Derrick Dooley is challenging several veteran Republican lawmakers in the quest to take on Georgia Senator John Ossoff in the upcoming midterms.  The former college and NFL coach, who is also the son of late UGA legend Vince Dooley, checked in with The Austin Rhodes Show Tuesday afternoon.

On this week's Thursday Sports Huddle AB welcomes the new United States Jr Amateur Golf Champion... and Lakeside Panther... Hamilton Coleman!  And later... he meets the man tasked with rebuilding the football team at Augusta Christian, new head coach Brandon Compton

THE END OF RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY TAX IN COLUMBIA COUNTY?!?!?!?!

That is the plan Commission Chairman Doug Duncan announced Thursday afternoon on The Austin Rhodes Show... If the tax revenue from Columbia County's new Data Center, currently under development next to the Amazon Center in the CC Industrial Park, comes in as expected...it could very well happen!  Here is the interview...HUGE NEWS!!!

Our old friend RNC Chairman Michael Whatley called in today to discuss the latest news with the Trump administration and the latest developments with "The Big Beautiful Bill", the Russia/Ukraine standoff, and Georgia's electoral future!

He is one of the biggest talents in stand up...and if you don't know that, then clearly you need to get out more!  Brad Williams will be at the Columbia County Performing Arts Center THURSDAY NIGHT!

Seats still available, but not for long!  Here is my conversation with Brad from Tuesday afternoon... the link for online tickets is in the first comment!

Intelligence defense and cyber-security policy professor from Augusta University Dr Craig Albert joined the show this week with a fascinating conversation about our nations current cyber challenges and recent headlines regarding our capabilities.  Check it out here:

Tori Branum has made a name for herself in social media as a 2nd Amendment advocate, and now the Dublin Ga resident wants to be your next 12th district Congressional representative.  She intends to run against incumbent Rick Allen, and appeared this week to make her case.

While Austin was out on vacation, The Richmond County Sheriff's Department took over the Austin Rhodes Show for a day!  District 5's Commissioner Don Clark hosted some of Richmond County's finest for 3 hours of a very interesting and informative look into the ongoing work of the Sheriff's department.

In hour 3, Sheriff Eugene Brantley joined the program and answered calls and questions from our text line.  

Thanks to the sheriff and all the sheriff's deputies who took time out to keep the community aware and informed of the new administrations' goals and thanks to Commissioner Don Clark for hosting the show!

While Austin was out on vacation, The Richmond County Sheriff's Department took over the Austin Rhodes Show for a day!  District 5's Commissioner Don Clark hosted some of Richmond County's finest for 3 hours of a very interesting and informative look into the ongoing work of the Sheriff's department.

In hour 2, DC spoke with Lieutenant Michelle Thomas of the Traffic Division about the H.E.A.T. team (Highway Enforcement of Aggressive Traffic) and Deputy Shawn Rhodes about the H.O.T. team (Homeless Outreach Team)

While Austin was out on vacation, The Richmond County Sheriff's Department took over the Austin Rhodes Show for a day!  District 5's Commissioner Don Clark hosted some of Richmond County's finest for 3 hours of a very interesting and informative look into the ongoing work of the Sheriff's department.

In hour 1, DC focused on the Violent Crimes Division and the Crimes Against Children and Trafficking Division.  Listen here to find out what all they are doing to protect our community.