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CRIME WATCH

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Thursday, August 25, 2022
Woman engages in fight at Jet Food Store On Aug. 16, law enforcement was dispatched to the Jet Food Store in reference to a fight. An officer made contact with Alexis Akesh Hill who stated she got into a physical fight with Q’Teeba Vonsha Wesley over past personal issues and rumors being spread.
Heavy equipment for those who really enjoy testing their strength is set up in the back room of the gym.

Heavy equipment for those who really enjoy testing their strength is set up in the back room of the gym.

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A new gym has opened in Gray

News Staff
Thursday, August 25, 2022
Story and photos by Alaina Clarke alaina@msgrnews.com Fitness Inferno, provides new and different health and fitness options for residents of Jones County. Rob Daughtry and Eddie Wright, owners and health partners of Fitness Inferno, are happy to open the gym.
Gordon and her students stand with Mayor Mary Parham-Copelan as they listen to the proclamation for Women’s Equality Day being read. SCREENSHOT

Gordon and her students stand with Mayor Mary Parham-Copelan as they listen to the proclamation for Women’s Equality Day being read. SCREENSHOT

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Women’s Equality Day proclaimed as Aug. 26

Bailey Ballard
Thursday, August 25, 2022
Victoria Gordon, Georgia College & State University’s Coverdell Visiting Scholar, worked to have a proclamation for Women’s Equality Day announced at Tuesday’s city council meeting. “This is a time to honor the many women and men who fought for decades for women’s suffrage.

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Woman arrested for stealing nearly $600,000

Lynn Hobbs
Thursday, August 25, 2022
A Putnam County woman is facing federal charges after she was arrested last week for allegedly stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from the Milledgeville Housing Authority, according to authorities. Jennifer Kay Smith was arrested Thursday, Aug.
GCSU students and scientists at the dig site this summer. CONTRIBUTED/University Communications

GCSU students and scientists at the dig site this summer. CONTRIBUTED/University Communications

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Where bison roamed

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Thursday, August 25, 2022
Paleontological dig shows a different Georgia Imagine a Georgia—60,000 years ago—where the coastal city of Brunswick was 70 miles from the ocean and most of the state was a great, grassy plain where the bison and mammoths roamed.

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Judge: Abortion law to remain in eff ect

Rebecca Grapevine
Wednesday, August 17, 2022
Georgia’s “heartbeat” abortion law will continue to operate while a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the law is pending, Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney ruled Monday.
Elks donate laptops to War Veterans Home

Elks donate laptops to War Veterans Home

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Elks donate laptops to War Veterans Home

News Staff
Wednesday, August 17, 2022
Earlier this month, the Lake Oconee Elks Lodge  donated four laptops, printers and all other essentials to the Georgia War Veterans Home in Milledgeville.  The laptops will be used in the new building to house veterans with severe brain trauma or suffer from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).
Ronda Rich Dixie Divas

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Monroeville, Alabama

News Staff
Wednesday, August 17, 2022
About 15 years ago, I was zipping down I-65 South, headed toward a press convention that was being held on the Alabama coast. A mile ahead, I saw an exit sign: Monroeville, Alabama.
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