Elko News

A 77-year-old man is dead after he was apparently accidentally shot today by a friend at his Houston County home near Warner Robins.

A 77-year-old man died Saturday while working on his roof, according to Capt. Robert Clark with the Houston County Sheriff's Office.

Photo credit Spc. Phillip Adam Turner, MND-B PAO Air Force Tech Sgt. Michael Lee Witherington Jr., an Elko, Ga., native, directs a fork lift as it loads a container before it is shipped to Araf Jan Air base in Kuwait, where its contents will be redistributed to various units throughout Iraq.

A drink of cool, clear, clean water on a hot afternoon is a wonderful thing. Having it available by simply turning the tap is even better, and for the third time in the past five years the Houston County Water Department has won best in the state awards for outstanding operation of its Feagin Mill Road and Henderson water systems.

Suzanne Miller, 41, of Elko, was injured Monday morning when her pickup truck collided with a Houston County public works backhoe being used to clean up storm debris on Elko Road in south Houston County, Georgia State Patrol trooper Justin Tabor said.

Severe storms blew down trees and power lines in Houston and Bleckley counties tonight, according to eyewitnesses.

A man who led police on a chase apparently escaped after a two-hour search in south Houston County.