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Tuesday Oct 20 | WALB-TV Albany

Cook Middle collects donations for soldiers

Students, faculty, and staff are collecting donations through the middle of November.

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Related Topix: US Military, Moody Air Force Base, US Air Force

Tue Sep 29, 2009

WALB-TV Albany

Adel man's death may be accidental

The Cook County Sheriff's Office says it's possible Parrish was getting a rifle out of his truck on Hutchinson Parrish Road when the rifle went off.

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Related Topix: Adel, GA

Fri Sep 25, 2009

WALB-TV Albany

Health care town hall meeting held Monday

This one hosted by Congressman Jack Kingston. The town hall meeting is at Mathis City Auditorium at 9:30 a.m. A previous town hall on health care yielded an overflow crowd at Valdosta State University.

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Related Topix: University of Georgia Valdosta State, Adel, GA

Wed Sep 23, 2009

Valdosta Daily Times

Two in Cook Co. face drug charges

Two Cook County residents have been taken into custody and charged with drug-related crimes.

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Related Topix: Drugs, Adel, GA, Sparks, GA

Thu Sep 17, 2009

WALB-TV Albany

Inmate escapes from Cook County jail

Sheriff officials say 30-year-old Robert Keith McCormick was cleaning the floors while on work detail when he slipped through a side door around midnight.

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Related Topix: Adel, GA, Sparks, GA

Mon Sep 14, 2009

WALB-TV Albany

Cook County bridge still in need of repair

One Bridge has been closed since the floods in April, and officials don't know when it will be repaired nor who will pay for it.

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Related Topix: Berrien County, GA, Lenox, GA

Tue Sep 08, 2009

WCTV Tallahassee

"Pedaling Pastor" Takes 700 Mile Charity Ride

Cook County, Georgia is home to Pastor Chris Newbern of 1st Assembly of God in Adel.

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Sun Sep 06, 2009

WALB-TV Albany

Pastor pedals 700 miles for local charities

His goal is not only to raise money but to shine light on other issues as well. Chris Newbern works as a pastor in the small city of Adel Georgia, but he is attracting a large group of fans as the "pedaling pastor." A pastor with a bike and a life changing mission.

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Related Topix: Albany Metro, Albany, GA, Adel, GA

Sat Aug 15, 2009

WALB-TV Albany

Wrongfully jailed man gets life together

Many people say he shouldn't have spent a day in jail. Frank Hatley was ordered to jail for not paying child support, even though he's not the father of the child in question.

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Wed Aug 12, 2009

CNN

Childless man released from child support debt

A Georgia man who spent a year in jail for nonpayment of child support -- despite the fact he has no children -- has been cleared of the debt, his attorney said Tuesday.

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Tue Aug 11, 2009

CNN

Childless man released from child support debt

A Georgia man who spent a year in jail for nonpayment of child support -- despite the fact he has no children -- has been cleared of the debt, his attorney said Tuesday.

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Wed Aug 05, 2009

WCTV Tallahassee

Severe Thunderstorm Warning- Parts of Berrien, Colquitt, Cook & Lowndes Co. until

THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SPARKS...OR NEAR ADEL...AND MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... SPARKS BY 650 PM EDT... ADEL BY 700 PM EDT... 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NASHVILLE BY 715 PM EDT... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RELAY REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE AT 9 4 2 8 8 3 3.

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Related Topix: Georgia, Nashville, GA, Adel, GA, Weather, Sparks, GA

Mon Aug 03, 2009

The Observer

Raffle raises more than $11K for park

Janice Musselwhite, daughter of camper winner Mary Parrish of Mystic, Ga., stands with Friends of Reed Bingham President Dwight Griner and Cook County Sheriff Johnny Daughtrey, back.

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Related Topix: Lenox, GA

Thu Jul 30, 2009

Valdosta Daily Times

Two arrested by drug task force

In the past month, the South Georgia Drug Task Force has arrested two Cook County men on drug charges.

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Related Topix: Drugs, Sparks, GA, Lenox, GA

Fri Jul 24, 2009

Atlanta Journal-Constitution

'Deadbeat dad' may be free of support

When Frank Hatley walked out of a South Georgia jail last week, the state said he still owed more than $10,000 in past-due child support for a son who wasn't his.

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Related Topix: Adel, GA, Atlanta Metro

Tue Jul 14, 2009

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Court knew man jailed for a year for non-support was not child's father

Frank Hatley has languished in a South Georgia jail for more than a year. The reason? He failed to reimburse the state for all the public assistance his "son" received over the past two decades.

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Related Topix: Adel, GA, Atlanta Metro

Tue Jul 07, 2009

Moultrie Observer

Great day at the park

Celebrate America! 2009 at Reed Bingham State Park was a huge success and, thanks to the various participating agencies, the smoothest Independence Day celebration that we've ever had.

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Related Topix: Colquitt County, GA, Ellenton, GA, World News, Asia, Georgia, Moultrie, GA, Opinion

Thu Jul 02, 2009

WALB-TV Albany

Shots fired during Cook Co. drug raid

They suspected the man inside, Roger Dale Collins, would have a gun, and he did.

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Related Topix: Adel, GA, Drugs

Wed Jul 01, 2009

WALB-TV Albany

Governor bestows 'Work Ready' designation on Cook County

Cook County is now one of them, after nearly 300 residents earned their Work Ready Certifications, and the county's high school graduation rate increased by 4%. Work Ready certificates benefit both the employee and the employer.

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Related Topix: Valdosta, GA

Tue Jun 30, 2009

WALB-TV Albany

Cook County lawsuit can proceed

Summary from the Supreme Court of Georgia MCDOWELL V. SMITH In a 6-to-1 vote, the state Supreme Court has upheld a decision by the Georgia Court of Appeals and ruled against a Cook County school receptionist, allowing a lawsuit against her to go forward.

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Related Topix: Adel, GA, Education Etc.

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