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Local news for Waycross, GA continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.

20 hrs ago | 13WMAZ-TV

Search for Cheaper Gas Could Cost You

During a struggling economy, people are looking for any way they can to save money.

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Related Topix: Macon Metro, Macon, GA

Mon Aug 04, 2008

Florida Times-Union

Passenger in car traveling wrong way on U.S. 1 in Ware County dies in head-on crash

A passenger in a car going the wrong way on U.S. 1 was killed Wednesday night when the car collided head-on with tractor-trailer at the Ware-Charlton County line, state troopers said.

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Related Topix: Ware County, GA, Charlton County, GA

Sat Aug 02, 2008

Jacksonville Business Journal

Atlantic Coast extends stock repurchase program

The board of directors for Atlantic Coast Federal Corp. will extend the current stock repurchase program to July 31, 2009.

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Thu Jul 31, 2008

WGST-AM Atlanta

Budget cuts come to Georgia's lock-ups

The state Department of Corrections says it will close diversion centers at Gainesville, Macon and Waycross and convert them to probation offices and day report centers.

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Wed Jul 30, 2008

Florida Times-Union

Georgia prison officials persist in plans to close Waycross diversion center

Ware County officials and state lawmakers spent hours trying to convince Department of Corrections officials to back off a decision to close Tommy M. Rouse Diversion Center .

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Related Topix: Ware County, GA, State Prisons

Florida Times-Union

Georgia prison officials persist in plans to close Waycross diversion center

Ware County officials and state lawmakers spent hours trying to convince Department of Corrections officials to back off a decision to close Tommy M. Rouse Diversion Center .

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Related Topix: Ware County, GA, State Prisons

Mon Jul 28, 2008

Florida Times-Union

Bank of America closes downtown branch

One bank in historic downtown has closed and another has sold its downtown branch - which will soon leave only one bank on Centre Street.

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Related Topix: Kingsland, GA

Sat Jul 26, 2008

WJXT

Brantley Standoff Ends With Man's Suicide

A standoff Thursday with an armed man in a Brantley County home involving deputies from three counties, two SWAT teams and the Georgia State Patrol ended with the man taking his own life, investigators said.

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Related Topix: Brantley County, GA

Thu Jul 24, 2008

WJXT

Brantley Standoff Ends With Man's Suicide

A standoff Thursday with an armed man in a Brantley County home involving deputies from three counties, two SWAT teams and the Georgia State Patrol ended with the man taking his own life, investigators said.

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Related Topix: Brantley County, GA

Wed Jul 23, 2008

WALB-TV Albany

Clinch Commission Chair race heats up

The County Commission Chairman race is a tight one in Clinch county. 16 year veteran chairman Wink Strickland came out on top in the primary election.

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Related Topix: Clinch County, GA, Ware County, GA, Homerville, GA

Mon Jul 21, 2008

Baxley News-Banner

Jerrell Loran Byrd

Jerrell Loran Byrd, 67, of Waycross, died Sunday evening at his residence after a short illness.

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Related Topix: Pierce County, GA, Baxley, GA

Thu Jul 17, 2008

SavannahNow

Guest column: Are you a great Georgian?

This week millions of Georgians went to the polls to exercise their constitutional right to vote for the candidate of their choice.

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Related Topix: Savannah, GA, Savannah Metro, Cordele, GA, Tifton, GA

Mon Jul 14, 2008

The Florida Times Union

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' A longshoreman working for SSA Cooper was killed Tuesday while helping unload a ship at the Georgia Ports Authority docks.

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Related Topix: OSHA

Sat Jul 12, 2008

Atlanta Journal-Constitution

News in Brief: Atlanta: Public can comment on school textbooks

Parents, teachers and other community members have until July 18 to give their opinions on textbooks and other materials Georgia public schools will use to to teach high school math and elementary and middle ...

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Related Topix: Macon, GA, Commerce, GA, Avondale Estates, GA, Georgia, Atlanta Metro

Thu Jul 10, 2008

Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Governor's race begins --- for 2010

Gov. Casey Cagle talked education policy one morning last month with about 30 public school leaders.

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Related Topix: Georgia, Georgia Government

Tue Jul 08, 2008

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Books: 'Claim of Privilege'

Barry Siegel. 384 pages. Harper. $25.95. Sixty years ago, a B-29 bomber on a secret mission fell from the sky in Waycross, Ga.

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Thu Jul 03, 2008

Kitsap Sun

Darrell Anthony Monroe, 53

Deacon Darrell A. Monroe went home to be with the Lord on June 29, 2008, in Bremerton.

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Related Topix: Columbus, GA

Tue Jul 01, 2008

Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Georgia's coolest college mascots

I guess I just didn't realize how big a deal Uga, the bulldog, was. I've read "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil!" I attended a Big Ten university! I've lived here for a few months now! I should have ...

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Related Topix: Georgia, Americus, GA

Sun Jun 29, 2008

WALB-TV Albany

Program to help South GA quit smoking

Valdosta will host a pilot program to stamp out smoking around the state. It's called the Nicotine Replacement Therapy program.

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Related Topix: Valdosta, GA, Smoking, Medicine, Health, Nicotine, NicoDerm, Nicotine (generic), Medication, Lowndes County, GA

Thu Jun 26, 2008

WJXT

2 Children Reach Plea Deals For Plot To Harm Teacher

Two of the three Waycross third-grade students charged in a plot to harm their teacher accepted plea deals on Tuesday.

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Related Topix: Ware County, GA

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Waycross, Georgia is located in Ware County. Zip codes in Waycross, GA include 31501, 31502, and 31503.

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