Gibson News

This is Brianna, our baby girl, enjoying America's favorite sport--Baseball. Both of her brothers, Brian & Brett, had the chance to enjoy the action of the sport and so, she waits on the sidelines--glove and ball in hand--for her chance to play.

Saturday-Sunday, June 20-21: The Middle Georgia youth sports all-star and recreation team tournaments will be held at Freedom Park.

Charles Usry runs an auto parts store in Gibson, Ga., across the street from FirstCity Bank, which closed in March.

GIBSON, Ga. The banner above FirstCity Bank still reads "Celebrating 100 Years of Service," but the 690 residents of this rural community aren't in the mood - not since government regulators locked the door, emptied the vault and closed the only bank within nearly 20 miles.

Check out some of the damage done in Glascock County, near Gibsonthese pictures were sent to us by Ashley Ziegler.

With fewer than 3,000 residents, Glascock County is not big enough to have its own hospital, jail or Wal-Mart. But for more than 100 years, it had a bank - until late last Friday afternoon, when regulators arrived to shut it down.

GIBSON, Georgia : With fewer than 3,000 residents, Glascock County is not big enough to have its own hospital, jail or Wal-Mart. But for more than 100 years, it had one bank - until late last Friday afternoon, when regulators arrived to shut it down.

The FDIC spent most of Monday at FirstCity Bank, calming fears and making arrangements for customers of Glascock County's only bank.

A town hall meeting was held in Gibson, Ga., Sunday to discuss the FDICa s seizure of yet another Georgia bank.

Call after call after call, plaguing the Richmond County school system and investigators all wanting to know who's behind it all.

People are mad and concerned about what's going to happen to their money, especially since it will be days before they have any access to it.

A grim sign of times as another Georgia bank is shut down. This makes the 20th national bank to be closed in 2009 and the third in Georgia.

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They're five young guys, the core of an award-winning sketch comedy troupe, stars of a popular and critically acclaimed sketch comedy show, smart, ambitious and unafraid.

Built in 1862, the Varnell House served as a hospital for both Confederate and Union soldiers during the Civil War.

One person is in MCG after a tree came crashing through the roof of a mobile home in Glascock County.

A mother of three in Gibson, Ga., hopes some assistance at Christmas can improve a difficult year for her family.

It's that time of year when love shines brightly at McDuffie Regional Medical Center through the generosity of others.