The man accused in last year’s shooting death of a clerk at a RaceTrac gas station in Oconee County is back in Georgia. Ahkil Nasir Crumpton had a detention hearing June 8th before a U.S. Magistrate Judge in Macon and is now being held at an undisclosed jail in the state.
Crumpton faces state charges in Oconee County in the death of Elijah Wood and has also been indicted on murder charges by a federal grand jury. He was arrested after moving back to his hometown of Philadelphia after ballistics tests on a gun led investigators to identify him as a suspect in Wood’s slaying.
Expanding Nuclear Power Plant in Georgia is Shifting Overruns to Georgia Power
Oglethorpe Power Corp. which provides power to 38 electric cooperatives, says it has exercised a contractual option to freeze its costs for Plant Vogtle at $8.1 billion.
Oglethorpe Power said it would save members at least $400 million. In exchange, Oglethorpe’s ownership share of the two new reactors being built at the plant east of Augusta would fall from 30% to 28%. That would bump Georgia Power’s share of ownership from 45.7% to 47.7%. Associated Press calculations show the plant will cost at least $30.34 billion.
Powerful Earthquake Hit Georgia Sunday
The most powerful earthquake to hit Georgia in years was felt across a broad region when it struck just after 4 a.m. Saturday.
The 3.9 magnitude tremor was centered east of Stillmore, a town between Macon and Savannah, the U.S. Geological Survey reported. But people reported shaking across much of Georgia and South Carolina, including in Atlanta and Columbia, South Carolina.
No significant damage or injuries were reported. The only more powerful earthquakes in the region in recent years were a 4.4 magnitude temblor centered near Decatur, Tennessee, in December 2018 and a 4.1 magnitude quake centered near Edgefield, South Carolina in February 2014.
Clean and Renewable Energy Plan
Athenians are being asked for feedback for a proposed clean and renewable energy plan.
Public input is being accepted through July 22nd and the Mayor and Commission are scheduled to vote on the plan at their regular voting session, Tuesday, August 2nd.
