Local News

Gas Price Dips But Could Rebound

The average price of a gallon of regular unleaded gas in Florida dipped 6 cents during the past week as demand slowed after Fourth of July travel. The average price was $3.40 a gallon on Monday. But the AAA auto club anticipates higher oil costs could result in increased prices at the pump. […]

Health

FAMU Showed Excellence for Mankind in its Covid-19 Response

     FAMU’s official closure just ahead of the end of the Federal Public Health Emergency in May, which was enacted in 2020, of its covid-19 testing and vaccinations site marks the end of a three-year stretch of dedicated performance.  By April of 2020, tens of thousands of covid-19 testing sites were set up in makeshift triage facilities across the country.  The most significant of those in our area was the FAMU testing site which occupied the northeast side of Bragg Memorial Stadium. […]

National News

Georgia-Pacific Senior Director Beverly Ferguson is Changing Lives Every Day

     Beverly Ferguson is the senior director of community affairs for Georgia-Pacific. Her responsibilities include being a good steward of the charitable contributions portfolio that she manages on behalf of the corporation. Ferguson works to change the quality of life in communities through the identification of and partnership with mutually beneficial nonprofit organizations in Atlanta and across Georgia-Pacific’s footprint. […]