Thursday, May 23 2013 11:45 PM EDT2013-05-24 03:45:38 GMT
A Cordele man is out of jail tonight, accused of stealing thousands of dollars worth of jewelry from his former employer. Crisp County Investigators say 25-year-old James Aultman stole more than $10,000More >>
A Cordele man is out of jail tonight, accused of stealing thousands of dollars worth of jewelry from his former employer.More >>
Thursday, May 23 2013 11:40 PM EDT2013-05-24 03:40:13 GMT
Albany Police are putting on a free gospel concert this weekend. It's free, but they will accept donations to fund the department's annual community picnic in June. Musical artists from around SouthMore >>
Albany Police are putting on a free gospel concert this weekend.More >>
Thursday, May 23 2013 11:35 PM EDT2013-05-24 03:35:30 GMT
A couple of South Georgia mayors attended a forum at the Albany Civil Rights Institute to enlighten the public on how city governments run, Thursday. Albany Mayor Dorothy Hubbard and Baconton Mayor AnnetteMore >>
A couple of South Georgia mayors attended a forum at the Albany Civil Rights Institute to enlighten the public on how city governments run, Thursday.More >>
Thursday, May 23 2013 11:28 PM EDT2013-05-24 03:28:35 GMT
Law enforcement agencies in Albany and Dougherty County are teaming up and strategically hitting the streets to make sure you stay safe this summer. Operation Takeback is a summer-long program to catchMore >>
Law enforcement agencies in Albany and Dougherty County are teaming up and strategically hitting the streets to make sure you stay safe this summer.More >>
Thursday, May 23 2013 7:43 PM EDT2013-05-23 23:43:51 GMT
Workers at the Marine Corps Logistics Base will be returning to work Friday. Many of the Marine base workers were sent home Thursday following a rupture to the bases main water line. One of the waterMore >>
Workers at the Marine Corps Logistics Base will be returning to work Friday. Many of the Marine base workers were sent home Thursday following a rupture to the bases main water line.More >>
May 27, 2003
(Americus-AP) -- An hourlong documentary will tell the story of Koinonia Farm, a place of religious retreat and communal living in Sumter County that became a point of controversy during the civil rights movement.
Koinonia Farm ushered in a new era when it accepted its first black members in the mid-1950s. It let blacks and whites eat together, use the same restrooms and get paid the same wages. But that led to conflict in the rural farming community of southwest Georgia.
In the 1950s and early 1960s, its members withstood firebombs, gunfire, Ku Klux Klan rallies and death threats. A Sumter County grand jury issued presentments accusing Koinonia of possible being a front for the Communist Party, which its founder denied.
Faith Fuller, producer of the documentary, says she hopes she can share the story with other people like her who had no idea what went on. She says it's a powerful story of a small group of people trying to live peacefully, living in a way that wasn't acceptable during their era.
The 36-year-old Fuller is an award-winning producer and daughter of Millard and Linda Fuller of Americus, who founded Habitat for Humanity International.
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