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Bodies of the five Georgians killed in a Florida highway crash are being flown to Brazil for burial.
Published: Fri, 17 Feb 2012 13:19:38 GMT
A new statistic shows 70% of charter schools made AYP last year while 73% of regular schools made AYP.
Published: Fri, 17 Feb 2012 12:09:26 GMT
Wilkes County deputies are still looking for a man they say pretended to be a cop. The woman he pulled over is still pretty shaken up about it.
Published: Fri, 17 Feb 2012 12:08:09 GMT
Relatives of a South Carolina boy missing since Thanksgiving hold a candlelight prayer service. Amir was 18 months old when his grandmother reported him missing around Thanksgiving.
Published: Fri, 17 Feb 2012 02:34:46 GMT
The head of Georgia's Republican Party says she'll have to work hard to maintain momentum among voters after most of the GOP presidential field pulled out of a scheduled debate in Atlanta ahead of Super Tuesday.
Published: Fri, 17 Feb 2012 02:28:34 GMT
About 100 Fort Stewart soldiers will deploy overseas this fall in small teams tasked with advising and training local security forces in Afghanistan.
Published: Fri, 17 Feb 2012 02:21:13 GMT
Commissioners compiled suggested ways to improve their image. The top suggestions were: don't communicate through the media and possibly direct all questions to a new public information officer.
Published: Fri, 17 Feb 2012 00:36:28 GMT
A woman bought what she believed was a 14-karat gold ring only to find out it was silver.
Published: Fri, 17 Feb 2012 00:31:55 GMT
It's a popular trend for a lot of law enforcement agencies in our area and around the nation. Now Thomson police officers will have assault rifles on their side.
Published: Thu, 16 Feb 2012 23:27:11 GMT
The driver of the car that collided with the bus is said to have a serious injury.
Published: Fri, 17 Feb 2012 00:10:21 GMT