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5 hrs ago | WALB-TV Albany

Clinch Commission Chair race heats up

The County Commission Chairman race is a tight one in Clinch county. 16 year veteran chairman Wink Strickland came out on top in the primary election.

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Related Topix: Clinch County, GA, Ware County, GA, Homerville, GA

Mon Jul 21, 2008

Baxley News-Banner

Jerrell Loran Byrd

Jerrell Loran Byrd, 67, of Waycross, died Sunday evening at his residence after a short illness.

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Related Topix: Pierce County, GA, Baxley, GA

Thu Jul 17, 2008

SavannahNow

Guest column: Are you a great Georgian?

This week millions of Georgians went to the polls to exercise their constitutional right to vote for the candidate of their choice.

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Related Topix: Savannah, GA, Savannah Metro, Cordele, GA, Tifton, GA

Mon Jul 14, 2008

The Florida Times Union

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' A longshoreman working for SSA Cooper was killed Tuesday while helping unload a ship at the Georgia Ports Authority docks.

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Sat Jul 12, 2008

Atlanta Journal-Constitution

News in Brief: Atlanta: Public can comment on school textbooks

Parents, teachers and other community members have until July 18 to give their opinions on textbooks and other materials Georgia public schools will use to to teach high school math and elementary and middle ...

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Related Topix: Macon, GA, Commerce, GA, Avondale Estates, GA, Georgia, Atlanta Metro

Thu Jul 10, 2008

Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Governor's race begins --- for 2010

Gov. Casey Cagle talked education policy one morning last month with about 30 public school leaders.

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Related Topix: Georgia, Georgia Government

Tue Jul 08, 2008

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Books: 'Claim of Privilege'

Barry Siegel. 384 pages. Harper. $25.95. Sixty years ago, a B-29 bomber on a secret mission fell from the sky in Waycross, Ga.

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Thu Jul 03, 2008

Kitsap Sun

Darrell Anthony Monroe, 53

Deacon Darrell A. Monroe went home to be with the Lord on June 29, 2008, in Bremerton.

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Related Topix: Columbus, GA

Tue Jul 01, 2008

Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Georgia's coolest college mascots

I guess I just didn't realize how big a deal Uga, the bulldog, was. I've read "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil!" I attended a Big Ten university! I've lived here for a few months now! I should have ...

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Related Topix: Georgia, Americus, GA

Sun Jun 29, 2008

WALB-TV Albany

Program to help South GA quit smoking

Valdosta will host a pilot program to stamp out smoking around the state. It's called the Nicotine Replacement Therapy program.

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Related Topix: Valdosta, GA, Smoking, Medicine, Health, Nicotine, NicoDerm, Nicotine (generic), Medication, Lowndes County, GA

Thu Jun 26, 2008

WJXT

2 Children Reach Plea Deals For Plot To Harm Teacher

Two of the three Waycross third-grade students charged in a plot to harm their teacher accepted plea deals on Tuesday.

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Related Topix: Ware County, GA

Tue Jun 24, 2008

Palm Beach Post

One man's journey results in his family's conversion to Judaism

Pablo Martinez's tendency to question authority landed him at hard labor in the sugar cane fields of Fidel Castro's Cuba when he was a teenager during the 1960s.

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Related Topix: Fidel Castro, Family, Kids, Religion, Judaism, Wedding

Sun Jun 22, 2008

Tifton Gazette

Vandalism, assault reported

The Tifton Police Department and the Tift County Sheriff's Office are investigating recent reports of a rape, two vandalisms and an assault.

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Related Topix: Tift County, GA, Tifton, GA

Fri Jun 20, 2008

SavannahNow

Banks cut loans to some colleges

The nationwide credit crunch triggered by the subprime mortgage crisis might now be hitting Georgia colleges, as banks have begun in recent months to stop offering loans to students at some schools.

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Related Topix: Home, Mortgage

Thu Jun 19, 2008

BusinessWeek

To Save Money at the Gas Pump, Pay Cash

Starting in July, motorists who drive into many of the 180 Flash Foods service stations in Georgia and Florida might be caught off guard.

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Mon Jun 16, 2008

WDUN-AM Gainesville

New Director of Hall Co. Parks & Leisure Services named

Hall County Board of Commissioners approved the appointment of Greg Walker as Director of Parks and Leisure Services.

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Related Topix: Jesup, GA

Wed Jun 11, 2008

Columbus Ledger-Enquirer

Man, it's hot and I'm bothered

We are hostages in our own homes, held prisoners by Big Oil and big prices at the pump.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Al Gore, Columbus, GA, Folkston, GA

Sun Jun 08, 2008

Florida Times-Union

Waycross police release man in shooting after victim wakes from coma and names another suspect

By TERESA STEPZINSKI The Times-Union A Waycross man has been freed after a shooting victim awoke from a coma to tell police that another man had attacked her.

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Related Topix: Ware County, GA, Blackshear, GA

Fri Jun 06, 2008

Thomasville Times Enterprise

Thomasville Diversion Center closes; residents transferred

Thomasville Diversion Center is among six statewide to close because of a lack of state funding.

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Related Topix: Thomasville, GA, Atlanta, GA, Georgia

Tue Jun 03, 2008

Northeast Suburban Life

Library, Waycross team up to offer video summer

Lights ... Camera ... Action! During ReadQuest, teens ages 12-18 are invited to take the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County's TeenTube challenge to create their own "braincast" - a video or an ...

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Waycross, Georgia is located in Ware County. Zip codes in Waycross, GA include 31501, 31502, and 31503.

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