A South Georgia girl is asking the community for help to provide scholarships for college-bound young women. In February, Madison Daughtry was named the Distinguished Young Woman of Leesburg for theMore >>
In February, Madison Daughtry was named the Distinguish Young Woman of Leesburg for the Class of 2014.More >>
Sunday, May 19 2013 6:16 PM EDT2013-05-19 22:16:35 GMT
The Tift County Sheriff's investigators are still searching for clues to find a missing pregnant woman. Her mother is making a plea to find her daughter who hasn't been seen in more than two months. DianeMore >>
The Tift County Sheriff's investigators are still searching for clues to find Crystal Hendrix. Her mother is making a plea to find her daughter who hasn't been seen in more than two months.More >>
Sunday, May 19 2013 10:19 AM EDT2013-05-19 14:19:32 GMT
A Lowndes County man is behind bars after deputies uncovered nearly half a million dollars of marijuana. Deputies responded to a complaint at Jose Sanchez's house on Highway 129 North Friday. AuthoritiesMore >>
A Lowndes County man is behind bars after deputies uncovered nearly half a million dollars of marijuana.
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Hundreds of people came out to Lake Blackshear Saturday to support law enforcement and the Crisp County Sheriff. It was the first annual pigs in the park event, put on by the Georgia Narcotics Officer'sMore >>
Hundreds of people came out to Lake Blackshear Saturday to support law enforcement and the Crisp County Sheriff.More >>
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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.
(Atlanta-AP) -- Georgia's new state flag will go up tomorrow, when Governor Perdue plans to sign a bill changing the banner. The new flag has three red-and-white stripes to the right, with the state coat of arms on a blue corner of the top left corner.
The flag echoes a national Confederate flag but does not include the famed Dixie cross, considered by many a racist symbol.
Georgia's new banner was approved by lawmakers last month after weeks of debate on reviving the Confederate battle cross, which dominated Georgia's flag until 2001, when then-Governor Roy Barnes pushed through a new banner to shrink the divisive emblem.
Perdue criticized the flag change and promised a vote on the flag during his campaign. The governor initially pushed for a statewide referendum on the pre-2001 Georgia flag but later backed off and supported the new design.
The three-stripe flag is not permanent. Voters will choose between the new flag and the 2001 flag in a March 2004 referendum. State officials say it will cost about $280,000 to change the flag because new ones must be sent to every school, courthouse and government building in the state.
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