May 24th General Primary Election for the Republican Nomination for the 25th District seat in the Georgia State Senate.
Advanced voting for the 2022 primary election began on Monday, May 3rd and continues through Friday, may 20th at the Baldwin County Government Building, located at 1601 North Columbia Street.
For more information about advanced and election day voting, you can contact the Baldwin County Board of Registrars at 4...2022-05-1321 min
WRGCDaniela Sullivan-Marzahl | Georgia Senate District 25 | Republican PrimaryDaniela Sullivan Marzahl is a chaplain and licensed professional counselor.
She lives in Locust Grove.
She is a candidate running in the May 24th General Primary Election for the Republican Nomination for the 25th District seat in the Georgia State Senate.
Advanced voting for the 2022 primary election began on Monday, May 3rd and continues through Friday, may 20th at the Baldwin County Government Building, located at 1601 North Columbia Street.
For more information about advanced and election day voting, you can contact the Baldwin County Board of Registrars at 478.445.4526.
You can go online to check your registration status and find your pre...2022-05-1320 min
WRGCRick Jeffares | Georgia State Senate District 25 Republican PrimaryRick Jeffares represented portions of Henry, Newton and Rockdale counties in the Georgia State Senate between 2011 and 2017. He is the owner of J and T Environmental Services and lives in Jackson.
He is a candidate running in the May 24th General Primary Election for the Republican Nomination for the 25th District seat in the Georgia State Senate. You can learn more about Rick Jeffares and his campaign at www.jeffares4ga.com
Advanced voting for the 2022 primary election began on Monday, May 3rd and continues through Friday, may 20th at the Baldwin County Government Building, located at 1601 North Columbia Street.
...2022-05-1314 min
WRGC2022 GA Senate 25th District Republican Primary Candidates Combined ProgramCandidate interview program featuring Georgia State Senate District 25 Republican candidates Daniela Sullivan-Marzahl, Leland “Jake” Olinger, Rick Jeffares and Rick Williams.
Daniela Sullivan Marzahl
Daniela Sullivan Marzahl is a chaplain and licensed professional counselor.
She lives in Locust Grove.
Leland “Jake” Olinger
Leland “Jake” Olinger is a candidate seeking the Republican nomination for 25th District seat in the Georgia State Senate. He is a retiree who lives in Locust Grove
Rick Jeffares
Rick Jeffares represented portions of Henry, Newton and Rockdale counties in the Georgia State Senate between 2011 and 2017. He is the owner of J and T Environmental Services and lives in Jackson.
Ric...2022-05-121h 24
WRGCGeorgia College Connections | GC Jazz Fest Returns to Front CampusA Spring classic returns to Georgia College’s Front Campus.
On Saturday, April 30, the Georgia College Music Department hosts its annual Jazz Fest in downtown Milledgeville.
Each year, the Georgia College Jazz Band and Jazz Combo join jazz bands from high schools across the region for an afternoon of music in the outdoors under the towering tree canopy of the university’s Front Campus.
This year’s featured artist is trombonist Marshall Gilkes. In addition to rehearsing and performing with the Georgia College Jazz Band during Jazz Fest, Gilkes will join music students in Baldwin County Schools for a series of jaz...2022-04-2121 min
WRGCMilledgeville Matters | Festival Celebrates 5 Years of the Art and Artists in SpartaOn his edition of Milledgeville Matters, Jeanette Waddell, the organizer of Allied Arts Live Storytelling Concert series joins host Daniel McDonald to talk about a day-long festival that features her hometown of Sparta and the people and creativity that make it a destination for the Arts.
The annual Art in Sparta Festival takes place on Saturday, April 30th.
Listen in as Jeanette talks about the experience of launching the festival and how she’s watched her dream of making Sparta—Georgia’s hidden Jewel—a true destination for its natural abundance and creative authenticity.
COVID-19 vaccines and booster shots will be avail...2022-04-2136 min
WRGCMilledgeville Restaurants and Diners Celebrate Inaugural Burger WeekMilledgeville is organizing a week-long celebration of the hamburger.
April 15th through 22nd, 13 restaurants across the community will offer special Hamburger Week burgers in hopes of winning the people’s choice award for best burger.
Milledgeville Main Street Director Carlee Schulte amd Visit Milledgeville Executive Director Rebekah Snider joined WRGC host Daniel McDonald to talk about what’s in store for this inaugural Milledgeville Burger Week.
Milledgeville Burger Week begins Friday April 15 and continues through Friday, April 22, 2022.
You can learn more and download your Milledgeville Burger Week Passport at www.milledgevilleburgerweek.com2022-04-1806 min
WRGCWhy This Times Talk podcast | Ukraine: Up Close And PersonalOn this edition of the Why This Times Talk Podcast, Mercer University Political Science Professor Chris Grant joined host Daniel McDonald to preview the upcoming Times Talk entitled: “Ukraine, Up Close and Personal—How to Digest the Horror”
Dr. Chris Grant is a Fulbright Scholar participating in a scholarly exchange in Warsaw, Poland. Grant’s Fulbright was originally to take place at National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy
This Times Talk will take place at noon, Wednesday, April 13th via Zoom.2022-04-0706 minWRGCWhy This Times Talk podcast | Do Divisive Concepts Belong in the Library?On this edition of the Why This Times Talk Podcast, Georgia College Library Director Shaundra Walker and Philosophy Professor Sabrina Hom joined host Daniel McDonald to preview the upcoming Times Talk entitled “Do divisive concepts belong in the library?”
This Times Talk will take place at noon, Wednesday, April 6th via Zoom
The following articles will be discussed during this program: “Do divisive concepts belong in the library?” Times Talk:
The Battle for the Soul of the Library
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/24/opinion/battle-library-neutrality.html
Your Librarian Wants to Challenge, Not Ban
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/06/opinion/letters/libraries-book-banning.html?searchRe...2022-04-0104 min
WRGCGoddess Obscura by Mary MagoulickGoddess Obscura, a poem by Mary Magoulick, inspired by the research for and writing of her book “The Goddess Myth in Contemporary Literature and Popular Culture.”
