Tuesday, May 21 2013 12:03 AM EDT2013-05-21 04:03:02 GMT
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The driver of a pickup truck and his passenger walk away from the mangled wreckage after a crash.More >>
Tuesday, May 21 2013 12:02 AM EDT2013-05-21 04:02:59 GMT
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Wrecked cars and yard debris slow traffic on Albany's bypass.More >>
Monday, May 20 2013 11:45 PM EDT2013-05-21 03:45:07 GMT
Moultrie Police tell us they have the accused triggerman in a shooting in custody after two weeks on the run. Police arrested 19-year-old Darren Huntley over the weekend in Waycross. 22-year-old DominiqueMore >>
Moultrie Police tell us they have the accused triggerman in a shooting in custody after two weeks on the run.More >>
Monday, May 20 2013 11:37 PM EDT2013-05-21 03:37:21 GMT
Students at a South Georgia University are working together to make it into the workforce. Nursing students at Georgia Southwestern asked business students to help them prepare for their job searches. HumanMore >>
Students at a South Georgia University are working together to make it into the workforce.More >>
Monday, May 20 2013 11:28 PM EDT2013-05-21 03:28:47 GMT
A lot of South Georgians are all too familiar with the damage a tornado can do. An EF-3 tornado roared through Americus six years ago. It killed two people and destroyed Sumter Regional Hospital andMore >>
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May 4, 2004
Colquitt County - A south Georgia third grader is caught carrying a loaded gun on a school bus.
The nine-year-old boy from J.M. Odom Elementary School in Colquitt County had a .22 caliber revolver in his backpack. The five inch long gun had three hollow point bullets and two spent casings.
Investigators believe the boy had the revolver all day at school. He showed it to another student on the bus ride home and that student told the bus driver.
Assistant Superintendent Mickey Key says, "I want to commend the student who alerted the driver to the situation. We've got to encourage all of our students to let us know when they see problems or danger out there, we want to know about it. I want to commend the driver for handling the situation in such a professional manner, she did a good job with it."
The gun belonged to a relative. The boy found it hidden on top of a tall dresser.
Investigators don't think the child planned to hurt anyone.
He's charged with possession of a firearm on school property and was suspended from school.
Colquitt County has programs to teach third through sixth graders firearm safety.
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