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Wrestler's doctor gets 10 years in prison

NEWNAN, Ga. – The personal doctor to a professional wrestler who killed himself, his wife and their 7-year-old son was sentenced to 10 years in prison Tuesday for illegally distributing prescription drugs to patients. Dr. Phil Astin, 54, had pleaded guilty Jan. 29 to a 175-count federal indict...

05/12/09 - 2:35pm

School board approves rezoning

The Richmond County Board of Education has approved plans to rezone Tubman Middle, Lamar Elementary and Milledge Elementary schools.

01/08/10 - 1:23pm

Dooley wins lifetime achievement award

Former University of Georgia football coach and athletic director Vince Dooley has been named the 2010 recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award by The Paul Bear Bryant Awards committee of the American Heart Association....

05/12/09 - 2:09pm

Columbia County school board meets today

The Columbia County school board will meet today to discuss next school year’s budget. The 4 p.m. budget meeting will be held in the auditorium of the board of education office on Hereford Farm Road in Evans prior to a regular board meeting at 5:30 p.m. During a budget meeting last week, scho...

01/08/10 - 4:55pm

Elderly man was abducted; police look for suspect

Columbia County authorities released photos today of a suspected kidnapper who they say on Monday abducted an elderly West Virginia man at knifepoint. James Clevenger, 75, of Morgantown, WV, told police he was accosted Monday afternoon by a Hispanic man in the parking lot of the Evans Kroger. The ...

05/12/09 - 2:04pm

Martinez car dealer to offer Indian pickups this winter

The Gerald Jones Dealer Group will sell Mahindra pickup trucks this winter.

05/12/09 - 1:19pm

Georgia governor appointed to national test board

ATLANTA - Gov. Sonny Perdue has been appointed to the National Assessment Governing Board by U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan. Mr. Duncan said Tuesday that Mr. Perdue will serve three years on the board that oversees the National Assessment of Educational Progress exams. The exams – often...

05/12/09 - 12:31pm

Wagener-Salley High School lifts lockdown after earlier threat

Aiken County authorities have locked down Wagener-Salley High School following a threat that was made this morning by phone to the school’s principal.

01/13/10 - 2:19am

Ga. Regents to vote on furloughing employees

ATLANTA - The state Board of Regents is expected to vote on whether to allow college presidents to furlough employees.

05/12/09 - 10:31am

Ex-UGA QB Carter arrested

ABILENE, Texas – Former University of Georgia and Dallas Cowboys quarterback Quincy Carter is free on bond after his arrest in Abilene. Abilene police Sgt. Keith Shackleford said the former Georgia Bulldog was arrested Sunday night on a probation violation warrant from Dallas County. The viola...

05/12/09 - 10:17am
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