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As discrimination complaints soar, parents of disabled students wait for help
Sam is a bespectacled 6-year-old with a winning smile and a penchant for dinosaurs, as evidenced by the roaring Tyrannosaurus rex on the back of his favorite shirt. “He loves anything big, and powerful, and scary,” says his mother, Tabitha. Sam grins mischievously as he puts his hands together in a circle — the American Sign Language word for “ball.” He’s telling Tabitha he wants to start his day in the colorful ball pit in a corner of his playroom in their home in central Georgia.
Georgia county says slave descendants can’t use referendum to challenge rezoning of island community
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Zoning changes by a Georgia county that some residents say threaten one of the South’s last Gullah-Geechee communities of Black slave descendants can’t be challenged with a referendum, an attorney said Monday in a letter to the judge considering a petition by local voters.
Georgia Democrats file challenges to keep Kennedy and others off presidential ballot
ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia Democrats are challenging efforts to place Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and three other candidates on the state’s presidential ballots, part of a nationwide effort to block candidates who could siphon votes from incumbent President Joe Biden. While Democrats, Republicans and Libertarians have secure places...
Phoebe Worth Wins Prestigious Community Leadership Award
SYLVESTER, Ga. – The Georgia Hospital Association (GHA) honored Phoebe Worth Medical Center with its prestigious 2024 Community Leadership Award at the GHA Annual Summer Meeting last week. The award was established in 1997 to annually recognize a hospital that has made exemplary contributions to the health and wellbeing of the people of Georgia through leadership in community health improvement. Winners must show results-oriented successes with initiatives to improve community health and have developed innovative and collaborative approaches to meeting identified community needs.
Detectives chase white Dodge Charger through town, make arrest at Gaskin and Pine
A 32-year-old Douglas man led county drug officers on a short chase in Douglas that ended on the south end of town. A child was a passenger in the vehicle and suffered a cut on the leg during the chase. The child was transported to Coffee Regional Medical Center for treatment.
Investigation leads to search warrant and drug arrest
Crisp County Sheriff’s Office On July 15, 2024, the Crisp County Special Response Team (SRT) and Mid-South Narcotics Task Force (MSNTF) executed a search warrant at 707 14th Street South Cordele, Georgia, and 206 11th Street South, Suite A, Cordele, Georgia. Authorities discovered multiple clear plastic bags containing a white powdery substance, multiple pre-packaged bags […] The post Investigation leads to search warrant and drug arrest appeared first on Cordele Dispatch.
‘Plenty of N—ers Out This Evening’: Florida Politician Under Fire for Sending Disturbing Racist Texts Targeting Black People
A former Florida county commissioner is catching heat from the community he’s hoping will re-elect him after a set of disturbing racist messages he sent […] ‘Plenty of N—ers Out This Evening’: Florida Politician Under Fire for Sending Disturbing Racist Texts Targeting Black People
Afternoon storms return Wednesday as unsettled pattern ramps up
COLUMBUS, Ga. (WTVM) - Much needed rain stays in the forecast at times over at least the next week. It will be very warm and muggy, but not as hot as this pattern becomes more established. Partly cloudy on this Wednesday with scattered rain and storms most likely starting around...
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