Wednesday, June 19 2013 11:06 AM EDT2013-06-19 15:06:02 GMT
Ravi Mikel Givens was arrested Tuesday and charged with possession of marijuana with intent to distribute. He is being held in the Dougherty County jail. Givens, who played ball at Westover and StetsonMore >>
Ravi Mikel Givens was arrested Tuesday and charged with possession of marijuana with intent to distribute.More >>
Wednesday, June 19 2013 10:16 AM EDT2013-06-19 14:16:37 GMT
Demetria Porter, charged with causing the death of Ja' Kavion Davis, appeared before a judge at the Dougherty County jail this morning to hear the charges against her. She is charged with cruelty to aMore >>
Demetria Porter, charged with causing the death of Ja' Kavion Davis, appeared before a judge at the Dougherty County jail this morning to hear the charges against her.More >>
Wednesday, June 19 2013 9:45 AM EDT2013-06-19 13:45:09 GMT
COLUMBUS, Ga. (AP) - About 100 soldiers are scheduled to return to Fort Benning in Georgia after a nine-month deployment to Afghanistan. The Columbus Ledger-Enquirer reports (http://bit.ly/17WfBX4) thatMore >>
About 100 soldiers are scheduled to return to Fort Benning in Georgia after a nine-month deployment to Afghanistan. The unit is made up of soldiers assigned at Fort Benning and medical personnel from throughout the Army.More >>
Wednesday, June 19 2013 8:49 AM EDT2013-06-19 12:49:18 GMT
By JIM KUHNHENN Associated Press BERLIN (AP) - Trying to tamp down concerns about government over-reach, President Barack Obama on Wednesday defended U.S. Internet and phone surveillance programs asMore >>
Trying to tamp down concerns about government over-reach, President Barack Obama on Wednesday defended U.S. Internet and phone surveillance programs as narrowly targeted efforts that have saved lives and thwarted at least 50 terror threats.More >>
Wednesday, June 19 2013 12:44 AM EDT2013-06-19 04:44:24 GMT
Visitors paddling through south Georgia enjoyed a street party in their honor tonight.They gathered in downtown Camilla.Several hundred canoeists and kayakers are taking part in Paddle Georgia 2013. It'sMore >>
Visitors paddling through south Georgia enjoyed a street party in their honor tonight.They gathered in downtown Camilla.More >>
June 14, 2004
(Toccoa-AP) -- Georgia's oldest World War One vet has died. Henry Roy Tucker, originally from Alapaha in Berrien County, died Saturday at 107.
He fought with the U. S. Army in Luxembourg, France and Germany during World War I. He was awarded France's highest honor -- the Legion of Honor -- in 1999 for work he had done nearly 81 years before.
Tucker stayed in Germany after the war ended to serve in the occupying army for an additional ten months before coming back to the United States. Tucker settled in Tifton when he returned to the United States and worked as the city's water meter reader. He was the city's only reader and credited all the walking he did on the job for his good health.
Family members also said Tucker was independent long after he turned 100, living by himself at home until last November, when he moved to an assisted living home in Toccoa.
On May ninth this year, his 107th birthday, the Georgia General Assembly acknowledged his achievements in a proclamation read before the assembly and presented it to him.
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