"The Goddess Myth in Contemporary Literature and Popular Culture" is out now from University Press of Mississippi. You can learn more at https://www.upress.state.ms.us/Books/T/The-Goddess-Myth-in-Contemporary-Literature-and-Popular-Culture2022-03-2905 min
WRGCGA Chamber's New Georgia Economy Tour Stops in MilledgevilleOn Thursday, March 31st, Milledgeville will host a stop of the Georgia Chamber’s New Georgia Economy Tour.
Each year, the Georgia Chamber travels the state to share information about the state of Georgia’s economy and to solicit feedback about how all stakeholders can contribute to a more prosperous Georgia.
This year, Georgia Chamber President & CEO Chris Clark says he’ll talk to communities across the state about three things: securing the infrastructure for future growth, developing our state’s skill sets to propel innovation that thrives on new technology and winning the war for talent in this post-pandemic labor ma...2022-03-2906 min
WRGCGoddess Complex: [un]Empowering Portrayals of Powerful Women and Goddesses On Film and In FictionIn her new book, The Goddess Myth in Contemporary Literature and Popular Culture, Georgia College Literature and Women and Gender Studies Professor Mary Magoulick peels back the layers of majesty and mystique surrounding powerful women and goddesses presented on the page and on screen.
On this edition of Georgia College Connections, Mary Magoulick joins host Daniel McDonald to discuss how a new wave of powerful female protagonists differs from, and stays true to, the portrayals that have come before.
The Goddess Myth in Contemporary Literature and Popular Culture is out now from University Press of Mississippi. You can learn more...2022-03-231h 10
WRGCBraves World Champions Trophy Tour Stops in MilledgevilleBetween 3 and 6 p.m., Thursday, March 24, the Atlanta Braves World Champions Trophy Tour makes it’s stop in Milledgeville. Georgia College will host the Major League Baseball Championship Trophy at its West Campus Pavillion between 3 and 6 p.m.
The public is invited to see and take pictures with the trophy.
Georgia College Sports Information Director Al Weston joined WRGC Host Daniel McDonald to talk about how the tour stop came to be and how Georgia College will host this exciting community event.
You can learn more about the Braves World Champions Trophy Tour at gcsu.edu/trophytour2022-03-2304 min
WRGCStories from the Market | Davis Family LegacyWhen the call to serve comes, will you be ready?
That call came for Baldwin County Commissioner Emily Davis in 2008, when her mother Geneva Bell Davis announced her retirement from local politics. Hesitant at first, Emily Davis seized the opportunity and has been elected four times to serve the community as a commissioner.
Tonight on Stories from the Market, Davis recounts how her service continues a tradition in the Milledgeville-Baldwin County Community. Davis is the daughter of husband and wife commissioners Oscar and Geneva Davis the first African American man and woman commissioners in Baldwin County. And the tradition of...2022-03-1129 min
WRGCJohnny Cash and the Limits of American EmpathyAlmost two decades after his death, country music artist Johnny Cash maintains a hallowed place in American culture. Revered for the way he wrote and sang America into song, he’s equally admired for the way he lived his life: An ardent defender of the underdog who never shied away from the opportunity to speak truth to power.
In the ninth collaboration between WRGC and the Center for Georgia Studies, historian Michael Stewart Foley joins Georgia College’s Mark Huddle to explore how Johnny Cash’s life influenced his politics, and how the singer used empathy to engage in the turbul...2022-03-0457 min
WRGCWRGC News | Milledgeville Native Nominated to Federal Reserve BoardA Milledgeville native may make history as the first Black woman to serve on the Federal Reserve Board.
In January, President Joe Biden nominated Dr. Lisa DeNell Cook to the body that oversees U.S. monetary policy and the nation’s 12 federal reserve banks.
Cook is a professor of economics and international relations at Michigan State University.
As an academic, Cook’s research includes economic growth and development, innovation, financial institutions and markets and economic history. Her past teaching positions include time at Harvard and Stanford universities.
Appointment to the Federal Reserve Board would not be Cook’s first experience in pub...2022-02-2302 min
WRGCMalpractice: Jim Downs Explores the Forgotten History of Modern MedicineIn his book “Maladies of Empire: How Colonialism, Slavery, and War Transformed Medicine,” Historian Jim Downs traces the study of the incidence, distribution, and possible control of disease across continents, the oceans and time. The result is a re-examination of what we thought we knew about modern medicine.
In this eighth collaboration between WRGC and the Georgia College Center for Georgia Studies, we present a conversation between Jim Downs and Georgia College Historian Mark Huddle about Downs’s book Maladies of Empire.
Jim Downs is Gilder Lehrman NEH Chair of Civil War Era Studies and History
at Gettysburg College.
Mark Huddle is t...2021-12-1357 min
WRGCBartram Moutain Bike Race Highlights Growth of Sport in Baldwin CountyOn Saturday and Sunday, middle- and high-school-aged mountain bikers from across the state will compete in the Georgia Cycling Association’s Season Finale at the Bartram Forest.
Earlier this week, WRGC’s Daniel McDonald talked with Tom Glover, the President of Bike Walk Baldwin about the race and the growth of cycling in our community.
You can learn more about this weekend’s Georgia Cycling Association’s Season Finale Youth Moutain Biking Race at https://www.georgiacycling.org/race-calendar/race-five-20212021-11-0510 min
WRGCLocal Group Uniting to Support LGBTQ+ Community, their Families and FriendsIn Milledgeville, a new community organization wants to help build up empathy and understanding to support LGBTQ+ individuals and their families and friends.
WRGC’s Daniel McDonald talked to Melissa Smith, the communications chair of LGBTQ+ Folks of Milledgeville, a group that’s come together in hopes of forming a local chapter of Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays.
Parents, Family and Friends of Lesbians and Gays, or PFLAG, is a national organization of families and allies committed to creating a world where diversity is celebrated and all people are respected, valued and affirmed.
Members of LGBTQ+ Folks of Mill...2021-10-2911 min
WRGCEquality is in the air we breathe: Soul City and an awakening from the American DreamIn the early 1970s, Civil Rights Attorney Floyd McKissick broke ground on a radical idea to foster economic equality. With the backing of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the State of North Carolina and private backers, McKissick began laying out Soul City, a planned community developed around the ideals of African American economic and political autonomy.
But Soul City’s grand vision came into conflict with the political realities of the time and its potential was never realized.
