Chase McGee

1 week ago | gpb.org | Chase McGee

Georgians rushing to meet the usual April 15 deadline to file taxes have a little breathing room. After Hurricane Helene made landfall in late September of last year, the Federal Emergency Management Agency issued disaster declarations for several Southern states, including Georgia. After that declaration, the IRS extended the date to file and pay 2024's federal taxes to May 1, 2025, and Georgia's Department of Revenue followed suit.

2 weeks ago | gpb.org | Chase McGee

Every Dec. 26, Emma Claire Hansen starts to think about the Masters. She's a fourth-generation family employee at Merry's Home Furnishings on Broad Street, and their first quarter is always packed with locals looking to refurbish their rentals ahead of the tournament. "If I had to guess, I would say we probably do anywhere from 35% to 40% of our annual business in that first quarter because of the Masters Tournament. But," she added, "that's also just the first quarter.

2 weeks ago | gpb.org | Chase McGee

In Augusta's Sand Hills neighborhood, a 25-foot-long, 1,200-pound golf tee sculpture is the latest piece of Masters history. Along the tee, you'll find faces of legendary Black caddies like Willie Peterson Jr., Edwin B. McCoy Jr., and Willie "Pappy" Stokes, the "Godfather of Caddies."There to remember their counterparts were a handful of living caddies - people such as Otis "Buck" Moore, who drove a truck for work each week, looking forward to the weekend when he could caddy.

3 weeks ago | flagpole.com | Chase McGee

Athens-based craft brewery Creature Comforts holds the title of Georgia’s largest independently owned brewery. But recently, their focus has been on the on-again, off-again tariffs on Canadian imports like barley and aluminum, says CEO and cofounder Adam Beauchamp. “Usually [it’s] the time of year now where we start to look at barley futures, and it is a time of great uncertainty,” Beauchamp says.

3 weeks ago | gpb.org | Chase McGee

On Saturday and Sunday, the Banana Ball World Tour stopped in the Atlanta Braves' Truist Park, as the Savannah Bananas faced off against their in-house rivals, the Party Animals, in front of two sold-out crowds. For a few Banana Ballers, Truist is more than another stop on the tour, it's the home of the team they've cheered on their entire lives. Bananas pitcher Austin Krzeminski called the experience a blessing. "It's an absolute dream come true," he said, "growing up a Braves fan my entire life.