Tuesday, May 21 2013 12:03 AM EDT2013-05-21 04:03:02 GMT
Paramedics tell us they're amazed no one was seriously hurt in a rush hour crash just outside Albany Monday evening. The driver of a pickup truck lost control on Philema Road just before 5:00. The truckMore >>
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
An unusual wreck on Albany's bypass Monday night left the highway littered with yard debris. About 9:30, a car collided with a trailer that was hauling tree limbs on the Liberty Expressway between theMore >>
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 >>
A lot of South Georgians are all too familiar with the damage a tornado can do.More >>
Albany-- When Rick Warren wrote the popular The Purpose Driven Life, he could not have known that the book would be thrust into the national spotlight because of a killing spree.
But while Ashley Smith was being held hostage by Brian Nichols, that's what she read to him. The Purpose Driven Life, a non-fiction Christian book, has been on the New York Time's best seller list for 112 weeks.
And because of all the attention this criminal case has garnered for the book, sales are up. In fact, it was the first book sold Tuesday morning at Lifeway Christian Store in Albany. The Purpose Driven Life, written by Rick Warren is the fastest selling hardcover non-fiction book in history.
The message of the book is that God has created every person for a specific purpose. "It just shows that if you live your life, with a purpose driven life, that God has a plan and it can be used in any situation and that's what happened with this young lady up in Atlanta," said Lifeway Manager Mike Bertram.
The Purpose Driven Life has been the number one seller at Lifeway bookstores for three months. After Ashley Smith read some of it to the accused quadruple killer, Brian Nichols told her she was an angel sent from God to him.
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