Georgia wins its SEC opener against Kentucky 12-6, extending the Bulldog’s win streak to 17 games.

Kentucky took an early 3-0 lead in the top of the first after back-to-back walks and a three-run homer from left fielder Cole Hage. Georgia has had an issue trailing early in games this season, and that trend continued today.

Georgia would answer quickly in the bottom of the first when Nolan McCarthy hit a 2 RBI single in his first at bat against his former team. 

Kentucky added three more runs in the third inning giving the Wildcats a 6-2 lead. Georgia, as they have done often this season, responded.

Robbie Burnett scored on a wild pitch in the bottom of the third and another run scored in the fourth from a balk to cut the Kentucky lead to 2. Devin Obee drew a walk in the bottom of the fifth that was followed by a two-run homer from Ryland Zaborowski to tie the game 6-6. 

Slate Alford doubled to lead off the sixth and Robbie Burnett hit a go-ahead single on the next at bat. Henry Hunter crushed a two-run home run off the scoreboard later in the inning to give the Bulldogs a 9-6 lead. 

Robbie Burnett added to the Georgia lead in the seventh with a three-run homer. Burnett went 2-3 with four RBIs, a walk, and a hit by pitch in this game. 

Zach Harris pitched a one, two, three inning in the top of the ninth to secure the victory for the Bulldogs. Georgia and Kentucky will play the second game of the series tomorrow with first pitch scheduled for 2 pm.

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Three-Sport Athlete Glenna Rae ‘Bug’ Whitley signed her letter of intent to attend Middle Georgia State

EASTMAN, Georgia- (41NBC/WMGT) – At Dodge County High School Thursday afternoon, Lady Indians Senior Glenna Rae ‘Bug’ Whitley signed her letter of intent to continue to play soccer at the collegiate level with the MGA Lady Knights. Joined by her parents, friends, teammates, and faculty, the three-sport athlete took the steps to play soccer at the next level by signing her Middle Georgia State intent letter at the Dodge County High School cafeteria.

Congratulations Bug and good luck with all your future endeavors!

MACON, Ga. – TIME has just named a piece of Georgia history as one of the World’s Greatest Places for 2025.

Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park in Macon, Georgia was one of just 12 places in the United States to make the magazine’s list.

The backstory:

The mounds, including the Earth Lodge, where indigenous people held council meetings for 1,000 years until their forced removal in the 1820s, were initially protected as a national monument by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. 

According to the National Parks Service, American Indians constructed the mounds for their elite beginning in 900 CE, creating the structures that remain today. 

The site includes a reconstruction of the council chambers of the Mississippian culture, known as the Earth Lodge, and walking trails.

Last year, Georgia’s congressional delegation introduced legislation that would make the area the Peach State’s first national park. The area along the Ocmulgee River downstream from Macon in central Georgia includes mounds and other cultural or historic sites of significance to the Muscogee. 

What they’re saying:

To make the list, TIME contributors solicited notations of places from correspondents and contributors that looked at new and exciting experiences around the globe.

In its entry on the Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park, TIME pointed to the park’s Indigenous past as well as the current work by the city of Macon to install bilingual street signs throughout its Downtown corridor.

TIME also pointed to the upcoming opening of the city’s Otis Redding Center for the Arts and the Macon Bacon Food Trail.

To read more about the park and see the other places on the list, click here.