Bryan Pirkle

The U.S. labor department released figures on Friday that revealed 255,000 jobs were created in July, massively out-performing expectations.

In light of Georgia's recent ranking as the state with 3rd-largest film/t.v. industry, the Afternoon News Wrap called on the Dep. Commissioner of Film, Music and Entertainment for the state, Lee Thomas, to discuss the rapid evolution of Georgia's film industry.

This week on the Afternoon News Wrap, WDUN's Alyson Shields sat down with a Gainesville woman who served in the U.S. Naval Reserves' Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service (WAVES) branch during World War II.

On the heels of being gifted with free meals for the entire sheriff's office staff, Hall County deputies got together over the weekend to throw a birthday party for a local 5-year-old boy whose family had recently fallen on hard times.

Lanier Technical College announced last week that it has been awarded the first-place prize in a social media competition sponsored by AT&T.

Deputies and other staff members associated with the Hall County Sheriff's Office were treated to a catered BBQ luncheon and dinner on Friday, all thanks to an anonymous donor looking to show appreciation for members of the county's law enforcement division.

Dep. Stephen Wilbanks with the Hall Co. Sheriff's Office joined the Afternoon News Wrap this week, sharing news about a luncheon and dinner that was provided for the sheriff's office by an anonymous donor who was looking to do a good deed for local law enforcement.

This week, the Afternoon News Wrap called on Gabriel Shippy, an official with the Hall Co. Democratic Party, Young Democrats of Hall Co. and Young Democrats of Ga., who shared his opinion on the DNC and the party's outlook heading toward the November elections.

With the November presidential elections just around the corner, the Afternoon News Wrap called on the University of North Georgia's Carl Cavalli, a professor of political science at the school's Dahlonega campus, to discuss the potential role that millennial voters will play in deciding the future of the country.

A recently-released study shows that only 26% of the country's millennials are currently marriage, a stark contrast to the 48% of baby boomers who were married at the same point in their lives.