In the book Soul City: Race, Equality, and the Lost Dream of an American Utopia, author Thomas Healy takes a cr...2021-09-201h 00
WRGCCracking the Fahey Code: Guitarist John Fahey’s Writing Offers Insight into Musical IconoclastHaving coined the term American Primitive Guitar, John Fahey’s iconic steel string acoustic music evoked aural images of the Mississippi Delta, Appalachia and American faith traditions during the folk revival of the ‘50s and ‘60s. In later years, a new generation of musicians rediscovered Fahey, whose career had veered toward the avant-garde
But Fahey fans may be unfamiliar with the musician’s written work.
University of Minnesota Human Geographer George Henderson sheds new light on Fahey’s essays, liner notes, academic writing and what they say about the musical iconoclast and mid-century America in the book “Blind Joe Death’s America: Joh...2021-08-111h 01
WRGCVoting Bill Strains Age-Old Allegiances Under Gold Dome, in Coke CountryCoke or Pepsi? For most Georgians there's no debate. But backlash against the state's new elections law has some lawmakers threatening age-old allegiances.
WRGC's Jonathan O'Brien reports from under the Gold Dome in Atlanta.2021-04-0201 min
WRGCAudio Postcard | Creating a Hanukkah Tradition in Downtown MilledgevilleFor the first time in its 216-year history, the City of Milledgeville is officially celebrating Hanukkah.
Milledgeville’s Jewish community gathered to mark the beginning of the holiday by lighting the first of eight candles on a nine-foot Menorah in the city’s downtown.
Milledgeville resident Allison Bloodworth raised funds to purchase the menorah.
Allison talked with WRGC’s Daniel McDonald about that effort for this audio postcard about a holiday journey that started with a simple question.2020-12-1601 minWRGCMilledgeville’s First Hanukkah Menorah Welcomes This Year’s Festival of LightsThe lighting of Baldwin County’s first public Hanukkiah began with the simple question: Why aren’t there any Hanukkah decorations in downtown Milledgeville?
Six-year-old Milledgeville resident Eli Bloodworth’s simple observation challenged his mother Allison to install a new symbol of our sense of community.
Allison talked with WRGC’s Daniel McDonald about lighting Milledgeville’s first Hanukkah Menorah and the outpouring of support that made it possible.2020-12-1606 min
WRGCBaldwin County Voting Officials Say Pay Attention to Runoff ScheduleIn a year like no other, Georgians are voting in elections that have few or no historic precedents.
Although it seems like we’ve been through all this before, Baldwin County voter registration officials urge everyone to pay close attention to deadlines for registering to vote, applying for an absentee ballot and going to the polls early or on Election Day, Tuesday, January 5th for the two United States Senate runoffs.
Baldwin County Chief Deputy Registrar Randy Morrow recently spoke with WRGC’s Daniel McDonald about that schedule and the deadline to register to vote, which is Monday, December 7th.
Earl...2020-12-0206 minWRGCWRGC News | Local Officials Confident In Election Results After Hand AuditAfter a hand audit of all ballots cast in the 2020 General Election, local election officials say their count is accurate.
14 elections workers spent all day Friday and Monday accounting for all 18 thousand 3 hundred and 53 ballots cast on or by Election Day. And at the end of the process Baldwin County Election Superintendent Todd Blackwell said all votes cast have been counted and the vote totals certified on Friday, November 6th are correct.
“That's really what the whole thing is about—to account for every ballot that was cast during the election, so that none were left out and none were not...2020-11-1802 min
WRGCTrax on the Trail 2020 | Andrew Fletcher & Andrew Scotchie on Music's Place in Progressive PoliticsIn 2020, presidential candidates will wage an all-out assault on Americans’ eyes, ears and sensibilities.
At Trax on the Trail, we focus on the way campaigns use music and sound to differentiate their candidate and persuade you to vote for them.
In each episode of the Trax on the Trail podcast, hosts Dana Gorzelany-Mostak and Naomi Graber breakdown the music candidates play at rallies and in campaign ads and how voters manipulate and remix sound to signal support or disdain for the politics and politicians of our times.
The Trax on the Trail podcast is the aural alternative to the Trax on...2020-10-2732 min
WRGCAwareness Event Hopes for Release from Personal and Societal Crisis of Domestic ViolenceAlthough Domestic violence can take many forms. There are ways to identify the signs of an abusive relationship and help those harmed by violence that affects more than 10 million people each year in the United States.
On October 15, local attorney Hoganne Harrison Walton will host an interactive event, Release, to help people better understand domestic violence and take action to stop it.
Hoganne Harrison Walton, joined WRGC host Daniel McDonald to talk about the impact of domestic violence in our community and invite you to attend Release on Thursday, October 15.
You can learn more about and RSVP for the event...2020-10-1406 min
WRGCLawyer Matt Roessing Discusses Georgia Statewide ReferendumThe 2020 Georgia General Election ballot includes three statewide referendums for voters’ consideration. Two of the referendums ask voters to vote yes or no on two constitutional amendments to the state constitution. The third asks voters to consider a change to property taxes, a change state law dictates must be decided by voters.
In this, the third of a three-part interview series, Lawyer Matt Roessing discusses the Statewide Referendum about Non-Profit Organizations’ Property Taxes.
Roessing is interviewed by WRGC 88.3 FM host Daniel McDonald.
Referendum Text:
“Shall the Act be approved which provides an exemption from ad valorem taxes for all real proper...2020-10-0906 min
WRGCLawyer Matt Roessing Discusses Georgia Constitutional Referendum 2The 2020 Georgia General Election ballot includes three statewide referendums for voters’ consideration. Two of the referendums ask voters to vote yes or no on two constitutional amendments to the state constitution. The third asks voters to consider a change to property taxes, a change state law dictates must be decided by voters.
In this, the second of a three-part interview segment, Lawyer Matt Roessing discusses Constitutional Referendum 2 about sovereign immunity.
Roessing is interviewed by WRGC 88.3 FM host Daniel McDonald.
Referendum Text:
“Shall the Constitution of Georgia be amended to waive sovereign immunity and allow the people of Georgia to petition the...2020-10-0816 min
WRGCLawyer Matt Roessing Discusses Georgia Constitutional Referendum 1The 2020 Georgia General Election ballot includes three statewide referendums for voters’ consideration. Two of the referendums ask voters to vote yes or no on two constitutional amendments to the state constitution. The third asks voters to consider a change to property taxes, a change state law dictates must be decided by voters.
