A South Georgia girl is asking the community for help to provide scholarships for college-bound young women. In February, Madison Daughtry was named the Distinguished Young Woman of Leesburg for theMore >>
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The Tift County Sheriff's investigators are still searching for clues to find a missing pregnant woman. Her mother is making a plea to find her daughter who hasn't been seen in more than two months. DianeMore >>
The Tift County Sheriff's investigators are still searching for clues to find Crystal Hendrix. Her mother is making a plea to find her daughter who hasn't been seen in more than two months.More >>
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A Lowndes County man is behind bars after deputies uncovered nearly half a million dollars of marijuana. Deputies responded to a complaint at Jose Sanchez's house on Highway 129 North Friday. AuthoritiesMore >>
A Lowndes County man is behind bars after deputies uncovered nearly half a million dollars of marijuana.
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Hundreds of people came out to Lake Blackshear Saturday to support law enforcement and the Crisp County Sheriff. It was the first annual pigs in the park event, put on by the Georgia Narcotics Officer'sMore >>
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Thomasville Police are looking for two men who attempted to rob a store, scaring customers and clerks. Police say they responded to the Dollar General on West Jackson Street around 9:15pm Friday. EmployeesMore >>
Thomasville Police are looking for two men who attempted to rob a store, scaring customers and clerks.
Albany -- Almost 80º in February. Doesn't feel much like winter does it? Think ahead a few months, when student athletes and band members are marching out in the hot summer heat.
Sometimes it's so hot, it causes health problems for the kids, and has even led to death. That's why Dougherty County School Board members are taking steps to protect students.
They've adopted a new heat policy to make sure kids stay hydrated and that they don't practice outside if the heat index goes about 105º.
"It seems that we've had more and more cases, not in Dougherty County, but around the state we've had athletes with various sports in the fall and even late spring where athletes have been passing out and having different types of health problems, so I think it is a good idea that we go back and reevaluate our heat index policy," said Cross Country Coach Harley Calhoun. "It's all about the safety of our children, we want to keep them safe while they're out there participating."
A meter will be used to measure the heat index everyday from mid May to mid October.
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