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 >>
October 13, 2005
Pelham-- An update on a story we brought you last night. State officials say a disabled south Georgia man should not have been evicted from his home.
John Thornton is a double amputee. He moved out of his apartment in Pelham Wednesday. He says his eviction notice stated the apartment is not handicapped-accessible, so it's not safe for him to live there.
A community service board called Georgia Pines handles Thornton's housing through Shelter Plus, a federal program that provides housing and other services to hard to reach people in need.
Georgia Pines Executive Director Bob Jones says the Department of Community Affairs issued them a citation after inspecting Thornton's unit. Jones says the citation meant they were not in complaince and the program risked losing funding for 19 other tenants in the apartments.
DCA officials say they did issue a citation because Thornton's apartment was not handicapped-accessible. But they expected Georgia Pines to fix Thornton's unit or find another apartment for him.
So where's Thornton now? He's gone from his own apartment, which he said suited him just fine, to a homeless shelter in Thomasville.
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