In this, the first of a three-part interview segment, Lawyer Matt Roessing discusses Constitutional Referendum 1 about dedicated fees.
Roessing is interviewed by WRGC 88.3 FM host Daniel McDonald.
Referendum Text:
“Shall the Constitution of Georgia be amended so as to authorize the General Assembly to dedicate revenues derived from fees...2020-10-0707 min
WRGCCall to Action: Milledgeville Stands Together Against Domestic ViolenceIn July, Milledgeville residents learned about a tragic incident of domestic violence that claimed the lives of two people.
In response, Milledgeville Mayor Mary Parham Copelan is joining State Court Solicitor General Skye Gess in bringing community members together to call for an end to Domestic Violence.
In this interview, Solicitor General Skye Gess talked with WRGC’s Daniel McDonald about the prevalence of domestic violence in Baldwin County and what you can do to help someone who may be at risk of domestic violence.
You can learn more about and how to contact the State Court Solicitor General’s offi...2020-08-2406 minWRGCTrax on the Trail 2020 | Eric Kasper & Benjamin Schoening on the Politics of Music in ElectionsIn 2020, presidential candidates will wage an all-out assault on Americans’ eyes, ears and sensibilities.
At Trax on the Trail, we focus on the way campaigns use music and sound to differentiate their candidate and persuade you to vote for them.
In each episode of the Trax on the Trail podcast, hosts Dana Gorzelany-Mostak and Naomi Graber breakdown the music candidates play at rallies and in campaign ads and how voters manipulate and remix sound to signal support or disdain for the politics and politicians of our times.
The Trax on the Trail podcast is the aural alternative to the Trax on...2020-07-2237 min
WRGC“Prayer Doesn’t Know a [social] Distance” | Cafe Central Serves Food and Fellowship Despite PandemicFor 10 years, Cafe Central has served food and fellowship to anyone in need.
Cafe Central Director Ann Bowen spoke with WRGC’s Daniel McDonald about how they’re evolving to serve the community during the coronavirus pandemic and its economic aftermath.
Every Tuesday, Cafe Central serves to-go plates from Freedom Church, located at 500 Underwood Road, just off Elbert Street on Milledgeville’s Southside.
You can learn more about café central and how you can help them in their mission of service at cafecentralmilledgeville.org2020-04-1405 min
WRGCShould Georgia Delay the May Primary? Can Georgia Delay the May Primary?Registered voters are receiving absentee ballot applications in the mail, but state leaders are still unsure about the date of the next election.
With the worst days of the Coronavirus projected for late April, some elected officials want to delay the combined presidential and general primary scheduled for May 19th.
State Representative Rick Williams told WRGC he’s concerned for the poll workers whose age puts them at an elevated risk should they contract COVID-19. He said the state of emergency should enable Governor Brian Kemp to take executive action and move the primary back.
But in a press conference Mo...2020-04-0702 min
WRGCSheriff Bill Massee describes response to coronavirus, emergency declarationThis week, Baldwin County and the City of Milledgeville declared a state of emergency. The declaration includes a 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. curfew, restrictions of public gatherings and prescribed business hours of 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. for essential businesses.
The City of Milledgeville has expanded their declaration to include a shelter in place provision for city residents.
To better understand how Law Enforcement will apply the new emergency policies, Baldwin County Sheriff Bill Massee talked with WRGC’s Daniel McDonald.2020-03-2705 min
WRGCGeorgia College Connections | Using Sight and Sound to Explore Georgia's Cumberland IslandLocated a mile off shore in the Atlantic Ocean, Cumberland Island is the largest of a string of barrier islands protecting Georgia’s 110-mile Coast line.
Renowned for its salt marshes, maritime forests and miles of pristine beaches, Cumberland is a pilgrimage site for people who want to experience a natural landscape virtually untouched by modern humanity.
In 2016, artists Emily and Ernesto Gomez and Christa Kreeger Bowden set out on a multi-year project to document the changing nature on Georgia’s Cumberland Island.
They joined WRGC host Daniel McDonald in January 2020 to talk about the first exhibit of their work, Cumb...2020-02-2155 min
WRGCNew Institute To Expand O’Connor’s Legacy in Classrooms Across the RegionAs the inaugural executive director of Georgia College’s Andalusia Institute, Dr. Irene Burgess will work to extend Flannery O’Connor’s legacy in classrooms across the region.
O’Connor often wrote Milledgeville into her genre-defining Southern Gothic stories, but Burgess says O’Connor’s life story offers lessons for any young person looking to grow their talents in a rural community.
In conversation with WRGC host Daniel McDonald, Burgess talks about Georgia College’s new Andalusia Institute and the ways it will enhance our understanding of O’Connor’s life and literary legacy.2020-02-2005 min
WRGCWRGC News | Representative Williams To Introduce Bill Banning Discrimination Based On A DisabilityGeorgia State Representative Rick Williams (R – Milledgeville) will introduce a bill that would prevent organ transplant discrimination against a person who has a developmental disability.
Gracie’s Law would reinforce federal American with Disabilities Act protections against discrimination based on a physical or mental disability.
“we’ve got the federal law that went into effect in 1990 –the Disabilities Act—but there’s noting in Georgia Law books to prevent discrimination for [a] disability,” Williams said. “16 other states have adopted this and we’re the 17th state to look at it.”
Williams collaborated with constituents David and Erin Nobles to protect the quality of life of...2020-01-2801 min
WRGCCampaign Music Takes Centerstage During Constitution Week KickoffLong-time listeners to WRGC may remember our podcast collaboration with the Trax on the Trail research project. The Trax team is at it again. They’ll present a program of campaign music from U.S. presidential campaigns past as a part of the kickoff for this year’s Constitution Week celebration at Georgia College.
In this excerpt from a Georgia College Connections interview on Constitution Week, Georgia College Music Professor Dana Gorzelany-Mostak and Business Law Professor Jehan El-Jourbagy talk about the intersection of music and politics and how it will be presented during this Trax on the Trail concert at 5 p.m...2019-09-1601 min
WRGCThe story of Georgia College's Gas Light Press on display in new exhibit, ReflectionsSince 2002, the Gas Light Press has brought people together across the Georgia College campus to create art that reflects the interconnectedness of the liberal ideal for higher education.
