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Sunday, May 19, 2013  On Saturday, 7-year-old Jason Sisk, from Fayetteville, Tennessee, made the biggest kill of his life in the Hog Hunters for Hope event in Douglas, Georgia.

Wednesday, April 10, 2013  In the Facebook story of the day you wanted to know how big of a problem wild hogs are in the area.

Thursday, February 14, 2013  Updated with video; In honor of Valentines Day, Petal Pushers flower shop teamed up with Barbershop Quartet the Shamrocks, to deliver flowers with the added bonus of a singing valentine.

Saturday, February 02, 2013  Updated with video; Chehaw Park celebrated, 'Groundhog Day' a bit differently, by letting their meerkats predict what the next 6-weeks will hold.

Friday, January 18, 2013  The State Board of Education appointed seven State Charter Schools Commission members on Thursday according to a press release issued by the Georgia Department of Education.

Monday, April 09, 2012  Updated with video; With lots of visitors in the park each year, Wild Adventures had to come up with a clever way to become eco-friendly.

Tuesday, March 27, 2012  Updated with video; It is very important for zoo keepers to keep an eye on the weather.

Thursday, February 16, 2012  APNewsBreak: Obama's budget axes USDA program that tests for deadly bacteria in fresh produce

Thursday, February 02, 2012  Asanti the Meerkat is giving the groundhog a break.

Thursday, February 02, 2012  Pennsylvania's Punxsutawney Phil predicts 6 more weeks of winter - but at this rate that's not bad

Wednesday, October 19, 2011  It's a first of its kind: An Albany blogger buys a local newspaper. What changes will a web savvy owner bring to the print media?

Thursday, July 21, 2011  New unemployment numbers released by the state labor department are worse than the previous ones, and above the national average. The unemployment rate, at 9.9 percent for June, is a tenth of a percent higher than the numbers released last month for May.

Thursday, February 03, 2011  It’s been a rough winter for much of the nation, including Southwest Georgia. So it’s no surprise that so many were elated that groundhogs like Punxsutawney Phil and General Beauregard Lee predicted early ends to all the winter weariness.

Wednesday, February 02, 2011  The world's most famous groundhog predicted an early spring Wednesday, but wasn't willing to go out on a limb to forecast whether the nearby Pittsburgh Steelers will win Sunday's Super Bowl.

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