Saturday, May 18 2013 9:47 PM EDT2013-05-19 01:47:12 GMT
Thomasville Police are looking for two men who attempted to rob a store, scaring customers and clerks. Police say they responded to the Dollar General on West Jackson Street around 9:15pm Friday. EmployeesMore >>
Thomasville Police are looking for two men who attempted to rob a store, scaring customers and clerks.
Saturday, May 18 2013 6:59 PM EDT2013-05-18 22:59:02 GMT
Dougherty County police are searching for a motorist who hit a pedestrian and then fled the scene. Authorities say it happened around 11pm Friday near the 3900 block of Radium Springs Road. PoliceMore >>
Dougherty County police are searching for a motorist who hit a pedestrian and then fled the scene. More >>
Saturday, May 18 2013 6:58 PM EDT2013-05-18 22:58:50 GMT
It's graduation time for high schools in Dougherty County and students are ready to embark on their next journey. 230 graduates received their high school diplomas from Westover Comprehensive High SchoolMore >>
230 graduates received their high school diplomas from Westover Comprehensive High School this Saturday morning.More >>
Saturday, May 18 2013 6:44 PM EDT2013-05-18 22:44:14 GMT
Investigators are trying to find some clues as to who took nearly two dozen cell phones from a Mitchell County School. Pictures of the Baconton Community Charter School file room show where students cellMore >>
Investigators are trying to find some clues as to who took nearly two dozen cell phones from a Mitchell County School.More >>
Saturday, May 18 2013 12:48 PM EDT2013-05-18 16:48:01 GMT
The family of an Albany teenager who died on Friday, isn't sure how they'll pay for her funeral. 16-year old Keyanna Lang died from a heart condition. Due to her illness the family couldn't keep lifeMore >>
The family of an Albany teenager who died on Friday, isn't sure how they'll pay for her funeral.More >>
January 6, 2003
Albany - Southwest Georgia's blood supply is dangerously low. The Red Cross is completely out of the universal blood type, O negative. An increase need for blood during the holidays and a decrease in donors has the Red Cross and hospitals worrying that blood won't be available if you need it.
Empty shelves shows just how desperately South Georgia needs blood and plasma donors. "The blood shortage is very severe. All the hospitals in our area are running low on all types of blood," said Red Cross Supervisor Dian Swafford.
Swafford makes sure the 13 hospitals in Southwest Georgia get the blood they need. "After we distribute the requested blood to hospitals, we have absolutely none left at the blood bank. We have no O-negative at all."
O-negative is the universal donor and is used for emergency surgeries. Palmyra and Phoebe Putney hospitals are low on blood, but so far they haven't had to cancel any surgeries."We need several hundred people to donate blood just to bring the hospitals to half stock," said Swafford. Both hospitals rely solely on the Red Cross for blood.
The Southwest Georgia Red Cross, on Dawson Road, is extending its hour during the emergency donor appeal. You can give between 11 to 8 pm on Monday through Wednesday. And, from 8 to 4 pm on Thursday and Friday.
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