Wednesday, June 19 2013 12:44 AM EDT2013-06-19 04:44:24 GMT
Visitors paddling through south Georgia enjoyed a street party in their honor tonight.They gathered in downtown Camilla.Several hundred canoeists and kayakers are taking part in Paddle Georgia 2013. It'sMore >>
Visitors paddling through south Georgia enjoyed a street party in their honor tonight.They gathered in downtown Camilla.More >>
Wednesday, June 19 2013 12:34 AM EDT2013-06-19 04:34:01 GMT
Some central Albany eyesores are coming down to make way for what leaders hope will be a thriving mixed-income community.The Albany Housing Authority is still working on a plan that could bring up to 30-millionMore >>
Some central Albany eyesores are coming down to make way for what leaders hope will be a thriving mixed-income community.More >>
Wednesday, June 19 2013 12:05 AM EDT2013-06-19 04:05:52 GMT
Five months after the mysterious murder of a Coffee County woman, people gathered Tuesday night in Douglas to remember her and to launch a community effort to make sure her case isn't forgotten. FriendsMore >>
People gather to bring attention to one of many unsolved murders of women in Coffee County.More >>
Tuesday, June 18 2013 7:25 PM EDT2013-06-18 23:25:17 GMT
A young man in Moultrie is turning to you for help after suffering from a rare flesh eating bacteria. Michael Hobgood suffered a cut on his thumb while shooting a gun at an area pond. The condition ofMore >>
A young man in Moultrie is turning to you for help after suffering from a rare flesh eating bacteria. Michael Hobgood suffered a cut on his thumb while shooting a gun at an area pond. More >>
Tuesday, June 18 2013 7:24 PM EDT2013-06-18 23:24:00 GMT
Sherwood Baptist Church is inviting all children to join its Backyard Bible club. The club runs from 10-noon until Friday.Church members assist the children in worship and bible study.The camp is heldMore >>
Sherwood Baptist Church is inviting all children to join its Backyard Bible club. The club runs from 10-noon until Friday.Church members assist the children in worship and bible study.The camp is heldMore >>
Seven Georgia creatures are listed in a petition asking for more protection for amphibians and reptiles.
The Center for Biological Diversity called on the US Fish and Wildlife Service to protect 53 species of amphibians and reptiles under the Endangered Species Act.
In Georgia, those critters include the Alligator Snapping Turtle, Pigeon Mountain Salamander, Green Salamander, Carolina Gopher Frog, the Southern Hog-nosed snake, Spotted turtle and the Florida pine snake.
Most of those are found along the coastal plain but the Alligator Snapping Turtle is found in our area.
Wildlife officials say the creatures are important to our ecosystem and losing them could cause major changes.
"A lot of times we may not know what those changes are until after those creatures are gone and then they are gone and we realized how important they really were," said John Denton, with the Georgia Department of Natural Resources.
Growing concerns about the international trade in freshwater turtles for food and for the pet trade led Georgia to pass its first regulations protecting all freshwater turtles earlier this year.
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