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Sparks, Georgia is located in Cook County. Zip codes in Sparks, GA include 31647. More Sparks information.

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Wednesday Nov 25 | WALB-TV Albany

Cook County soldier killed in Iraq

Briand Williams died in combat when insurgents attacked his unit. He joined the army immediately after his Cook County High Graduation in 2002.

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Tue Nov 24, 2009

News 12 WRDW

Georgia soldier killed in Iraq

Temp: 53.0 F Wind Chill: 52 F Augusta, Bush Field, GA Font Size: November 24, 2009 A soldier from Sparks, Georgia was killed November 22, 2009 wile supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.

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Sat Nov 21, 2009

WALB-TV Albany

Accident blocks both lanes of I-75 in Cook Co.

Law enforcement officials said around 4:20 a northbound semi slammed into the back of a tractor trailer that had slowed in right lane near exit 42.

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Thu Oct 22, 2009

WALB-TV Albany

Family burned out of home a second time

It's the second time it's happened to this family in less than a year. The latest fire happened at a mobile home in Sparks where three generations of the family lived together.

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Thu Sep 24, 2009

Moultrie Observer

Man charged with stealing doors

An anonymous call led officers to a man who allegedly was seen stealing doors from an abandoned house Tuesday night.

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Wed Sep 23, 2009

Valdosta Daily Times

Two in Cook Co. face drug charges

Two Cook County residents have been taken into custody and charged with drug-related crimes.

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Thu Sep 17, 2009

WALB-TV Albany

Inmate escapes from Cook County jail

Sheriff officials say 30-year-old Robert Keith McCormick was cleaning the floors while on work detail when he slipped through a side door around midnight.

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Tue Sep 15, 2009

The Times

Oakwood OKs contract for sidewalk project

A long-awaited improvements project is now poised to get under way in downtown Oakwood.

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Fri Aug 28, 2009

SavannahNow

Water dance

The Dredge Texas, owned and operated by Great Lakes Dredging and Dock Co., is off-loaded from the company\u2019s semi-submersible vessel last Friday in St.

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Tue Aug 11, 2009

WCTV Tallahassee

Severe Thunderstorm Warning- Parts of Berrien, Colquitt, Cook & Lowndes Co. until

THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SPARKS...OR NEAR ADEL...AND MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... SPARKS BY 650 PM EDT... ADEL BY 700 PM EDT... 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NASHVILLE BY 715 PM EDT... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RELAY REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE AT 9 4 2 8 8 3 3.

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Wed Aug 05, 2009

WCTV Tallahassee

Severe Thunderstorm Warning- Parts of Berrien, Colquitt, Cook & Lowndes Co. until

THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SPARKS...OR NEAR ADEL...AND MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... SPARKS BY 650 PM EDT... ADEL BY 700 PM EDT... 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NASHVILLE BY 715 PM EDT... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RELAY REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE AT 9 4 2 8 8 3 3.

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Thu Jul 30, 2009

Valdosta Daily Times

Two arrested by drug task force

In the past month, the South Georgia Drug Task Force has arrested two Cook County men on drug charges.

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Wed Jul 22, 2009

Valdosta Daily Times

USAF Lt. Col. Brady promoted to colonel

Air Force Lt. Col. Scott Brady has been selected for promotion to the rank of colonel in the U.S. Air Force.

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Thu May 21, 2009

Valdosta Daily Times

Helping cancer patients

Joan Bailey, incoming president of the Partnership Cancer Fund, goes over plans for the upcoming fund-raising campaign during the fund's bi-monthly meeting held at the Pearlman Comprehensive Cancer Center at South Georgia Medical Center Thursday.

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Fri May 15, 2009

WALB-TV Albany

Two arrested for ice pick murder in Sparks

On the evening of May 8th, nightclub owner James Statum was stabbed 60 times with an ice pick and robbed.

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Thu May 14, 2009

Tifton Gazette

Two suspects charged in Sparks murder

Two people arrested for an armed robbery in Adel have now been charged with the Friday night murder of James "Buster" Statum, a Sparks game room owner.

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Wed May 13, 2009

Valdosta Daily Times

No arrests in Sparks slaying

Authorities continue to investigate the alleged homicide of a 72-year-old Sparks game room owner that occurred May 8. Contrary to earlier reports, no arrests have been made in connection with the incident.

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Tue May 12, 2009

Tifton Gazette

No charges in murder

A man and a woman picked up by Tifton Police officers Saturday in response to a "Be On the Lookout" listing them as suspects in an armed robbery and a murder in Cook County have not been charged in the murder, but a Georgia Bureau of Investigation agent said Tuesday that the GBI is looking to see if the two crimes are connected.

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Mon May 11, 2009

Tifton Gazette

Man and woman arrested here for Sparks man's murder.

A man and a woman were arrested in Tifton early Saturday morning and charged with the murder of a 72-year-old Sparks game room owner.

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Sun May 10, 2009

Tifton Gazette

Sparks man found murdered

A 72-year-old Sparks man who owned a game room was found dead by family members summoned to the business Friday night.

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