Moultrie abuse victim loses both feet : News : MySouthwestGA.com

74-year-old Christine Welch lost one leg just above the knee and one just below the knee. Police say the injuries are a result of alleged abuse from 34-year-old Tasha Chambers and 55-year-old Royce Dillard, Jr.

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Tift County Sheriff’s Investigators and Fugitive Task Force make two arrests

Yesterday at 6:03 PM Investigators with the Tift County Sheriff’s Office along with members of the US Marshall’s Southeast Regional Fugitive Task Force say they have arrested 36-year-old Charlie Frank Branner Junior of Vidalia along with 31-year-old Kristen Caprie Johnson of Reidsville.

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Back on the farm again

Yesterday at 4:22 PM Life on the farm for James Carter starts with two things, horses and hay, but something else sets him apart from other farmers.

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Worried parents seek out kids in tornado's wake

Yesterday at 12:50 PM Death toll was corrected and lowered to 24 people, including 7 children.

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Photographer was an eyewitness to horror and hope

Yesterday at 8:33 AM Associated Press photographer's first-person account of efforts to rescue chidlren and staff in a collapsed school.

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Massive tornado flattens Oklahoma City suburb

Monday, May 20, 2013 Updated with new photos (Caution, graphic images), new video added; death toll now at 51.

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Twitter town hall teaches public

Monday, May 20, 2013 Local leaders are looking to bring more solar power to the state of Georgia.

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7-year-old slays 1,000-pound creature

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.

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Meet the woman in charge of all Parris Island marines & recruits

Sunday, May 19, 2013 Mission MCLB: One-on-one with the Commanding Officer at Parris Island

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South Georgia Tech students receive Law Enforcement Scholarships

Friday, May 17, 2013 Two South Georgia Technical College students received law enforcement scholarships for their work at the South Georgia Technical College Law Enforcement Academy.

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Multi-car accident sends one to hospital

Friday, May 17, 2013 Traffic around the intersection of Pine and Jefferson Avenue may be backed up a little bit due to a multi-car accident Friday morning.

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High teacher salaries: The price of public school education