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Twiggs County school board, District 2 Name: Johnnie Moore Age: 87 Political party: Democrat Political experience: Served on board since 1984 Occupation: Retired RAFB worker Name: Teresa Dupree Blackshear Age: ...

“Upon our arrival they stayed there for about 5 or 10 minutes and took off running and we shut down the westbound side of the interstate”

Last Update: 3/24/2008 12:52:25 AM Author: Sheeka Strickland Twiggs County Sheriff's deputies had to close down parts of Interstate 16 Sunday afternoon and they weren't horsing around. via 13WMAZ-TV

There would still be two more evening rides that Friday evening. They were designed as shorter 45-minute mini-excursions toward Dudley and back. via Courier Herald

There was one top winner in the latest Win for Life game, Virginia Lottery officials said Thursday. via WVEC-TV Norfolk

“Something will be done about it. I don't want to hide anything.”

The Twiggs County school board is investigating whether a board member violated state or ethics rules by taking old classroom furniture from a closed elementary school. via The Macon Telegraph

“They don't want to be the reason some day”

An honorable man I would like to respond to Ken Brown's "Peculiar ways" by saying that I have known Mr. via The Macon Telegraph

“But I don't know how it could (change) because it's all on the machine”

With few new choices in their municipal elections, voters in Jeffersonville and Danville gave incumbents the nod for another four years, with two exceptions. via The Macon Telegraph

A contract mail carrier in central Georgia told authorities he was robbed, but a neighbor's surveillance video told a different story. via WSBTV

An incident initially reported as a robbery at the Danville Post Office was later found to have allegedly been staged by two brothers who are highway contract drivers, private contractors, working for the ... via Courier Herald

“We would like information, and we do provide rewards for information”

The U.S. Postal Inspection Service is investigating a Monday robbery at the Danville Post Office. via The Macon Telegraph

“We were definitely country before country was cool”

Mike Sheppard was no different from anyone who has ever played in a country band. He dreamed of making it big in Nashville, Tenn.

He dreamed of playing his drums on stage at the Grand Ole Opry, keeping rhythm to songs about good-hearted women, old dogs, pickup trucks and crying in cousin Earl's root beer.

He planned to ride his brown Oldsmobile Cutlass and Slingerland Blue Swirl drums all the way to the Music City.

'My ambition was to make it to Nashville as a musician by the time I was 21,' he said. Read more