Scientists and writers, among others, were invited to collaborate with Art Department faculty and students to develop a unique image that--in its own way--communicates the story of the university and its special mission in the state of Georgia.
Through October, selections from Gas Light Press will be on display in the Leland Gallery.
In this interview for Morning Edition, curators Bill Fisher and Laura Wilson talk WRGC’s Daniel McDonald about Reflections : Pr...2019-09-0605 min
WRGCLindsey Kellogg Performs Amnesia At Live in the WRGC StudioLindsey Kellogg entered her original song Amnesia into NPR Music's 2019 Tiny Desk Contest.
The Georgia College Junior Drama Major stopped by the WRGC Studio in May 2019 to share Amnesia with our local radio audience.
Hear Amnesia recorded live in the WRGC studio and learn what inspires this up-and-coming Georgia musician.2019-05-1006 min
WRGCCenter For Georgia Studies | Historian Zachary Lechner Explores The South Of The MindAs a part of the ongoing collaboration between WRGC and Georgia College’s Center for Georgia Studies, historians Mark Huddle and Zachary Lechner take listeners on a journey through three decades of popular representations of the South on film, television, music and in politics. They’re talking about Lechner’s new book “The South of the Mind: American Imaginings of White Southerness 1960 – 1980.”
Zachary Lechner’s new book “The South of the Mind: American Imaginings of White Southerness 1960 – 1980” is out now from the University of Georgia Press. You can learn more at http://www.ugapress.org/index.php/books/south_of_the_mind .2018-11-2058 min
WRGCMilledgeville's Big Read | Photo Workshop Evokes Clearer Image Of World, With And Without The Camera“The camera is an instrument that teaches people how to see without a camera.” –Dorothea Lange
Throughout October and early November, the Ina Dillard Russell Library at Georgia College invites the Milledgeville Baldwin County Community to share Tayari Jones’ novel Silver Sparrow. Silver Sparrow is the book for this year’s Big Read, a community wide celebration of a shared literary experience.
During the next weeks, WRGC will broadcast brief interviews highlighting events taking place during the Big Read.
Today, we talk with Georgia College Photography Professor Emily Gomez about the ways we witness the world differently through the camera. In Silver...2018-10-1806 min
WRGCWRGC News | Area Residents Confront Baldwin Commissioners About Prison DemolitionBaldwin County Commissioners and area residents traded criticisms during open comments at the end of Commissioners’ regular meeting Tuesday.2018-08-1001 min
WRGCWRGC News | Local Officials Approve Single County TSPLOST referendumBaldwin County and City of Milledgeville officials have approved a referendum on a one penny sales tax to fund road improvements.2018-08-0600 min
WRGCTwin Lakes Libraries Celebrate 80 Years Of Summer ReadingFor 80 years, the Twin Lakes Library System has challenged kids to make the most of their summer vacation.
Last week, visiting State officials joined local library staff in kicking off Milledgeville’s 80th annual Summer Reading Club. WRGC attended the festivities and presents this report about this latest installment of a local tradition.2018-06-0705 min
WRGCWRGC News | Johnson Green Takes Democratic NominationGeneral Primary results in Baldwin County mirrored statewide numbers with local Democrats overwhelmingly supporting Gubernatorial nominee Stacey Abrams. Area Republicans green lighted the rematch between Lt. Governor Casey Cagle and Secretary of State Brian Kemp.
But one down-ballot election solicited considerable surprise when Tabitha Johnson Green won outright the Democratic nomination for the 10th District seat in the United States House of Representatives.2018-05-2303 min
WRGCErnesto Gomez Honors Georgia's Old Governor's Mansion as A Space for SoundArtist Ernesto Gomez uses everyday sounds to create compositions honoring place and the relationship between people and architecture.
His newest installation, A Space for Sound, presents an aural archive of Georgia’s Old Governor’s Mansion.
WRGC’s Daniel McDonald talked with Gomez about his appreciation of a Milledgeville landmark.2018-05-0204 min
WRGCGeorgia College Connections | Social Justice Dialogue Series Keynote Speaker Peter BalakianOn this special edition of Georgia College Connections, WRGC continues its collaboration with the John H. Lounsbury College of Education to feature speakers from its 2018 Social Justice Dialogue Series.
On this episode, Georgia College literature student Olivia Julian interviews Pulitzer Prize winning poet Peter Balakian.
Balakian won the 2016 Pulitzer Prize in Poetry for the poetry collection Ozone Journal, in which he recounts a journey to the Syrian Desert to find remnants of the Armenian Genocide.
An Armenian American, Balakian has written and translated several works about the genocide, including his great uncle’s eyewitness account titled Armenian Golgotha and his own...2018-04-0629 min
WRGCMilledgeville Matters | Mayor Mary Parham CopelanOn this edition of Milledgeville Matters, Mayor Mary Parham-Copelan stops by the WRGC Studio to talk with host Daniel McDonald about her first months in Milledgeville's highest elected office.2018-03-2430 min
WRGCArts Update | Take Me Away: The Photography of Maryllis WolfgangIn this special edition of the Arts Update on WRGC 88.3 FM, photographer Maryllis Wolfgang talks with host Daniel McDonald about her art, taking the leap to display her work in public and how she takes her best photographs.
Maryllis Wolfgang's photography exhibit "Take Me Away" is on display at the Marlor Arts Center through March 29, 2018.2018-03-0703 min
WRGC#Why This Times Talk Podcast | The Rocky Road To BrexitThis week, Georgia College Associate Professor of Political Science Dr. Steve Elliott-Gower joins host Daniel McDonald for an update on Britain’s exit from the European Union. The Brexit process is entering a critical juncture as Britain begins negotiating the terms of its future relationship with the European Union.
This Times Talk will take place at noon, Wednesday, February 21 in the Georgia College Library.
Tune in to WRGC 88.3 FM at 8 p.m., Tuesday to hear the entire conversation.2018-02-1902 min
WRGCCopelan Eeks Out Five - Vote Mayoral VictoryMary Parham Copelan is set to become Milledgeville’s first female African American mayor.
Copelan beat incumbent Gary Thrower by a five-vote margin in an election that will be certified today.
Baldwin County Probate Court Judge and Superintendent in Tuesday’s election Todd Blackwell told WRGC that certification opens a two-day window for Thrower to request a recount in the close mayoral race.
