Georgia lawmakers reintroduce bill to make the Ocmulgee Mounds the state’s first national park and preserve, building on past progress.

WASHINGTON — A bipartisan group of Georgia lawmakers is renewing a push to make Ocmulgee Mounds in Middle Georgia the state’s first national park and preserve.

Near the southern end of the Skyway bridge across Tampa Bay is the Madira Bickel Mound state park, which preserves an ancient group of mounds built by Native Americans who lived there centuries ago.

Some residents and an Oneida tribal member believe the three boulders on the mound are ... hoping the state can intervene in the city’s plans to alter the landscape of Vilas Park have won ...

and Councilman Adam Schiestel Flower Mound officials are heading to Austin to voice their opposition to four state Senate bills they say could dramatically increase local density, override zoning ...

I am so happy for them and our community. I couldn’t be more happy.” Elk Mound (26-1) now advances to the state tournament on Thursday in Green Bay. The Mounders have won 16 straight games.

On Thursday afternoon, the girls will join their Elk Mound teammates to take on Xavier in the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association Division 3 semifinals. Thursday's game starts at 1:35 p ...

Researchers are looking at the role a tiny lizard plays in protecting us from mosquito-borne diseases. Mosquitoes might be the bane of a summer barbecue in Kendall or a stroll on Miami Beach, but ...

(WQOW) - Elk Mound girls basketball will enter its first state tournament since 1988 as the top team in Division 3. The Mounders earned the #1 seed for Thursday's state semifinals and will face #4 ...

EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (WEAU) - For the first time in 37-years, Elk Mound is head to the WIAA State tournament after defeating Baldwin-Woodville 54-48 in the Division 3 sectional final. It was a hard ...

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