Tifton Talks This Week for August 30, 2024

This week on Tifton Talks, we covered important news for Tifton and beyond:

1. **Property Appeals:** Tift County has settled over 1,100 property value appeals out of more than 5,000. The appeals were made after property values went up. Once all appeals are done, the county might lower property tax rates, but this process is delaying tax bills.

2. **Phone Outage:** TruVista’s phone service in Tifton and Fitzgerald was down for almost three days, affecting local businesses and residents. The cause of the outage is unclear, but it’s been fixed now.

3. **Juice Recall:** Walmart recalled nearly 10,000 cases of apple juice because they might have unsafe levels of arsenic. The juice has been removed from stores, and no one has gotten sick so far.

4. **Election Rules:** Georgia’s Governor Kemp is looking into whether he can remove state election board members who passed new, controversial rules for county election boards. These rules could affect how election results are certified.

5. **West Nile Virus:** The number of West Nile virus cases in Georgia has tripled recently, mostly around Atlanta. While most people don’t get very sick, some cases can be severe.

6. **Early Dinners:** Some parents are feeding their kids dinner as early as 3:45 p.m. to avoid after-school snacking, which they say leads to better behavior and sleep.

7. **EEE Virus:** A person in New Hampshire died from a rare, deadly virus called Eastern Equine Encephalitis, spread by mosquitoes. It’s the first death from this virus in the U.S. this year.

8. **Home Prices:** U.S. home prices hit a record high in June, though the rate of increase slowed slightly compared to May.

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