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Convicted felon sentenced for plotting Thanksgiving attack on federal officials
(WGXA) — A convicted felon was sentenced to prison Thursday after taking part in online discussions to kidnap and attack federal officials on Thanksgiving in 2022. According to the U.S. Attorney's Office Middle District of Georgia, 50-year-old Joshua Colston of Mississippi and others discussed online a plan to kidnap or attack federal officials on Thanksgiving in 2022 on a platform called "NCM [National Constitutional Militia] Leadership."
Local veteran Overstreet presents 48-star American Flag to VFW Post 5745
Let me tell you a story about a young soldier that left his family and went off to war. Luther E. “Buck” Bagley was one of about 2,500 reinforcements to the expendable, top-secret 5307th Composite Unit Provisional, better known as Merrill’s Marauders, flown into Myitkyina, Burma to fight against the superior Japanese 18th Division.
Impact Day...the timing of weekend thunderstorms, plus high rip current risk from Ernesto lingers
Heat, humidity, and the threat of strong to severe thunderstorms return to the forecast this weekend. The good news for Southeast Georgia and the Lowcountry is that Saturday looks dry for any outdoor plans. A muggy feel returns Saturday afternoon along with highs in the low 90s. Sunday is an...
Raffensperger says voters ‘should be concerned’ over new, possibly illegal, Election Board rules
ATLANTA — In an exclusive interview with Channel 2 Action News, Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger blasted the actions of the Georgia State Election Board. Raffensperger alleges the Board is overstepping its legal authority and putting the efficiency of state elections at risk. “Now the State Election Board wants to take us back in time. I guess what they want is to see is elections take until 3 a.m. like in Detroit, Michigan. We don’t want to do that in Georgia. Not on my watch,” Raffensperger told Channel 2 investigative reporter Justin Gray at the state Capitol Friday. “Does the election board have the legal authority to make some of these decisions it’s making?” Gray asked.
Previous Chatham County Assistant DA to lead Georgia’s first statewide Organized Retail Crime Unit
ATLANTA, Ga. (WSAV)—Georgia’s first statewide Organized Retail Crime Unit will be led by a previous Assistant District Attorney as of Friday. Attorney General Chris Carr has announced the hire of former Cobb County Assistant District Attorney Timothy Ruffini to lead Georgia’s first statewide Organized Retail Crime Unit. The new hire is supposed to oversee a […]
New paratroopers earn jump wings on Airborne Day
FORT MOORE, Ga. (WRBL) — Newly-minted paratroopers graduate from Airborne School at Fort Moore nearly every other Friday. Today’s graduation, including more than 300 soldiers, was extra special. April 16 every year marks National Airborne Day, a holiday created by President George W. Bush in 2002 to recognize airborne soldiers across the armed forces. The […]
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