August 9, 2025

Ga

Funds

House Armed Services amendment blocks funds for Fort Gordon name change

It was Fort Gordon, then it was Fort Eisenhower, now it’s Fort Gordon again. But there are efforts to fight against that change at Augusta’s U.S. Army base along with the other recently renamed military installations. Who was Fort Gordon named after? Originally, Augusta’s Fort Gordon honored Lt. Gen. John Brown Gordon, one of Confederate

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Finance

Grand Rapids, Detroit ranked among ‘most boring’ cities in US by FinanceBuzz

10 best coastal small towns across the US for 2024 USA TODAY 10Best readers voted on their favorite coastal small towns, and the 2024 results are in. Here are the top 10 in the nation. Detroit and Grand Rapids, Michigan, were ranked as moderately boring, falling in the middle of the list. The most boring

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Crypto

Instagram user tricks Athens man into ‘pig butchering’ investment scam

Cryptocurrency scams cost Americans more than $5.6B last year: FBI The FBI announced on Monday, Sept. 9, that Americans lost more than $5.6 billion in cryptocurrency scams in 2023. Straight Arrow News An Athens man lost over $70,000 in an alleged cryptocurrency scam orchestrated through a relationship formed on Instagram. The victim was initially led

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