There has been another South Georgia fatal accident; this one in Thomas County involving a prison van with only the driver aboard and a Chevy Suburban carrying five people including a child. 40 year old Joe Edwards of Troy, Alabama and his 6 year old daughter Lacie Edwards died as a result of their injuries. Other passengers in the Suburban were sent to Archbold hospital. The driver of the van was not injured. According to the report the van crashed into the side of the Suburban; no word on charges at this time.
A log truck overturned near Bainbridge and one person was airlifted to a hospital. The crash is being investigated by the GSP and the Decatur County Sheriff’s Office.
State Representative Mike Cheokas says that cancer patients should be allowed to get the same drugs that former President Jimmy Carter was able to obtain. Cheokas does not want insurance companies to limit drug coverage for patients with stage IV cancer. Carter was diagnosed last year with skin cancer that spread to his brain but due to his treatment with Keytruda in December a scan revealed that the cancer in his brain was gone and he continues the treatment regimen.
Georgia State Trooper Chris Kelch announced that investigators of the vehicular crash that took the life of motorcycle rider Cassandra Davis last Friday continue to re-construct the crash that involved a Jeep driven by Cierra Hernandez of Statenville. The Georgia State Patrol is seeking possible witnesses to the fatal wreck that occurred on GA Highway 376 at Whitewater Road. Investigators are now calling for witnesses to the incident to call GSP Post 31, (229) 333-5215. The Jeep turned left onto Whitewater Road, failing to yield to the motorcycle, Kelch said. The motorcycle struck the passenger side of the Jeep. Hernandez and passenger Robert Joseph Bellew of Valdosta were not injured in the collision.
A recent law designed to protect children against obscene text messages and emails was termed unconstitutional Monday by an attorney defending a Camden County man awaiting trial. Attorneys for Jack Bernard Scott argued before the Georgia Supreme Court that free speech protections allow an adult to talk dirty to a child as long as the child isn’t harmed. Because the Georgia and U.S. constitutions explicitly state that citizens have a right to free speech, courts are reluctant to identify many types of messages that are not protected by that freedom.
The Georgia chapter of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, part of Every town for Gun Safety, today released the following statement in response to the House’s passage of HB 859, which would force Georgia’s public colleges and universities to allow guns on campus, including in classrooms, libraries, and at most campus events, even at tailgates, defying the opposition of 78 percent of Georgians. Last week, the House Public Safety and Homeland Security Committee placed the bill onto the Committee’s agenda and passed it out of Committee with no prior public notice. The bill was placed on the agenda only 90 minutes before the hearing and there was no testimony from college safety officials, students, faculty, or university presidents. On Wednesday, February 24, Moms Demand Action volunteers will hold their Lobby Day at the Capitol to let lawmakers know that they do not support forcing guns onto campus.
