This week the Ocmulgee Mounds Park and Preserve Establishment Act was introduced in both the US House and Senate. The legislation with wide bipartisan support is an important, long waited for step in creating the first ever National Park for the state of Georgia.
For the first time in over 200 years, certain parts of the country are experiencing a rare emergence of two periodical cicadas — those big, droning insects that mostly live underground until they finally, very audibly, do not.
Early voting gets underway Monday for Georgia's May 21st primary. In one of the election's most closely watched races, five Republicans faced each other in a televised debate Sunday. A research project at Mercer University is exploring ways to turn food waste into renewable energy.