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Oconee second-grader now thriving after difficult early start in life
BOGART, Ga. - Locklyn McFarlin of Bogart is a healthy, happy 9-year-old. Her mother, Lindy McFarlin, says she loves music and loves to dance. "She loves anything that involves her sister, her baby sister," McFarlin says. Lindy and Kevin McFarlin say they learned Locklyn had down syndrome shortly after she...
A Dublin Republican is challenging incumbent District Attorney Craig Fraser. Here's why he's running
DUBLIN, Ga. — Folks in Laurens, Johnson, Treutlen, and Twiggs counties will decide if they want to keep their current District Attorney, Craig Fraser, or elect a new one. Harold McLendon from Dublin is challenging the incumbent. McLendon started his career as an assistant district attorney and has been...
Dublin crawfish fest canceled amid crisis in Louisiana. Here's what they're doing instead
DUBLIN, Ga. — Last month, Louisiana's governor declared a disaster because severe weather disrupted their crawfish harvest. So the city of Dublin canceled their annual crawfish festival, and they're gearing up for a new kind of celebration on Saturday called Spring Fest. Caitlan Stiles and Monica Waldrep from EthAerial...
West Laurens Middle School paraprofessional arrested for assault on a student
DUBLIN, Ga. — A paraprofessional at West Laurens was arrested on Thursday after allegedly assaulting a student, according to a press release from the Laurens County Sheriff's Office. The release says 45-year-old Lisa Hester of Dublin was arrested and charged with three counts of simple assault and one count...
Georgia Man Magnetic Fishing Possibly Finds Gun Used in 2015 Double-Murder of Couple Lured by Craigslist Ad
It all started on April 14, when the unidentified man pulled in his rope to find a .22-caliber rifle while combing the waters of Horse Creek, according to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI).
Town’s only barber retiring after 72 years cutting hair
GLENWOOD, Wis. (KARE) - A Wisconsin mainstay is hanging up his clippers. After cutting hair in Glenwood for more than seven decades, Norm Hagen announced his retirement. Many people said they will miss the 92-year-old. Maybe it was inevitable that he’d become part of Glenwood’s history. It’s been...
Distressing Find: Magnet Fisherman Cracks Cold Case Mysteries
In McRae-Helena, on Old Prison Camp Road, tucked away on the peaceful waters of Horse Creek, an apparently ordinary past time took a terrifying turn. Unintentionally fanning the flames of a cold case that had troubled authorities for years, a magnet fisherman discovered shards of a long-buried tragedy in the ripples and murmurs of the creek.
Warming trend and a few showers
ALBANY, Ga. (WALB) - Crystal clear with pleasantly warm 70s on Tuesday. Tonight another cool one as lows bottom out upper 40s low 50s. Look for another near perfect spring day filled with abundant sunshine and seasonably warm upper 70s low 80s on Wednesday. On Thursday more clouds and a...
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