(GA. NEWS NETWORK)
*The Georgia Forestry Commission is reminding residents to exercise prescribed burning with caution. One region manager for the commission told WTOC that residents need to check the weather and obtain a burning permit. The advice comes as half of the state now falls under an extreme or exceptional drought category.
*Cleaning up toxic coal ash ponds in Georgia is going to cost more than initial estimates. Georgia Power revealed in a report filed with state utility regulators this week that its anticipated eight-billion-dollar project is going to cost an additional half-billion-dollars. The AJC reports it has cost two-billion-dollars to clean up close to a dozen sites statewide so far.
*Three UGA students are being treated for possible rabies after encountering a bat at their off-campus apartment. Amanda Nolan tells Atlanta News First she found the bat in the kitchen area. She blames the complex for not having the bats tested after maintenance staff removed them.
*A school nurse is facing charges after a student’s prescription medication went missing at Long Cane Elementary School in Troup County in February. Deputies say Ivy Burton was arrested Monday after investigators found 53 Adderall tablets were missing. School officials say Burton was placed on administrative leave after the incident and is no longer employed by the district.
