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Visitors paddling through south Georgia enjoyed a street party in their honor tonight.They gathered in downtown Camilla.Several hundred canoeists and kayakers are taking part in Paddle Georgia 2013. It'sMore >>
Visitors paddling through south Georgia enjoyed a street party in their honor tonight.They gathered in downtown Camilla.More >>
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Some central Albany eyesores are coming down to make way for what leaders hope will be a thriving mixed-income community.The Albany Housing Authority is still working on a plan that could bring up to 30-millionMore >>
Some central Albany eyesores are coming down to make way for what leaders hope will be a thriving mixed-income community.More >>
Wednesday, June 19 2013 12:05 AM EDT2013-06-19 04:05:52 GMT
Five months after the mysterious murder of a Coffee County woman, people gathered Tuesday night in Douglas to remember her and to launch a community effort to make sure her case isn't forgotten. FriendsMore >>
People gather to bring attention to one of many unsolved murders of women in Coffee County.More >>
Tuesday, June 18 2013 7:25 PM EDT2013-06-18 23:25:17 GMT
A young man in Moultrie is turning to you for help after suffering from a rare flesh eating bacteria. Michael Hobgood suffered a cut on his thumb while shooting a gun at an area pond. The condition ofMore >>
A young man in Moultrie is turning to you for help after suffering from a rare flesh eating bacteria. Michael Hobgood suffered a cut on his thumb while shooting a gun at an area pond. More >>
Tuesday, June 18 2013 7:24 PM EDT2013-06-18 23:24:00 GMT
Sherwood Baptist Church is inviting all children to join its Backyard Bible club. The club runs from 10-noon until Friday.Church members assist the children in worship and bible study.The camp is heldMore >>
Sherwood Baptist Church is inviting all children to join its Backyard Bible club. The club runs from 10-noon until Friday.Church members assist the children in worship and bible study.The camp is heldMore >>
THOMASVILLE, GA (WALB) - This is what's left of the abandoned warehouse at 502 West Jefferson Street. The Thomasville structure, vacant since 2003, caught fire around 4:30 Sunday afternoon.
The building used to house H&H Construction. The cause of the fire is undetermined. "The only possibility is that there is some evidence that possibly some vagrants could have been living in there or occupied some time in there," said Thomasville Fire Chief Bryan Croft.
Croft says they decided to take a defensive approach. "We made a risk versus gain assessment, made a call to go defensive on it. Excellent call, good safe call and did what we could to save what we could over at the structure."
The one story building was 13,840 square feet. Croft says it was not burned to the ground, but it's listed in the report as an 80 percent loss. "Because of the size of the building, you can't go inside so it really slows it down and then we actually had to get some heavy equipment here and tear down some of the building to actually get to it and completely extinguish it."
It took fire fighters about three hours to contain the flames. What remains of the building will be demolished.
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