The three people accused of killing Manchester High star athlete Daryus Bryant received the verdict in the case late in the afternoon on Tuesday, May 26 in Muscogee County Superior Court. Three Talbot County residents were convicted in the case and are expected to be sentenced on Tuesday, June 23.
The University of Georgia, Georgia Tech and Auburn University baseball teams are bringing the attention of college baseball fans to our wonderful state and area. In case you haven’t heard, the Yellow Jackets won the ACC title this year and the Bulldogs won the SEC title.
Readers of my column knows that I love to keep up with the news and with the weird news. UPI has reported some pretty interesting stories of late. Here are a few you might find interesting.
Working as a reporter over the years I’ve had to write about some pretty mean and cruel people but in today’s society it seems people just get more cruel with time. I’m writing this column on Tuesday, May 5 and that information will become pertinate to this column once you read it.
On April 27 the Director of the Georgia Environmental Protection Division (EPD) announced that Georgia is in a Level 1 Drought Response. Simply put, it is a warning about current dry conditions and potential water shortages in the future. EPD is urging residents and businesses to be more mindful of water consumption and recommend taking certain precautions.
It seems that Georgia is becoming the place that data centers are looking to locate to. While there are benefits to the centers, there are also some cons and one of those issues could be water. According to the Environmental and Energy Study Institute (EESI), the tapping into fresh water sources by the centers could put nearby communities at risk. According to an article released by the EESI in June 2025, a medium-sized data center can consume up to roughly 110 million gallons of water per year for cooling purposes, equivalent to the annual water usage of approximately 1,000 households. Larger data centers can each “drink” up to 5 million gallons per day, or about 1.8 billion annually, usage equivalent to a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people.
