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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 >>
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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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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.
DECATUR COUNTY, GA (WALB) –The Corrections Corporation of America named Decatur County as the site for a new prison.
Plans include a $100 million-dollar facility on 110 acres of land located in the Decatur County Industrial Park off Highway 27 North.
Decatur County competed against thirty-two other applicants, including fellow finalist Lowndes County, to win the deal. Officials say the prison could bring as many as 500 much-needed jobs to the area.
But not everyone is happy with the idea of a prison in their backyard.
"Job-wise, it might be for somebody," says Phylecia Wright who lives near the proposed prison site. "But I really don't think just building a prison would create a better job for someone because people are going to be too worried about a prison so close in Decatur County."
Officials say the facility will be completely state-of-the-art.
They also add the prison, like other state facilities, will be highly secure.
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