According to ‘The True Citizen’ newspaper, a Burke County deputy has been arrested in Richmond County.

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has renewed the operating licenses for the Vogtle Electric Generating Plant in Waynesboro for an additional 20 years.

The Burke County Sheriff’s Office needs your assistance in locating a wanted suspect from Burke County. On the night of May 2nd, Alphonzo Lorenzo Burley, allegedly shot victim, Johnny B. Godbee, twice in the left thigh during a fight at Club Midnight, in Burke County. The suspect also shot his brother, James Eric Burley, in the lower abdomen by accident during the fight.

The Burke County boys golf team won the Georgia Class-AAA state golf championship Monday afternoon at the Waynesboro Country Club.

The National Weather Service has issued several weather advisories ahead of storm systems making their way toward the CSRA.

Clean-up is underway in Burke County after Friday’s storms. WJBF News Channel 6’s Paige Tucker reports from a Brangus farm that took a direct hit.

Richmond County Emergency Services has teamed up with The American Red Cross to help storm victims. At the Bernie Ward Community Center off Lumpkin Road, people who need assistance can file damage reports to help get what they need.

According to Columbia County (GA) EMA Director, Pam Tucker, the National Weather Service has changed storm damage assessment in Harlem and Grovetown. They will start in Aiken County where fatalities have been reported. After Columbia County, they will move on to Richmond and Burke Counties.

According to “The True Citizen,“, two meteorite hunters have been “banned” from Burke County after pleading guilty in State Court, Wednesday morning. Ralph “Sonny” Clary and Michael Miller were both fined $2,000 and told “to get out of dodge.“

According to “The True Citizen,“ two Southwestern meteorite hunters found fame they weren’t searching for. Just one week after Las Vegas meteorite hunter Ralph “Sonny” Clary, Jr. was interviewed by WJBF News Channel 6, he and Arizona hunter, Michael William Miller, were arrested for criminal trespass in Burke County.

Georgia Power has won approval from the state Public Service Commission to build two new nuclear reactors near Augusta, which could be the first new nuclear project to break ground in the country in three decades. The $14 billion expansion project at Plant Vogtle is set to begin construction in 2011 and is scheduled to be completed in 2017. The PSC voted 4-to-1 Tuesday to certify the proposal from Georgia Power, a subsidiary of Southern Company. The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission must also sign off.

Georgia’s cash strapped public defender system could be faced with a new round of bills stemming from a ruling from the state’s top court.

The search is on for a group of thieves, in Waynesboro. Police say they’re making off with expensive baby formula to sell an illegal formula of their own. WJBF News channel 6’s Renita Crawford has the story.

Thursday’s high school basketball scores as reported to the WJBF Sports department.

Christine Long is accused of not providing proper care or education for her eleven children, but she alleges her husband kept her and her children prisoner in their own home, repeatedly abusing them. She has now filed for divorce. WJBF News Channel 6’s Paige Tucker reports.