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Southwest Georgians get lucky streak in Georgia Lottery games
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Posted: 02.12.2013 at 3:08 PM
Updated: 02.14.2013 at 10:25 AM
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Americus resident Shaquita Mitchell won $3 million after playing a Georgia Lottery instant win game after stopping into the Danfair Express on Forsyth Street.
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Several Southwest Georgians have hit the jackpot in the past week from playing the Georgia Lottery.
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Back on the farm again
22 minutes ago
Updated with video; 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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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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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
Friday, May 17, 2013
Updated with video; Find out why some teachers are paid close to six figures
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