Special Weather Statement issued June 08 at 9:29PM EDT by NWS: ..A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of northern Oconee, Barrow, Clarke and southeastern Jackson Counties through 1000 PM EDT... At 928 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was over Russell, or near Winder at 40 mph.

Rt. 310 from Bramlett is running 10-15 minutes behind this morning.

Rt. 453 from WES is running 17 minutes behind this morning.

🚨 11.8.22 Election Results 🚨 A special thank you to the volunteers and staff at BARROW COUNTY ELECTIONS for the time and effort put in to running a smooth, seamless election. For a PDF version of the results, click the link below. barrowga.org/uploaded/11.8.…

👏 Teacher of the Week! 👏 Congratulations to Robert Daggett from the Alternative Education Program - chosen as the WJBB Teacher of the Week! Thank you to our Partner in Communication FM 107.1 WJBB Radio for recognizing our #BarrowBOLD team this way! FM 107.1 WJBB

PSA: If you are traveling westbound on Hwy 316 between Hwy 53 and 11….don’t!! There is an over turned tractor trailer at Hwy 11. Wrecker team is there working on getting it removed. Traffic is backed up on 316!!

PSA- Train hit a car in downtown Commerce around 6am and it’s still stopped on the tracks. You can cross over at Shirley’s and Dairy Queen, but everything in between is blocked.

It has been reported that OJ Simpson has passed at the age of 76 after battling cancer.

Wishing Christopher Rude a very happy birthday!

Sad to hear that The Say Hey Kid has passed. Willie Mays dead at the age of 93 😢

Donald Trump sustained what appears to be minor injuries as shots reportedly fired at a rally in Pennsylvania.

Governor Brian P. Kemp Thank you Mr. Governor for all you have done and continue to do during this difficult time.

A community in morning! Sheriff Jud Smith joins the Rude Awakening at 8am.