HARTWELL, Ga. (AP) — A 46-year-old woman strangled a rabid bobcat after the animal attacked her in her front yard in northeast Georgia. The Athens-Banner Herald reports DeDe Phillips of Hart County went outside on June 7 to take a picture when the bobcat lunged at her. She then grabbed the cat by its throat […]
Georgia
Posted inLocal & State
Police: Man who took Readfield girl to Georgia fatally shot himself
A 14-year-old girl who disappeared in late February from a Readfield foster home has been found safe in Georgia, but police say that a 35-year-old man who took the teenager there killed himself this week and had been facing a criminal charge. That man, Robert Gooden, was from Georgia and had met the girl online, […]
advertisement
Posted inLocal Sports, sj-web
College track and field: Hall a champion, Harris breezes into 800-meter final
Casco native Kate Hall, of the University of Georgia followed her 2017 outdoor long jump championship up with a win Friday night at the 2018 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships, jumping a personal best 22 feet, one inch. Hall earned All-American honors as the leader of a 1-2-3 Georgia finish in the […]
Posted inLocal Sports, sj-web
Casco's Hall hoping to help Georgia win indoor track championship
Georgia’s Kate Hall, of Casco, enters the NCAA Division I indoor track and field championships ranked first in the long jump. (Kirk Meche/University of Georgia) After winning her first NCAA championship last spring, Kate Hall of Casco is focused on winning a second long jump title at the Division I indoor track championships Friday in […]
Posted inNational Sports
Walk-off: Alabama beats Georgia in OT for national title
ATLANTA — Tua Tagovailoa threw a 41-yard touchdown to DeVonta Smith to give No. 4 Alabama a 26-23 overtime victory against No. 3 Georgia to win the College Football Playoff national championship Monday night. Tagovailoa entered the game at halftime, replacing a struggling Jalen Hurts, and threw three touchdown passes, including the game-ender to give […]
Posted inObituaries, sj-web
Hugo C. Black
TURNER — Hugo C. Black, 86, of Turner, formally of Cairo, Ga., passed away Wednesday, July 19, at his home. He was born in Summerville, Ga., on March 26, 1931, the son of the late Walter Lee Black and Annie Thelma Jones. His late grandparents, Sam and Pearl Jones, helped raise him after his father’s […]
Posted inObituaries, sj-web
Effie Frances Waite
SUGAR HILL, Ga. — Effie Frances Waite, 86, of Sugar Hill, Ga., formerly of Rumford-Mexico, was carried on angels’ wings to her eternal home surrounded by her family on Sunday, March 5. She was an avid reader and loved knitting, crocheting and working puzzles. Effie retired from Rumford Hospital after 35 years of service. Her […]
Posted inNation / World, sj-web
Two small planes collide over Georgia
CARROLLTON, Ga. (AP) — Information on a deadly plane crash in western Georgia (all times local): Updated 12:20 p.m.: Federal officials say the midair collision of two small aircraft caused a deadly plane crash in western Georgia. The Federal Aviation Administration said in a statement that two single-engine planes collided over the West Georgia Regional […]
Posted inNation / World, sj-web
National Guard pilots eject safely after planes collide
Thunderbirds F-16 and Blue Angels F/A-18 Hornet | AxleGeeks MCENTIRE JOINT NATIONAL GUARD BASE, S.C. — Two South Carolina Air National Guard F-16 fighter pilots ejected safely after an apparent midair collision in eastern Georgia, the Guard said. The collision happened about 9:15 p.m. Tuesday during night training operations over a remote military operating area […]
Posted inNation / World, sj-web
Georgia governor to veto religious exemption bill
ATLANTA — Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal on Monday said he will veto legislation shielding opponents of same-sex marriage, after a groundswell of opposition from companies threatening to boycott the state if it became law. The Republican announced his decision during a news conference in his office at the Georgia Capitol, saying, “I have examined the […]