Tuesday, May 21 2013 5:08 PM EDT2013-05-21 21:08:35 GMT
Some folks in South Georgia frantically tried to get in touch with loved ones who live near the destruction in Oklahoma. Leesburg's Wendy Mathis has a brother who lives in Oklahoma City and works inMore >>
Some folks in South Georgia frantically tried to get in touch with loved ones who live near the destruction in Oklahoma. Leesburg's Wendy Mathis has a brother who lives in Oklahoma City and works in Bethany, just 10 miles north of Moore. Albany native Liz Barfield recently relocated to a city nearby Moore, Oklahoma.More >>
Tuesday, May 21 2013 5:04 PM EDT2013-05-21 21:04:27 GMT
The Lakeland Police Department is looking for a new police chief. Chief Jeff Harrison resigned Friday after nearly three years in the position. City officials say he's taking a higher paying job in NorthMore >>
The Lakeland Police Department is looking for a new police chief. More >>
Tuesday, May 21 2013 4:57 PM EDT2013-05-21 20:57:11 GMT
A Valdosta man born and raised in Moore, Oklahoma says his family and friends there are all okay. He grew up just two miles from the hardest hit area of town. Todd McCawley spent the first 17 years ofMore >>
A Valdosta man born and raised in Moore, Oklahoma says his family and friends there are all okay. He grew up just two miles from the hardest hit area of town.More >>
Tuesday, May 21 2013 4:28 PM EDT2013-05-21 20:28:18 GMT
One south Georgia superintendent says his school system is finally moving in the right direction financially. The Decatur County Board of Education unanimously voted to reduce the number of furlough daysMore >>
One south Georgia superintendent says his school system is finally moving in the right direction financially.More >>
Tuesday, May 21 2013 4:24 PM EDT2013-05-21 20:24:40 GMT
As Moore, Oklahoma begins what is sure be a long recovery period, folks here in Georgia are revisiting their own safety plans. Tornado and other emergency drills are common in our schools, but one southMore >>
As Moore, Oklahoma begins what is sure be a long recovery period, folks here in Georgia are revisiting their own safety plans. Tornado and other emergency drills are common in our schools, but one south Georgia school superintendent says the preparedness should not just remain in the classroom.More >>
Phoebe Putney's Board of directors met this morning in executive session, and voted to amend resolution 5 in the purchase agreement for Palmyra Park Hospital.
Phoebe Putney CEO Joel Wernick Joel Wernick said the hospital board was amending the document to allow the hospital to spend borrowed money for purposes other than the acquisition of Palmyra Park Hospital.
That deal has been put on hold but Federal Judge Louis Sands at the request of the FTC and the Georgia Attorney General.
"As part of our acquisition of Palmyra park we went through of one of the documents and made a fine tuning of that document," Wernick said referring to what went on during Friday morning's closed door session. "Where we will be borrowing money to make that acquisition, and that was what was acted by the board today."
Phoebe Putney will have some latitude when it comes to spending funds set aside for buying Palmyra for $195 million. "It just creates flexibility as opposed to being a sole purpose. It could be used for other things if it might be needed to do so during that interim period of time," Wernick said.
Wernick, repeating what he told area media outlets previously, wanted to drive home Phoebe's cooperation with the government, yet federal and state agencies sought to block the hospital merger.
"One of our concerns that's not been widely reported is that our hospital has been totally cooperative with the federal government at considerable expense which has added a lot of cost to this transaction. So any delay causes some form of cost."
Phoebe Putney CEO Joel Wernick Joel Wernick
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