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Here are some online resources available to help you be prepared for an emergency: Southwest Georgia Public Health: This public resource targets communities in Southwest Georgia and includes suggestionsMore >>
Here are some online resources available to help you be prepared for an emergency.More >>
Tuesday, May 21 2013 12:51 PM EDT2013-05-21 16:51:04 GMT
Information from the Tift County Sheriff's Office- On Tuesday, May 7, 2013, the Mid-South Narcotics Task Force along with the Tift County Sheriff's Office served a search warrant on the residence of 36More >>
The Mid-South Narcotics Task Force and the Tift County Sheriff's Office arrested 36 year old Daniel Eubanks, and seized over $100K in cash.More >>
Tuesday, May 21 2013 12:38 PM EDT2013-05-21 16:38:05 GMT
Blake Samples, 34, is charged with the murder of Dusty Carroll in Colquitt County. Carroll died after being shot on April 28 at the residence of Samples' ex-wife. Carroll drove himself to the hospital,More >>
Blake Samples, 34, is charged with the murder of Dusty Carroll in Colquitt County.More >>
Tuesday, May 21 2013 12:34 PM EDT2013-05-21 16:34:44 GMT
The Albany Police Department's Criminal Investigative Bureau would like to solicit the public's assistance with locating Kizzie Lashay Coleman, 21. She is 5'7" and weighs 176 pounds. The Albany PoliceMore >>
The Albany Police Department's Criminal Investigative Bureau would like to solicit the public's assistance with locating Kizzie Lashay Coleman, 21. She is 5'7" and weighs 176 pounds.More >>
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ALBANY, GA (WALB) - Albany firefighters can no longer bill insurance companies whose clients cause car wrecks. In the past three years, the Albany Fire Department recouped $85,000 of costs they incurred responding to car wrecks.
They previously billed the insurance companies of the people responsible for the wrecks, but Senate Bill 348 is now law, and prohibits that. "The way we looked at it was, the insurance company is really the one that's benefiting. If we have all this equipment to make that rescue or make that scene less hazardous, then ultimately it saves the insurance company monies for cleanup, medical expenses, those kinds of things we thought it was a fair trade off with the insurance companies," said Fire Chief James Carswell. He went to the capitol and urged Senators to vote against the bill. Senator Meyer von Bremen of Albany, along with seven others voted against the bill.
The city will incur the costs of the equipment and cleanup of those wrecks. Hazardous spills will still be covered by insurance companies.
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