Wednesday, May 22 2013 11:26 PM EDT2013-05-23 03:26:38 GMT
If you're traveling this Memorial Day Weekend, you may notice you're paying about the same at the pump as last year. AAA says the average gas price in Georgia right now is about $3.46 a gallon. That'sMore >>
If you're traveling this Memorial Day Weekend, you may notice you're paying about the same at the pump as last year.More >>
Wednesday, May 22 2013 11:20 PM EDT2013-05-23 03:20:46 GMT
Looks like will have great weather for Memorial Day weekend and DNR Rangers are preparing for big crowds on Lake Blackshear. Rangers expect a large number of boaters all weekend. They say they will strictlyMore >>
Looks like will have great weather for Memorial Day weekend and DNR Rangers are preparing for big crowds on Lake Blackshear.More >>
Wednesday, May 22 2013 11:14 PM EDT2013-05-23 03:14:04 GMT
A Cordele woman and her father are leading an effort to send clothes and other supplies to tornado victims in Moore, Oklahoma. Not only are a lot of people already donating items, but people are chippingMore >>
A Cordele woman and her father are leading an effort to send clothes and other supplies to tornado victims in Moore, Oklahoma.More >>
Wednesday, May 22 2013 8:20 PM EDT2013-05-23 00:20:52 GMT
The Lee County Sheriff's Department is now working with the Albany Crime stoppers. The Lee County Sheriff's Department asked to join the Albany Crime-stoppers program. The Sheriff's Department believesMore >>
The Lee County Sheriff's Department is now working with the Albany Crime stoppers. The Lee County Sheriff's Department asked to join the Albany Crime-stoppers program. The Sheriff's Department believes it will be a helpful tool in closing some cases.
Wednesday, May 22 2013 8:08 PM EDT2013-05-23 00:08:36 GMT
How would you save your pets life if a tornado touched down here in South Georgia? Tuesday's tornado ripped through Oklahoma taking 24 lives, and today families are still searching for their belongingsMore >>
How would you save your pets life if a tornado touched down here in South Georgia? Tuesday's tornado ripped through Oklahoma taking 24 lives, and today families are still searching for their belongings and pets that were lost during the storm More >>
January 21, 2005
< STRONG> Lee County- Cars zoom by so fast at the Intersection of U.S. 19 and Century Road in Lee County, drivers probably don't even notice a road side memorial in remembrance of 14 year old Jake Wills. "It's just a bad intersection," explains Major David Carmichael of the Lee County Sheriff's Office.
Wills, an eighth grader at Lee County middle school was killed when he and a group of friends tried to cross the highway after leaving the Citgo station on U.S. 19. John House agrees there needs to be something to slow people down. "I've been here a long time and it's a tough intersection to get across."
Today, A new caution light placed in the middle of the dangerous intersection was dedicated in hopes that no one else would lose their life where Wills lost his.
House explained "It's a blind shot coming that way and if you're on the other side of Peachtree it's blind coming that way and if you're going straight across, it's real tough," It's tough for many people who've had accidents at this very spot. "We've had wrecks, some very bad ones," said CarMichael
For someone who could be killed in the blink of an eye, their life may be spared due to this new blinking light.
The driver that hit and killed Jake Wills was dropped of any charges.
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