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Some folks in South Georgia frantically tried to get in touch with loved ones who live near the destruction in Oklahoma. Leesburg's Wendy Mathis has a brother who lives in Oklahoma City and works in BethanyMore >>
Some folks in South Georgia frantically tried to get in touch with loved ones who live near the destruction in Oklahoma.More >>
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A concerned citizen is stepping up to help the children who have been devastated by the tornado in Oklahoma. Lee County resident Jyl Goodson says she wants to help bring joy back to the children in Moore,More >>
A concerned citizen is stepping up to help the children who have been devastated by the tornado in Oklahoma.More >>
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As kids get out of school, they'll spend more time at the pool. According to the Consumer Product Safety Commission 137 children younger than 15 drowned in a pool or spa from Memorial Day through LaborMore >>
As kids get out of school, they'll spend more time at the pool. According to the Consumer Product Safety Commission 137 children younger than 15 drowned in a pool or spa from Memorial Day through LaborMore >>
ALBANY, GA (WALB) - Albany's mayor wants to give homeowners a tax rebate but he hit a dead end.
This year the state did not fund the homestead relief grant. That means homeowners will have to pay an extra $300 in property taxes.
23-percent of that money goes to the city. Mayor Willie Adams asked the City Attorney to find a way to allow the city to absorb the cost but Nathan Davis found no legal basis to get it done.
"Unfortunately we have property taxes paid by individuals that are not homesteaded property and yet they still pay so we would be making a distinction between reimbursing the homesteaded property and not the un-homesteaded property so there just isn't a way to do it," said Davis.
Davis says the only way the city can help homeowners out is to roll back the millage rate next year.
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