Tuesday night, Thrower said he would await the final tally to decide about a recount. But added that if everything remains the same, he would throw his full support behind Copelan, and do everything he can to help...2017-11-0801 min
WRGCWRGC News | City Officials Seek Input in Paid Downtown Parking PlanThe City of Milledgeville wants more residents and visitors to park their cars in downtown Milledgeville.
And they hope to do that by making people pay for parking.
City Planner Hank Griffeth.
"The goal is, mainly, to turn over spaces especially in a high traffic zone, more regularly."
By placing a cost on the time cars spend in a parking spot, officials hope drivers will stay in a space only as long as they have to. Thus opening up spaces--or turning them over--more often.
At present, the proposal includes turning all two-hour parking in and around downtown into paid parking...2017-11-0301 min
WRGCMayoral Election 2017 | Why Are You Running To Be The Next Mayor?With the Milledgeville Municipal Elections one week away, we’re uploading excerpts of our interviews with mayoral candidates Mary Parham Copelan and Gary Thrower.
Each question features side-by-side responses from the candidates. You can hear the candidates’ complete interviews on our website: http://wrgc.gcsu.edu/content/milledgeville-matters-uncut-interviews-candidates-campaigning-be-milledgeville-mayor
We’ll start with what is perhaps the most important question: Why are you running for the office of Mayor?2017-10-3102 min
WRGCWRGC Arts Update | Mystery and Murder at the MansionIn this edition of the WRGC Arts Update, host Daniel McDonald previews Mystery and Murder at the Mansion, a murder mystery that will be staged at Georgia's Old Governor's Mansion on Friday, October 13th.2017-10-1105 min
WRGCRepublican Gubernatorial Candidates Meet in MilledgevilleRepublican voters in Central Georgia got the first chance to critique GOP candidates in next year’s Gubernatorial primary.
WRGC’s Daniel McDonald reports on a candidate forum and straw poll held in Milledgeville2017-10-1101 min
WRGCWRGC News | County Officials Name Final Manager CandidateLess than a week after the retirement of County Manager Ralph McMullen, Baldwin County officials announced the final candidate to be McMullen’s replacement.
County Commission Chair and Interim County Manager Sammy Hall told WRGC that Baldwin officials offered the top administrative job to Eric Mosley.
Mosley currenly serves as the Assistant county manager for Spalding County. Prior to assuming that position in early 2015, Mosley worked 16 years with the Georgia Forestry Commission. He spent almost two and half years working in Milledgeville as the Forest Manager at Bartram Forest.
Commissioner Hall said Mosley is familiar with Milledgeville, and his government ex...2017-10-0601 min
WRGCSneak Peek into the World Of Bobcat Athletics for September 28, 2017In this edition of WRGC's Sneak Peek into the World of Bobcat Athletics, we see who was named Peach Belt Conference Specialist of the Week, talk about outreach to the Lions Club of Sandersville and Recap the annual Golf Tournament fundraiser.2017-09-2903 min
WRGCCommission Chair Hall Appointed Interim Baldwin County ManagerBaldwin County Commissioners voted Tuesday to appoint Commission Chair Sammy Hall interim county manager.
The move takes place amid the waning days of Ralph McMullen’s tenure as Baldwin County’s chief administrative officer. McMullen is set to retire on at the end of September. And at this time, commissioners have not yet selected a candidate to take McMullen’s place.
Chairman Hall:
"We had started a search some month ago and we've been going through that search process but its' been going a little slower than we expected and we have just not confirmed a person that can step into t...2017-09-2101 min
WRGCNews | Milledgeville Incumbents Only Get Challengers In Mayor And District 5 RacesThe Races are set for Milledgeville City elections this November.
The WRGC News Desk has this run down of last week's qualifying action.2017-08-2801 min
WRGCWRGC News | Lake Country Residents Share Concerns About Coal Ash Pond DewateringLeaving a town hall meeting about a proposed permit to allow Georgia Power to treat and discharge wastewater from its coal ash ponds on Lake Sinclair, William Hatcher had one message for his neighbors in Middle Georgia:
“Everybody needs to understand that all of the water from this Lake, we drink. Milledgeville, Baldwin County, Putnam County, everybody’s drinking this water.
So whatever they put into Lake Sinclair from this E Pond, that they ultimately wind up with, in the end, affects everybody. And everybody should be concerned.”2017-06-2807 min
WRGCWRGC News | MPD's Major John Davis Invites You to the Summer Citizens Police AcademyThis summer, the Milledgeville Police Department invites residents to participate in an eight-week program to learn more about law enforcement and the criminal justice system. The Summer Citizens Police Academy will meet between 6:30 and 9 p.m., each Monday in June and July. Each week will focus on a different aspect of public safety. But each week’s program is aimed at strengthening the relationship between law enforcement and the community they protect.
In this segment, WRGC sits down with MPD Patrol Division Commander. Major John Davis to learn more about the Summer Citizens Police Academy and the relationship between the po...2017-06-0205 min
WRGCWRGC News | Local Law Enforcement, Feds Arrest 22 In Drug And Gun RaidsLocal state and federal law enforcement dealt a blow to one of the organizations behind a rash of shootings that gripped Baldwin County in recent years.
Officials hope 22 drug and firearm arrests conducted Wednesday will have a long-term effect on gang-related violence
The WRGC News Desk has this report.2017-05-3003 min
WRGCSneak-Peek into the World of Bobcat Athletics | March 24, 2017The sneak-peak into the World of Bobcat Athletics is a weekly broadcast brought to you by WRGC to give listeners a preview of upcoming events within Georgia College's athletic programs.
Each week, host Daniel McDonald is joined by Georgia College Assistant Athletic Director Al Weston to discuss the latest happenings in Bobcat athletics.
This week, Weston and McDonald discuss GC baseball, as well as highlight the golf team's recent success at the Bobcat Invitational.2017-03-2705 min
WRGCWRGC News | Baldwin Voters Approve SPLOST RenewalBaldwin County voters overwhelmingly approved a six-year renewal of the Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax.
