Thirty-year-old Christopher Whitaker faces charges of armed robbery, kidnapping and using a firearm to commit a crime in the June 9 incident involving his father Alonza Whitaker, the chief assistant district attorney for the six-county Chattahoochee Judicial Circuit.
Four-star strong-side defensive end Jaren Handy (Hattiesburg, Mississippi) committed to Auburn on Monday. The 6-5, 278-pound Handy committed to the Tigers over the likes of Alabama and Ole Miss and had previously been committed to LSU.
A proposal to require video cameras in common areas of residential facilities for the disabled has stalled in Albany, despite several cases of abuse and neglect that supporters say cameras could have caught.
George Boyd Jr. of Goldens’ Foundry & Machine Company in Columbus, Georgia, says that lawmakers and leaders in Washington should appreciate how important small and mid-sized businesses are and ensure that other countries suffer the consequences when they cheat.
Columbus police were called to the area around Little Joe's Package Store Monday afternoon in reference to a shooting. Maj. J.D. Hawk said the man later died at Piedmont Columbus Regional.
