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South Carolina falls to Georgia on Saturday afternoon

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2 years ago

May 11, 2024

South Carolina falls to Georgia on Saturday afternoon

COLUMBIA – Georgia scored 10 runs in the final two innings of play to sweep the University of South Carolina baseball team, 14-6, Saturday afternoon (May 11) at Founders Park.

Carolina took a 4-1 lead in the third after Gavin Casas homered and the Gamecocks received help from a pair of errors. Georgia tied the game at four with a pair of runs in the sixth and one in the seventh, but Carolina then took a 6-4 lead in the seventh on Ethan Petry’s two-out double.

Georgia took the lead for good in the eighth on pinch hitter Logan Jordan’s grand slam. The Bulldogs added two runs in that inning and scored four in the ninth, highlighted by a Corey Collins home run.

Austin Brinling had three hits to lead the Carolina offense. Petry, Blake Jackson and Casas had two hits apiece. The loss went to Dylan Eskew on the mound. He allowed three runs and two hits in two-thirds of an inning. Garrett Gainey earned the start and struck out seven in 5.1 innings, allowing five hits and two earned runs.

POSTGAME NOTES

The Gamecocks celebrated Senior Day before the game, honoring Dylan Brewer, Austin Brinling, Gavin Casas, Garrett Gainey, Ty Good, Parker Noland and Dalton Reeves as well as senior manager Matthew Hull, bullpen catcher Aidan Osborne and administrative assistant Julia Harrison.
Casas now has 27 home runs in his Gamecock career.
Gainey had a season-high seven strikeouts in the game.

UP NEXT Carolina wraps up the regular season with a three-game set at Tennessee starting on Thursday night (May 16) in Knoxville. First pitch is set for 6:30 p.m. and the game will be streamed on SEC Network Plus.

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Georgia National Fair announces ticket pricing changes for 2026

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6 hours ago

June 19, 2026

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Georgia National Fair announces ticket pricing changes for 2026

PERRY, Ga. (WALB) — The Georgia National Fair announced ticket pricing changes for 2026 in a Facebook post.

Children ages 3-10 will now require a $5 admission ticket.

Adult tickets purchased with cash at the entry gate will cost $20, excluding discounted admission days. Adults paying with a card at the gate will pay $15.

All online transactions will include a processing fee.

Discounted admission days will be $10 for everyone. Seniors 60 and up are $10 every day.

For more ticket information and fair dates, visit https://www.georgianationalfair.com/p/getconnected/pricing.

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DHS appears to axe plan to construct immigration detention megacenter in small Georgia town

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June 18, 2026

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DHS appears to axe plan to construct immigration detention megacenter in small Georgia town

After months of tension between the city of Social Circle and the federal government, the city announced in a press release Thursday that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security will abandon its plan to convert an industrial warehouse into a 10,000-bed immigration detention center in the rural community. The department’s apparent decision to discontinue the […]

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Proposed Georgia bill restricts voting to U.S. citizens

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June 18, 2026

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Proposed Georgia bill restricts voting to U.S. citizens

GEORGIA, Ga. (WALB) — A new bill introduced to the Georgia Senate could create a constitutional amendment to restrict voting to legal U.S. citizens.

The bill, Senate Resolution 4EX says, “No person who is not a citizen of the United States shall be entitled to vote at any election by the people.”

If passed, Georgians will vote on the constitutional amendment in the November election.

Georgia Secretary of State, Brad Raffensperger said “I have been calling on the legislature for years to pass this amendment to the state constitution. I am glad to see the legislature finally act to ensure only American citizens are voting in our elections.”

According to Raffensperger, Georgia was the first state in the nation to conduct citizen verification of voter rolls. Since 2022, Raffensperger’s office conducted two citizenship audits of Georgia’s voter rolls.

SR 4EX Text

“Casting a vote is one of the most important elements of American citizenship. Any illegal vote dilutes the value of a citizen’s lawfully cast ballot. U.S. Citizens should decide Georgia elections. Period. I urge the legislature to pass this important legislation.”

The state uses information from the Georgia Department of Driver Services (DDS) to identify people who are non-citizens. This data is based on documents provided to DDS, through its REAL ID drivers licenses or state identification cards.

That information is also ran through the Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) program to verify an individual’s citizenship status.

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