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 >>
April 20, 2007
Waycross --- Officials will host a town hall meeting Friday night to talk with residents of Ware County about the wildfire that continues to threaten their community. The wildfire in ware county is bigger, Friday at noon. It is now 35,000 acres, and only 35 percent of it is contained.
Two years ago Joe Cornelius joined the Ware County Fire Department as a volunteer. He noticed the equipment for the volunteer fleet was old, many trucks dating back to the 70's or before. He was also a county commissioner so he tried to work to get better equipment but he says his ideas were not met with enthusiasm.
Now, this large fire has show the equipment is in need of an update and he hopes to get the ball rolling as soon as the fire's out. "Our resources have been stretched to the limit. Beyond the limit. Being a commissioner and a volunteer you understand what the fire fighters have to go through and you have a greater sense of what they have to work with," Cornelius said.
He hopes to soon get new trucks and equipment for the volunteer department and possibly work to get some more full time fire fighters.
This fire is so massive, it can be seen from space. A satellite shot taken by NASA shows that the smoke covers an area from Waycross all the way down to Daytona.
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