Scott Slade's Georgia

Scott Slade's Georgia 05-21-26

How Memorial Day can be very personal for Georgia families. Scott speaks with Lisa Jenkins, the Department of Georgia President of American Gold Star Mothers, the service organization that supports families who have lost loved ones while serving our nation.

5-7-26 Scott Slade's Georgia

Speaking with Kim Zane with the City of Alpharetta and Smokestack BBQ owner "Dave" about the 34th annual Taste of Alpharetta, Thursday May 14, 5-10 PM in downtown Alpharetta. Over 70 restaurants involved will make it the biggest ever. Admission is free but "taste bucks" will be required to sample and sip. Details at www.tasteofalpharetta.com.

4-30-26 Scott Slade's Georgia

This week, Scott pays tribute to Congressman David Scott's decades of public service with a story you may not have heard before now.

4-23-26 Scott Slade's Georgia

Speaking with Pamela Lyle with the James Stewart Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, and their effort to reunite a Purple Heart medal with the family of Atlanta native Raymond Leroy Mauldin. He was killed in action February 2, 1944, during the Battle of Anzio in Italy at the age of 19. The medal had been missing for four decades before it was discovered in a drawer as an estate was being settled. Private Mauldin's nephew, Gary Mauldin, had kept copious notes about the family history over the years, and those notes along with some intense digging by Pamela and her colleagues led to the opportunity to give the medal back to its rightful heirs in a private ceremony on May 2nd in Franklin, Georgia.

4-16-26 Scott Slade's Georgia

Georgia lawmakers approved a measure (HB 1193) that would put a literacy coach in every elementary school in the state more than thirteen-hundred of them. We speak with Dr. Lindee Morgan, the executive director of the Deal Center for Early Language and Literacy, to get a read on how those coaches will be trained and what they will do for Georgia children and the teachers who teach them. There is a big payoff at stake: children are expected to begin reading to learn after the third grade, and if they don't learn to read before then, they can be at a disadvantage that can stretch through a lifetime.