Braves Blast into NLDS

The Atlanta Braves beat Philadelphia 6-2 in Thursday’s winner-take-all Game 3 at Truist Park, advancing to the National League Division Series and a showdown with the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Stockbridge High School product Michael Harris II set the tone early for the Braves, launching a three-run homer in the first inning. Ozzie Albies and Matt Olson added home runs before a sold-out crowd.

Braves pitcher Ray Kerr made his first career postseason start and threw 3 1/3 scoreless innings. Ace starting pitcher Chris Sale recorded the final four outs in a surprise relief appearance.

Atlanta, the NL East champion under first-year manager Walt Weiss, opens the best-of-five NLDS against the Dodgers on Saturday in Los Angeles.

  Plant To Bring 140 Jobs

Mayville Engineering Company will open a metal fabrication plant in Thomson, bringing about 140 jobs and a $26 million investment to McDuffie County.

MEC, founded in 1945, will refurbish an existing building on Superior Way and phase in equipment over several years. The company serves customers in commercial vehicles, data centers, construction, and agriculture.

Hiring is expected to begin later this year for operations, skilled trades, and management roles.

Local leaders called the project proof of the county’s strengths in workforce and infrastructure.

Landmarks Gain Historic Status

Four Georgia properties have been added to the National Register of Historic Places, bringing the state to 2,205 listings, the Department of Community Affairs announced.

The F.W. Woolworth store in Savannah, where sit-ins helped make the city the first in Georgia to desegregate all public and private facilities, was listed July 17.

New Ford Baptist Church and Cemetery in Wilkes County and R.M. Moore Elementary School in Waleska were also added.

South-View Cemetery in Atlanta also joined the list. Chartered in 1886 and with about 80,000 graves, the cemetery was Georgia’s first privately owned black cemetery corporation after the Civil War.

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➤ Athens: Regents officially named former Southern Company CEO Thomas A. Fanning the University System of Georgia’s 15th chancellor, succeeding the retiring Sonny Perdue. (More)

➤ Jesup: City commissioners voted 4-2 to advance data center regulations rather than order a moratorium, following hours of public debate inside a packed recreation center. (More)

➤ Fort Stewart: Soldiers will soon move into renovated barracks designed around increased privacy, part of a major housing upgrade at the Army post. (More)

➤ Atlanta: The Beltline secured the final land rights needed to build its entire 22-mile trail loop, a milestone for the long-running project. (More)

➤ Statewide: A federal judge dismissed the Justice Department’s lawsuit seeking Georgia’s unredacted voter rolls, ruling the state may withhold voters’ full birth dates, driver’s license numbers, and partial Social Security numbers. The Justice Department is considering an appeal. (More)

➤ Skidaway Island: Church volunteers will team with a nonprofit this weekend to build 50 beds for Savannah-area children who lack their own. (More)

➤ Dunwoody: The municipal court will offer ticket amnesty in October and November, waiving contempt fees on past-due citations paid in full and clearing failure-to-appear warrants. (More)

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➤ The Nashville Predators will air mostly on FOX 5’s over-the-air subchannel, BUZZR (5.3), this season, bringing free NHL broadcasts to Atlanta area viewers. (More)

➤ No. 2 Georgia football hosts Vanderbilt at 12:45 p.m. Saturday at Sanford Stadium as the Bulldogs look to stay unbeaten ahead of a home date with Auburn later this month. (More)

➤ Valdosta State football, ranked No. 16 in Division II in the D2Football.com poll, returns from its bye week to host Erskine on Saturday. (More)

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➤ Business, farm, and forestry groups launched the Georgia Sustainable Aviation Fuel Coalition to boost domestic biofuel production and attract more facilities to the state. (More)

➤ Seventeen people in south Georgia pleaded guilty to claiming businesses they didn’t own and forging tax forms to obtain nearly $500,000 in Paycheck Protection Program loans. (More)

➤ The Children’s Museum in Pooler generates $8.7 million in annual regional economic impact, including drawing families to surrounding businesses, a Georgia Southern study found. (More)

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➤ The state’s trees are taking their time changing colors, with some yellows and browns emerging in the mountains. (More)

➤ A 70-year-old Augusta triathlete took on the Ironman 70.3 Augusta 18 months after having three organs removed. Cramps forced him out during the bike segment. He vows to try again. (More)

➤ Eight barbecue restaurants, from Jackson to Macon to near Savannah, drew recognition for their takes on Brunswick stew. (More)

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