Stories by Terry Dickson

Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Ex-serviceman takes car from Ga. dealer at gunpoint, drives off, kills self

A man who took a Mustang from a south Georgia dealership showroom at gunpoint is believed to have fatally shot himself after the car ran out of gas in Folkston
By Terry Dickson

Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2012

GBI probes Iraq vet killed in Ga. SWAT shootout

BAXLEY, Ga. — The Georgia Bureau of Investigation is probing the weekend shooting death of an Iraq war veteran in an armed standoff in south Georgia's Appling County.
By Terry Dickson

Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2011

Ga. man wants to save one-room jailhouse

WAYCROSS, Ga. -- Some hope to save the jail that was around in 1889.
By Terry Dickson

Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2011

Ga. mystery donor feeds hungry with $500 in McDonald's gift cards

WAYCROSS, Ga. -- An anonymous man bought $500 in gift cards at a Waycross McDonald's Monday morning and handed them right back to the shift manager asking that they be used for the hungry and ...
By Terry Dickson

Saturday, Dec. 10, 2011

Army dad watches from Afghanistan as son wins award at Ga. school

BRUNSWICK, Ga.  -- As second grader Griffin Moore accepteda classroom award and then the school award, his father Spc. Chan Moore watched via Skype from an Army base somewhere in ...
By Terry Dickson

Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2011

Deal tries to assure farmers on labor

JEKYLL ISLAND, Ga. -- Gov. Nathan Deal promised delegates at the Georgia Farm Bureau convention that he will work to ensure they have a reliable labor force to harvest their crops.
By Terry Dickson

Sunday, Dec. 4, 2011

Ga. sheriff asks help in identifying woman's body

WOODBINE, Ga. --  A south Georgia sheriff is asking for the public’s help in identifying a body found Wednesday at an access ramp on Interstare 95.
By Terry Dickson

Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2011

White powder in mail closes Georgia courthouse

NAHUNTA, Ga. - The Brantley County Courthouse was closed for about three hours Monday after a powdery substance puffed from a envelope opened at the clerk of court's office.
By Terry Dickson

Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2011

Crash kills Ga. woman on way to husband's burial

ST. SIMONS ISLAND, Ga. - A Georgia woman driving to West Point for her husband's military burial died Tuesday in a South Carolina traffic accident.
By Terry Dickson

Thursday, Nov. 17, 2011

3 arrested after hunters find Ft. Stewart soldier's body

Three arrests have been made in the Tuesday slaying of a Fort Stewart soldier, whose body was found by hunters off a rural south Georgia road.
By Terry Dickson

Friday, Nov. 11, 2011

Temple celebrates 125th anniversary

BRUNSWICK, Ga. - Temple Beth Tefilloh will celebrate the 125th anniversary of its charter this weekend with a architectural tour of the historic building and other events.
By Terry Dickson

Monday, Aug 1, 2011

Ga. girls reopen shuttered lemonade stand

JEKYLL ISLAND, Ga.  — If the Midway Lemonade Girls had a bitter taste after Midway police shut them down about three weeks ago, it’s all gone.
By Terry Dickson

Monday, July 11, 2011

Georgia swamp fire quits spreading

For the first time since it started in late April, the south Georgia Honey Prairie Fire stayed put for a 24-hour period.
By Terry Dickson

Saturday, July 9, 2011

South Georgia swamp fire grows

The Honey Prairie Fire grew about 1,000 acres in 24 hours to reach nearly 292,700 acres, according to an estimate released Friday.
By Terry Dickson

Saturday, June 25, 2011

Wildfire threat prompts south Ga. firework ban

County commissioners in south Georgia's Camden County declared a state of emergency Friday immediately banning the sale, purchase and use of all fireworks in the county as a precaution against ...
By Terry Dickson

Wednesday, June 22, 2011

Lightning bolt, blade sparked Georgia fires

A bolt of lightning and sparks from a motor grader are blamed for setting two fires that burned nearly 44,000 acres and caused more than 100 people to evacuate their homes.
By Terry Dickson

Monday, June 20, 2011

Hot weather, winds could fan south Ga. fires

FOLKSTON, Ga. - The enormous fires burning in and near the Okefenokee Swamp have the potential for extreme behavior in coming days as the heat builds and rain holds off, officials said.
By Terry Dickson

Wednesday, June 8, 2011

Lightning starts new fires in Okefenokee

Thunderstorms that dropped rain in Southeast Georgia on Monday also started four fires, two of which were burning inside the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge.
By Terry Dickson

Tuesday, May 10, 2011

Georgia swamp fire burns 72,000 acres

FOLKSTON, Ga.  - The Honey Prairie Fire has burned nearly 72,000 acres of the Okefenokee Swamp.  
By Terry Dickson

Sunday, May 8, 2011

South Georgia swamp fire growing

FOLKSTON, Ga. -- The Honey Prairie Fire in the Okefenokee Swamp burned at least 10,000 acres overnight Friday and grew Saturday.
By Terry Dickson
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Third flesh-eating bacteria case reported

A Cartersville man is facing his sixth surgery today after contracting the same flesh-decaying bacterial infection as Aimee Copeland.
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