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The motor vehicle death rate in Georgia has jumped by more than 30 percent since 2014. That’s the fifth highest jump in the nation, where fatalities comparatively rose only 14 percent. Those numbers come from a National Safety Council study released last month. The top three killers: speed, alcohol, and distraction. We invited Natalie Dale, spokeswoman for the Georgia Department of Transportation, to shed some light on this.

" Mr. Tuck And the 13 Heroes " is a new children's book about the first elementary school in Henry County to desegregate black and white students. In 1966, Fairview Elementary accepted thirteen students of color--an effort led by then principal, Brooks Tuck. The author of the book is John Harris, whose father was friends with Mr. Tuck. We spoke with Harris along with the illustrator, his daughter Sophie Harris.

More than 200 years ago, the British Army made its first push into the American South. The Georgian Continental Army lost to the British during the American Revolution at Brier Creek. Today, another battle is being waged over threats to the preservation of this historic 500-acre site. We talked about that history and what’s at stake with Daniel Battle of the Georgia American Revolution Preservation Alliance and Daphne Owens of the Brier Creek Project.

A new study says there are dangerous chemicals that we should avoid in many cosmetic products, particularly those marketed to black women . We learned more about the evolution of these products and the dangers they may pose. We checked in with Nneka Leiba of the non-profit Environmental Working Group , Atlanta hair stylist Latasha Gray , and self-proclaimed “black hair historian” A'Lelia Bundles , who is also the great-great-granddaughter of Madam C. J. Walker.

As the race to fill Tom Price’s 6th District Congressional seat heats up, Democrats hope all that activity translates to votes in the special election next month. Jon Ossoff, 30, is encouraging Democrats with his “Make Trump Furious” campaign, and raising a considerable amount of grassroots support. We learn more about Ossoff’s campaign and the race ahead with Atlanta Journal-Constitution reporter Greg Bluestein and University of Georgia professor Audrey Haynes. Unsolved murders can become cold

Unsolved murders can become cold cases, and leave more questions than answers. That’s where the Murder Accountability Project (MAP) comes into the picture. The group sifts through large amounts of homicide data to find crime patterns and predict possible outcomes. We talked with MAP founder Tom Hargrove and Western University criminology professor Mike Arntfield , whose students are studying murder data collected in the Atlanta metro area.

As the race to fill Tom Price’s 6th District Congressional seat heats up, Democrats hope all that activity translates to votes in the special election next month. Jon Ossoff , 30, is encouraging Democrats with his “Make Trump Furious” campaign, and raising a considerable amount of grassroots support. We learned more about Ossoff’s campaign and the race ahead with Atlanta Journal-Constitution reporter Greg Bluestein and University of Georgia professor Audrey Haynes. The Congressional Leadership

It’s nearly spring. That means plants will begin to peek out of the soil again, insects return in force, and you might start to see more critters wandering around. On this show, we focus on Georgia’s wildlife from the bushy tailed variety that climb our trees, to the ancient shelled kind that swim off our shores. Jamie Allen is a fiction writer living in Atlanta with an unusual hobby. In 2012, he assembled a team of experts (veterinarians, researchers, and staff from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife

We talked with Pulitzer Prize-nominated journalist Robert Coram , who is used to writing about other people’s lives. He’s written a number of biographies, but his new book focuses on his own life. It is called " Gully Dirt: On Exposing the Klan, Raising a Hog, and Escaping the South ."

Personal finance site WalletHub conducted a recent study rating the healthiest and unhealthiest cities in the country. According to the study, Augusta, Georgia is one of the unhealthiest cities in the nation. This is based on a number of factors, like the cost of a doctor visit, fruit and vegetable consumption, and fitness clubs per capita. We talk more about this with Rodney Lyn, the director of the Division of Health Management and Policy at Georgia State University. We also hear from Kelsey