The renewal referendum passed by a 72 - 28 percent margin. 1,628 citizens, or 7.5 percent of eligible voters, cast ballots in Tuesday;s election.2017-03-2200 min
WRGCMilledgeville Matters | State Representative Rick Williams Legislative UpdateMilledgeville Matters | State Representative Rick Williams Legislative Update by WRGC2017-03-1528 min
WRGCSneak-Peak into the World of Bobcat Athletics | March 10, 2017The sneak-peak into the World of Bobcat Athletics is a weekly broadcast brought to you by WRGC to give listeners a preview of upcoming events within Georgia College's athletic programs.
Each week, host Daniel McDonald is joined by Georgia College Assistant Athletic Director Al Weston to discuss the latest happenings in Bobcat athletics2017-03-1305 minWRGCWRGC Elections Coverage SnippetWRGC Elections Coverage Snippet by WRGC2017-03-1000 minWRGCWRGC Best Feature SnippetAudio Excerpt for GABBY Best Features Entry2017-03-1000 min
WRGCWRGC Best News Story Snippet2017 GABBY Entry for best news story2017-03-0800 min
WRGCWRGC News | Iconic Smokestack Demolished Saturday2017 GABBY Entry for best news story2017-03-0801 min
WRGCWRGC News | Bucking Trend, Georgia College Chases Lower 2016 Enrollment NumbersDefying the trend of increasing college enrollments, Georgia College will welcome its smallest class of incoming freshman in three years. WRGC Reporter Daniel McDonald talked to Georgia College students, parents and staff during the annual ritual of move-in day.2017-03-0305 min
WRGCVoices Of Baldwin County Voters | Voters On Election DayOn Election Day 2016, WRGC is featuring man and woman on the street interviews with Baldwin County voters. In these Election Day interviews recorded at the Hardwick and East Baldwin precincts, WRGC Reporter Daniel McDonald talked with Shannon Butts, Roswell Howard Jr., Gloria Davis, Derek Butts, Arnita Pittman, Lindy Huff and Zach Harris.2017-03-0303 min
WRGCVoices Of Baldwin County Voters | Natalie EverettOn Election Day 2016, WRGC is featuring man and woman on the street interviews with Baldwin County voters. In this interview recorded during early voting, WRGC intern Marci Thacker talked with Natalie Everett, who just moved to Baldwin County this year.2017-03-0303 min
WRGCVoices Of Baldwin County Voters | Marci Thacker And Lynn BuxtonOn Election Day 2016, WRGC is featuring man and woman on the street interviews with Baldwin County voters. In this special interview, WRGC intern Marci Thacker interviews her mother, Lynn Buxton, about watching her daughter (Marci) go to the polls for the first time.2017-03-0304 min
WRGCVoices Of Baldwin County Voters | Lee And Josh ThompsonOn Election Day 2016, WRGC is featuring man and woman on the street interviews with Baldwin County voters. In this interview recorded during early voting, WRGC intern Marci Thacker talked with mother and son, Lee and Josh Thompson. Marci encountered Lee and Josh at the Baldwin County Courthouse right after Josh cast his first ballot.2017-03-0303 min
WRGCVoices Of Baldwin County Voters | Georgia College Students React To Election ResultsOn November 9, 2016 WRGC intern Jason Ridgley-Thornton attended a current events conversation focused on the prior day’s election. After the meeting he talked with several Georgia College students about the results.2017-03-0301 min
WRGCWRGC News | Local Authorities Arrest Two Following Capital City RaidsWhen Wesley Nunn entered apartments located inside the Capital City building Tuesday, he said he was genuinely taken aback.
"I was kind of shocked to see the amount of liquid possibly steroids and how it was being packaged and shipped out. It was a very big process. I don’t think I’ve seen that in many, many, many years. I’ve only seen pictures of it--how big something like that would be."
Nunn is commanding officer of the Ocmulgee Drug Task Force, a multijurisdictional law enforcement agency that focuses on drug trafficking. The Task Force arrested two individuals Wednesday for th...2017-03-0203 min
WRGCSneak-Peak into the World of Bobcat Athletics | February 24, 2017The sneak-peak into the World of Bobcat Athletics is a weekly broadcast brought to you by WRGC to give listeners a preview of upcoming events within Georgia College's athletic programs.
Each week, host Daniel McDonald is joined by Georgia College Assistant Athletic Director Al Weston to discuss the latest happenings in Bobcat athletics.2017-02-2705 min
WRGCGeorgia College Connections | Science Cafe: Zika VirusToday WRGC continues its partnership with the Georgia College STEM Club to bring you their Science Cafe series.
In this edition of Georgia College Connections, host Daniel McDonald sits down with Georgia College Biology Professor Kasey Karen to discuss Georgia College students' efforts to raise awareness about the disease.2017-02-2726 min
WRGCWRGC News | Baldwin Schools Superintendent Recommends Splitting K - 5 SchoolsBaldwin County Schools Superintendent Noris Price will recommend adopting Kindergarten - 2nd Grade and 3rd - 5th Grade schools to help alleviate overcrowding and under enrollment in the county's elementary schools.2017-02-1303 min
WRGCWRGC News | Long-time State Representative Bobby Parham Passes AwayBaldwin and Putman counties said goodbye to a long time public servant this week.
Bobby Parham represented Baldwin County at the local and state level for more than a generation. His tenure bridged the democratic party politics of old to the modern republican rule of today.
The WRGC News Desk has this Appreciation.2017-02-1007 minWRGCWRGC Arts Update | February Four at Andalusia FarmAndalusia Farm Executive Director Elizabeth Wylie joins host Daniel McDonald to preview the February Four series of lectures taking place each Sunday in February.
The series begins Sunday, February 5th with a talk about the collaboration that created the look and feel of the newest editions of Flannery O'Connor's literature.
Visit andalusiafarm.org to see the entire series lineup.2017-02-0105 min
WRGCWRGC Arts Update featuring Georgia's Old Capital Museum's Last Look, First Glimpse eventOn this edition of WRGC's Arts Update, Georgia's Old Capital Museum Executive Director Amy Wright talks about some of the exhibits that make Milledgeville's history come alive at the Old Capital Museum.
Georgia's Old Capital Museum is leaving its home in the Old Capitol Building after 16 years. Between 2 and 6 p.m., Thursday, December 8th, the museum hosts a Last Look, First Glimpse event to give museum patrons one last chance to see the exhibits in their current home. The event also will feature renderings of the museum's new home at the Train Depot on the campus of Central State Hospital.2016-12-0707 min
WRGCWRGC News | 2016 Veterans Day Audio PostcardEach Year on Veterans Day, Georgia Military College cadets travel to the Georgia War Veterans Home in south Milledgeville to thank veterans for their service to this country.
