Friday, April 3rd

The University of Georgia has a buyer for its television station: Maryland-based Marquee Broadcasting will pay $2.5 million for WUGA-TV. UGA purchased Channel 32 when it operated as WNEG in Toccoa, paying almost $6 million in 2008.

Bogart Republican Tim Echols made it official with a Thursday campaign kickoff at the capitol: Echols is seeking a second term on the Georgia Public Service Commission. He'll be on the GOP primary ballot in May of 2016, with already one announced primary opponent: Michelle Miller is a Republican from Warner Robins.

A Winder man faces charges stemming from this week's shooting of a 9 year-old girl: the Barrow County Sheriff's Office says 25 year-old Tyler Lewis is the boyfriend of the mother of the shooting victim, a girl who was wounded in what was apparently an accidental shooting. Lewis is looking at reckless conduct charges. The girl remains hospitalized, at last report in critical condition.

Commerce holds its annual Easter Parade Saturday: the parade steps off at 10:45 tomorrow morning on North Elm Street in Commerce, making its way to the First Baptist Church. That's where the Easter Egg Hunt takes place.

Elbert County Commissioners began budget hearings this week, looking to adopt an Elbert County government spending plan by June 30.

Hall County officials put a $300,000 price tag on the ice storm clean-up of earlier this year.

Police in Gainesville have released the name of the 5 year-old boy who was struck and killed by a vehicle while riding a scooter outside a Gainesville apartment complex. Jose Aguirre died after being taken to Northeast Georgia Medical Center in Gainesville. While a police investigation continues, no charges for the driver of the car that the little boy are anticipated.

A mother and son are arrested after this week's discovery of human remains in Hall County: Monica Duffie is 42 years old; Craig Dykes is 24; both are from Flowery Branch. The skeletal remains were found this past Sunday in woods near Flowery Branch and are believed to be those of an elderly man who lives in Duffie's home. The GBI is in on the ongoing investigation.

There is no word yet on exactly where, but the Lanier Technical College campus in Oakwood will be moving to a new location in Hall County. The Georgia legislature has approved $10 million in bonds for the new Lanier Tech campus.

Piedmont College baseball coach Jim Peeples has been named the new athletic director at the college, taking over from John Dzik, who announced in January that he would retire June 30 after 10 years in the AD position. Piedmont says Peeples, now in his 14th year as coach, will begin his new role as Athletic Director at the school in Demorest on July 1 and will continue as baseball coach.

An emergency room doctor who works at a hospital in Blairsville is arrested by drug agents in Fannin County: Dr. David Gowder was booked into the Fannin County jail.

Firefighter say a blaze burning in the Chattahoochee National Forest near Ellijay is almost completely contained. The U.S. Forest Service says the wildfire burned almost 200 acres.

Sentencing for the 11 people convicted in the Atlanta Public School System cheating scandal is set for April 13.

The Fulton County Medical Examiner's Office has identified the woman whose body was found earlier this week in Grant Park: Rachel Batelaan was 25 years old. No word on cause of death.

Atlanta Police say they have arrested a suspect in a November homicide: 19 year-old Tavalas Beasley is charged in the November 22 shooting of Dontavious Davis. Beasley was arrested Thursday and booked into the Fulton County jail.

The GBI is now heading up the investigation into the shooting death of a man who was killed by police in Smyrna: Smyrna Police say Nicholas Thomas was trying to run down an officer with a car when the officer shot and killed him; the Thomas family disputes that claim.

A truck driver from Floyd County is arrested, charged as a serial rapist: authorities in Rome say Lester Pauley is 58 years old, from Cave Spring. He is suspected in a string of rapes and sexual assaults that date back to 2008.

Georgia College and State University in Milledgeville has applied to host a 2016 presidential candidates’ debate.

Thursday Sine Die beneath the Gold Dome in Atlanta, with Georgia lawmakers puting the wraps on a legislative session that began back in January.