News Desk (Page 101)

A strong cold front will pass through Georgia tomorrow; as it approaches, instability and wind shear will be sufficient to support the development of scattered to numerous thunderstorms, particularly in the afternoon and evening hours. Some storms may be severe. The primary threats will be damaging winds, frequent lightning, andContinue Reading

A corrections officer and a sergeant were stabbed during a fight around 1:00 a.m. Sunday involving an inmate at Hays State Prison, Trion. One of the officers was stabbed with a home made knife “shank” outside the dormitory. The other was stabbed while he came to help. Over the pastContinue Reading

Al Qaeda’s number 2 man in Yemen died from wounds sustained in a U.S. drone attack. Saeed al-Shihri, a Saudi national, who fought in Afghanistan and spent six years in the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay was wounded then fell into a coma. Officials say it is not clearContinue Reading

Former State Senator Chip Rogers will earn $150,000 a year for his new job as executive director of job creation at Ga. Public Broadcasting. The move to hire Rogers is controversial since the governor asked state agencies to cut $550 million from their budgets.Continue Reading

The Tennessee Aquarium is being sued for $1.5 million. William Lloyd Graham and Rebekah Condra said they were riding a waverunner when the River Gorge Explorer caused them to capsize. The accident happened in August when the boat approached them at a high speed causing them to capsize. They receivedContinue Reading

Cherokee County Sheriff Roger Garrison joined a number of sheriffs across the nation who are against President Barack Obama’s stricter gun control measures. Garrison said in a letter that his job is to enforce state laws and the president has no authority to order the county sheriff to do anything.Continue Reading

Two inmates at Hays State Prison near Trion have been charged with the murder of an inmate killed Friday. Nathaniel Reynolds, 30, was killed Friday outside in the prison’s courtyard. This is the third inmate killed in a month. Derrick Stubbs was found dead in protective custody on December 19thContinue Reading

ATLANTA — Georgia’s top-ranking legislative leaders have backed a plan by Gov. Nathan Deal to preserve some $450 million in federal Medicaid funding. Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle and House Speaker David Ralston effectively endorsed a plan Wednesday that would empower the state Board of Community Health to establish assessments onContinue Reading

ATLANTA — A spokesman for Gov. Nathan Deal says the governor is proposing a plan that would allow lawmakers to avoid an explicit vote on whether to extend an expiring hospital industry tax that helps finance Georgia’s health care system. Deal spokesman Brian Robinson says the governor’s floor leaders introducedContinue Reading