The Festivities include speakers, a marching band, a parade and displays of camaraderie and gratitude from cadets, civilians, community leaders and fellow veterans.
The WRGC News Desk brings you this audio postcard from today’s event.
In order of appearance you heard Milledgeville Mayor Gary Thrower, Air Force Veteran Thomas Parker, American Legion Auxiliary Member Patricia Chatman, US Army Brigadier General Jonathan McCollumn, Retired Army Colonel Ralph Kauzlarich and US Navy Veteran Ja...2016-11-1103 min
WRGCWRGC News | Williams Wins State House District 145Baldwin County Voters made history last night, sending their first Republican to the state House of Representatives. Despite the sea change in the only local race, the county remained in the blue column, voting Democrat in the presidential election.
The WRGC News Desk has this report
Rick Williams will be the first Republican to represent Baldwin County in the State House of Representatives. Williams bested Democrat Floyd Griffin by a 56- to 43-percent margin as of press time last night.
William’s victory signals the latest wave of a rising republican tide in the former democratic strong hold of Baldwin Co...2016-11-0903 min
WRGCWRGC Sports Report | First EpisodeWRGC Staffer Jason Ridgley-Thornton introduces a new weekly segment focused on some of the high school and junior college sports in Milledgeville and Baldwin County.
In this episode, he looks at the inner-city rivalry game between Georgia Military College Prep and John Milledge Academy, previews Baldwin High School's first region match up and talks about GMC JuCo's five-game win streak.2016-10-0701 min
WRGCWRGC Arts Update | Multimedia Artist Lyle Manring on his new Rustic ArtLyle Manring's new exhibit Rustic Arts: Where Graphic Design meets Grand Design features the multimedia artist's newest creative endeavor: furniture made from natural and repurposed objects.
In this audiopostcard, Manring talks about the first piece that inspired him to explore this new artistic outlet.
Rustic Arts: Where Graphic Design meets Grand Design is on display at the Allied Arts Marlor Arts Center in downtown Milledgeville through Friday, October 7, 2016.
You can see an image of the handmade chair that inspired Manring to explore the craft of making furniture on WRGC's website: http://wrgc.gcsu.edu/content/wrgc-arts-update-multimedia-artist-lyle-manring-his-new-rustic-art
The music featured in...2016-09-1405 min
WRGCGeorgia College Connections | Times Talk | History of Women In PoliticsAs the 2016 – 2017 school year lets in on the campus of Georgia College, WRGC is happy to continue its collaboration with the American Democracy Project at Georgia College to share their weekly Times Talk conversation with WRGC’s Radio Audience.
In this episode, we reflect on one of the historic qualities of the 2016 Presidential Election, by talking about Shirley Chisholm and Geraldine Ferraro, two of the women who paved the way for Hillary Rodham Clinton to run for President atop the ballot of one of the two major political parties.
Deitrah Taylor of the Georgia College Cultural Center joins me today to t...2016-08-2453 min
WRGCGeorgia College Emphasizes Community Not Enrollment NumbersAcross the country, colleges and universities are opening their doors to ever-increasing numbers of incoming Freshman. But this year, GC reversed the trend by admitting fewer first-year students. And they say that change allows them to admit the students who have the best chance of succeeding on their college campus.
The WRGC News desk has this report.2016-08-1505 minWRGCWRGC Arts Update | 20 July 2016Allied Arts Executive Director Brian Renko returns to WRGC to talk Arts & Culture in the Milledgeville-Baldwin County area with host Daniel McDonald.
In this edition, we recap the Allied Arts Youth Summer Camps experience, preview the upcoming Georgia's Old Capital Museum Society's Artifact Identification Day and talk about a new exhibit and the reoccurring Thursdalusia at Andalusia Farm.2016-07-1903 min
WRGCWRGC News | Milledgeville Water Ban Could Last Two WeeksThree days after the Milledgeville City Water Department experienced a malfunction in an intake pump at one of its two water treatment facilities, City officials say a complete repair could take another two-and-a-half weeks. During that time, officials ask that city water customers continue to refrain from all nonessential water activities.
City Manager Barry Jarrett told WRGC that a pump motor in the city’s James E. Baugh Water Plant died Tuesday, forcing the water department to either locate a suitable replacement or commission the manufacturing of a new motor.
Jarrett said a private water engineering firm has located a si...2016-07-0803 minWRGCPremiere Episode of WRGC Arts Update (June 29)Today we’re starting a new semi-regular segment, in which we’re going to take a look at art and cultural happenings in and around the Milledgeville, Baldwin County area. Our goal is to provide information about exhibits and events and talk about topics that will help you get out and experience all that the Lake Country has to offer.
I am your host Daniel McDonald and I’m joined in this endeavor by the Executive Director of the Milledgeville Allied Arts, Mr. Brian Renko.
In this episode, we talk about why we’re putting this segment together, summer art camps fo...2016-06-2905 min
WRGCWRGC News | Milledgeville Police Turn Up HEAT On Aggressive Drivers During Summer MonthsFor the third year in a row, the Milledgeville Police Department is engaging in a statewide Enforcement program that educates drivers on highway safety and then targets certain driving behaviors that contribute to accidents and collisions.
The Police Department will be implementing the HEAT program on area roadways throughout the summer months. To better understand the HEAT Program and how the police will implement it, we talked with Major John Davis of the Milledgeville Police Department.2016-06-2206 min
WRGCWRGC News | Gordon Mayor Whipple Lue In Court Fighting Removal From OfficeThe Mayor of Gordon is in court this week as a party to a civil suit brought by two members of the Gordon City Council and several city residents.
The Trial is the latest event in a legal battle that has continued throughout Mayor Mary Ann Whipple Lou’s tenure.
Superior Court Judge Robert Reeves will decide whether or not Mary Ann Whipple Lou will remain the Mayor of Gordon.
Gordon City Councilmembers Terry Eady and Freddie Densley, along with five other plaintiffs are petitioning the Court for the mayor’s removal.
Plaintiffs allege that Whipple Lue violated Georgia’s Open M...2016-06-2100 min