WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT)– After more than a year of distanced gatherings, people in Warner Robins came together to pray.
First United Methodist Church opened its doors for the National Day of Prayer. People of different religions and denominations were welcome to pray for local communities, the state, and the nation.
Warner Robins Mayor Randy Toms stepped up to the microphone to pray for Middle Georgia and its first responders.
The prayers were organized into 12 sections, covering everything from families to the entertainment industry.
Emily Dennis organized the event and hopes people felt a sense of togetherness and healing.
The suit alleges Toms, a White elected official, has displayed racial animus towards minority-owned businesses.
Those minority-owned businesses are the ones who filed the suit, A2D and eCBI Warner.
They claim that Toms tried to steer business away from them once they installed a fiber optic network and towards Hargray Communications Group, Inc, which the suit says is a predominantly white-owned company.
The suit also alleges Toms instructed business owners, both established and new to the City, not to engage in any business transactions with A2D or eCBI.
They go on to claim the city s Director of Building and Transportation, Bill Mulkey, conspired with Toms to deny right-of-way permits for the two companies.
It s amazing : 2-man crew working to tackle litter in Warner Robins
Two Public Works employees picked up over 37,000 pounds of trash last year. In 2021, they ve already collected close to 9,000. Author: Sarah Hammond Updated: 8:30 PM EDT April 21, 2021
WARNER ROBINS, Ga. 928 bags and 37,120 pounds. That s how much litter Ricky Simmons and Johnny Chatfield picked up in Warner Robins in 2020.
Most days, you can find the two Public Works employees throwing away your plastic cups and fast food bags off the side of the road.
“We ve seen people pass us while we re picking it up and throw it out their window. That s after they pass us,” says Chatfield.
13 Investigates: How Warner Robins hired new city administrator
A week after Corbin was on the job, Warner Robins was still working out whether they could keep him as administrator and the contracted company he worked with. Author: Ashlyn Webb (WMAZ) Updated: 11:52 PM EDT April 20, 2021
WARNER ROBINS, Ga. After months of discussion, the city of Warner Robins hired city administrator David Corbin in March, but that decision raised some questions.
How did Mayor Randy Toms hire a man who never applied for the job? How could the new administrator, David Corbin, supervise the company he worked for and still works for while also drawing a salary from the city? Apparently, that was never answered in the hiring process.
They ve never happened : Warner Robins missed required budget hearings again
Since 2018, the City of Warner Robins has violated their own city ordinance by not holding four required budget hearings in each of their districts. Author: Sarah Hammond Updated: 7:57 PM EDT April 20, 2021
WARNER ROBINS, Ga. Since 2018, The City of Warner Robins has violated their own city ordinance by not holding four required budget hearings in each of their districts.
We first told you about this city ordinance in 2019, a year after the mayor and council put it in place.
The meetings for that year did not happen ahead of a $107 million budget vote.