Alfa Insurance Agent Mike Sorrells of Monroe was recently honored with the 2022 Top Life Producer Award for Georgia during the company's annual awards ceremony. He also received the Distinguished Service Award, Gold Level.

Alfa Insurance Agent Doug Blevins of Loganville was recently honored with the 2022 Top Agency Award for Georgia during the company's annual awards ceremony.

Dr. Christian Ike, center, was recently inducted into membership of the Rotary Club of Social Circle. Dr. Ike was sponsored by club member Rebecca Dally, and is the owner/pharmacist at Social Circle Pharmacy and Medical Supply. Shown here are Dally, Ike and Club President Tim Hutcheson. Spec…

If you’re looking for your Taco Tuesday fix this week or any week, you have one more location in which to do it. Strange Taco at 127 N Lumpkin Street in Monroe is now fully open for business 

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From staff reports

Doug Blevins of Loganville recently achieved membership in the prestigious MDRT organization, a coveted career milestone that offers the opportunity to share innovative ideas and best practices with other leading financial professional members.

Synovus has named nine community leaders to its Walton County Advisory Board as it reestablishes a local business tradition.

Nucor Corp. purchased Monroe-based Elite Storage Solutions in a $75 million deal.

Whataburger confirmed it’s coming to the Atlanta area over the next two years, but the first list of restaurant sites doesn’t include Walton County.

Discount retailer Five Below Inc. slumped after announcing plans to triple its store count even as sales languish.

Gotham Greens, a pioneer in indoor farming, said it would double the size of its greenhouse capacity with new facilities in Monroe and elsewhere in the U.S.

Customers of Mavis Tire & Brakes may be eligible for part of a settlement of claims of unlawful and deceptive practices over vehicle repairs.

Oil rallied higher Tuesday after President Joe Biden announced the U.S. would ban imports of Russian energy, while the U.K. said it would phase out Russian products by the end of this year.

Rivian Automotive Inc. rolled back price increases on its debut electric vehicles for existing customers, marking an embarrassing about-face for the EV maker.

John Redding of Monroe was inducted this month into the National Association of Conservation Districts Hall of Distinction.

Alfa insurance agent Doug Blevins of Loganville was honored this month with the 2021 Top Agency Award and Top Property Producer Award for Georgia.

For six years, Walton EMC has made a significant impact on the students in its local service area by using unclaimed money in the School EmPOWERment Grant program.

The median sales price for a single-family home in Walton County during January was $374,700.

CONYERS, Ga. — Antares Group Inc. announced Tuesday that Tammy Daniel of Monroe has been named the firm’s first chief operating officer.

An industry operating as Morning Hornet LLC has taken ownership of the $42 billion data center project previously held by another undisclosed industry working as Baymare LLC.

Three new solar farms are online, generating clean energy to power the Facebook data center in Social Circle.

Georgia Farm Bureau members elected Russ Wilburn of Barrow County to the group’s board of directors.

Rep. Bruce Williamson received the Guardian of Small Business Award from the National Federation of Independent Business.

Two local businesses made the Bulldog 100, a list of the fastest-growing businesses owned or operated by University of Georgia alumni.

Meeting in Atlanta last week, the Georgia Economic Developers Association recognized top deals of the year and the state’s leading economic developers.

Facebook on Thursday announced it changed its name to Meta, part of a strategic shift to emphasize the development of its virtual world while its main social network business is in crisis.

According to a report in the technology publication The Verge, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is planning to announce a rebrand of the company next week

Sterling Seacrest Pritchard, one of the nation’s top 100 commercial insurance brokerages, has hired Donna Peters of Monroe as its director of marketing and communications.

Delta Air Lines said a fifth of its unvaccinated employees received a COVID-19 shot in the two weeks since the airline announced that they would be subject to a $200 monthly surcharge, providing support for companies that are hesitant to impose mandates.

Walnut Grove has intended to build a downtown on the Walnut Grove Parkway for about a decade now. That vision is edging closer to fruition with reenergized city leadership.

Whataburger is coming to metro Atlanta and may have its eyes on a location in Walton County.

A Georgia-based buyer has bought a shopping center on Athens Highway just west of Loganville.

Chris Clark came to Walton County on Thursday with bit of advice on how to essentially future-proof the local economy.

A developer has changed its plan for a travel center in northeast Newton County again to create more space for a convenience store and fast-food restaurants compared to one it showed commissioners in June.

All local branches of Pinnacle Bank and Liberty First Bank are expected to remain in place through their merger.

A Minnesota company has purchased Republic Fire Protection of Loganville.

Pinnacle Bank has an agreement to purchase Liberty First Bank of Monroe by the end of the year, creating one of the biggest local financial institutions.

Covington attorney Michael G. Geoffroy has been reelected to the State Bar of Georgia board of governors.

A plan for a convenience store and fast-food restaurants off I-20 just south of Social Circle will be delayed for at least two months after developers said they had problems with conditions and area zoning requirements.

Customer-owners of Walton EMC will get to stay in their cars as they take part in the annual meeting of the 10-county electric cooperative.

ATLANTA — The diminishing number of Georgians with landline telephones in their homes are about to see a savings on their bills thanks to the sunsetting of a decade-old program.

One of the nation’s leading drug store chains is expanding an initiative aimed at the opioid epidemic in Georgia.

A downsized version of a previously controversial plan for a travel center near Social Circle will be considered by Newton County commissioners in June after the planning board unanimously voted to recommend it in May.

Novolex has entered a definitive agreement to buy Flexo Converters USA Inc., which has a facility in the Piedmont Regional Industrial Park.

Atlanta-based Piedmont Healthcare has signed an agreement to buy four Georgia hospitals including Eastside Medical Center in Snellville.

Gov. Brian Kemp defended The Home Depot Inc. Tuesday after a group of Black Georgia faith leaders called for a nationwide boycott of the company over its position on the state’s controversial election law.