Bowdon News

BOWDON, Ga. - Two men came out of nowhere as Greg Ock's car idled in traffic in a remote Nigerian town.

The Georgia man who is now home safe after being kidnapped in Nigeria says he was on his way to a clinic in the African country when two men ambushed his car.

Greg Ock received a warm welcome when he arrived in Georgia on Sunday. Ock, who lives in Bowdon, was held hostage for a week in Nigeria.

Italian ship operator Costa Crociere SpA on Friday put the figure at $14,460 plus reimbursement for the cost of cruise tickets and extra travel expenses, seeking to cut a deal with as many uninjured passengers as possible to take the wind out of class-action lawsuits stemming from the Jan.

A spokeswoman for the U.S. Embassy in Nigeria says a U.S. citizen kidnapped in the country's oil-rich southern delta has been released.

Allison Cole Dowling and John Adam Mitchell were united in marriage on Saturday, August 20, 2011 at 5:30 in the evening at Parkview Baptist Church in Eufaula.

A Carroll County resident working in Nigeria was kidnapped Friday and is being held for ransom, according to his family and police there.

Megan Holtzclaw of Franklin confirmed tonight that her father, a resident of Bowdon, Ga is indeed the victim of the kidnapping in Nigeria that gained worldwide attention Friday.

A banker who has been involved with numerous organizations was named the Carroll County Chamber of Commerce's Citizen of the Year Saturday night.