The Albany fire that claimed the lives of a 6 year old girl, Zakyria Sanders and a 7 year old boy, Jaylan Barr, has also claimed the life of the grandmother 54 year old Jacqueline Sanders. A ten year old boy survived the blaze; he is identified as Isaiah Gates. According to the District Attorney Greg Edwards, mental health problems and the grandmother’s possible failure to properly take medication led her to beat, cut and stuff Isaiah gates into the trunk of a car on the property, and the other children were also attacked. The deceased grandmother is thought to be the causal factor for these tragic events.
Investigators report that the driver of a tractor trailer stated that he was distracted while traveling on U.S. Highway 19 and rear ended a pickup truck, sending it into a ditch. He then struck a tractor driven by Robert Frank Blackledge who was killed. The investigation is continuing.
Jeffrey Hazelwood of Roswell, Georgia has been jailed in connection with the shooting deaths of 17 year old Natalie Henderson and Carter Davis age 17. A delivery driver discovered their bodies behind a Roswell grocery store just before 6 a.m. Monday. Hazelwood is charged with two counts of murder.
The attorneys for Dylan Roof, the man jailed in connection with the killing of nine people at Mother Emmanuel AME Church in June of last year in Charleston, South Carolina, say that they will not press charges against an inmate that attacked and beat Dylan Roof at a detention center. The inmate involved in the attack is identified as Dwayne Stafford.
It’s time for the 21st Annual Barbecue Cook-Off Competition hosted in Downtown Valdosta on the grounds of the historic County Courthouse by the local organization-100 Black Men. The event gets underway weather permitting at 4:30 p.m. Friday continuing until 9:30 p.m. It re-starts Saturday morning at 9 a.m. lasting until 6 p.m. The event is one of the primary fund raisers for the organization that provides scholarships, mentoring and educational assistance program to area students.
Dave Williams writing for the Atlanta Business Chronicle reports that between the outsourcing of jobs overseas and technological changes in the production process, Georgia business recruiters may no longer find manufacturing worth pursuing. That’s the conclusion of new study from the Center for State and Local Finance at Georgia State University’s Andrew Young School of Policy Studies. The report found that manufacturing jobs in Georgia declined by 27.5 percent between 2000 and 2014; however, Georgia has taken steps in recent years aimed at increasing manufacturing, including a provision in major tax reform legislation the General Assembly passed in 2012 phasing out the state sales tax on energy used in manufacturing.
