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Georgia's Top Two Youth Volunteers Selected in 17th Annual National Awards Program
Tue, 07 Feb 2012 05:23:08 -0800

ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Kenneth Smalls-Muldrow, 17, of Pooler and Rashad Holmes, 13, of Rockdale today were named Georgia's top two youth volunteers for 2012 by The Prudential Spirit of Community Awards, a nationwide program honoring young people for outstanding acts of volunteerism. Kenneth was nominated by Savannah Early College in Garden City, and Rashad was nominated by Rockdale County 4-H ...

Man accused of sexually assaulting woman nabbed in Georgia
Sun, 29 Jan 2012 14:26:37 -0800

Police say a 37-year-old man wanted for severely beating and sexually assaulting his ex-girlfriend in Goose Creek was captured Sunday night in Georgia. The Goose Creek Police Department says the Richmond County Sheriff's Office located Steven Morgan at a home in Augusta.

Man wanted for Goose Creek attempted murder, sexual assault caught in GA
Mon, 30 Jan 2012 13:50:23 -0800

37-year-old Steven Lee Morgan, wanted for beating and raping a Goose Creek woman, was captured by police in Georgia.

Georgia high school girls basketball polls
Tue, 31 Jan 2012 21:07:45 -0800

Georgia High School Girls Basketball Polls

Rape suspect captured in Georgia
Mon, 30 Jan 2012 21:26:56 -0800

A man accused of breaking into a Goose Creek home and beating and raping a woman Sunday morning was apprehended in Georgia.

Selected faculty, staff members honored as Tri-County’s Educators of the Year
Mon, 06 Feb 2012 11:44:00 -0800

Three staff members have been chosen as Tri-County Technical College’s 2012 Educators of the Year and will be recognized at this month’s South Carolina Technical Education Association meeting.Provost Dr. Phil Buckhiester is the college’s outstanding administrator; Dr. Harriette Dudley, public services department head and early childhood development instructor, is the outstanding instructor; and ...

Officials testify white universities get more funding
Mon, 06 Feb 2012 10:24:15 -0800

(Special to the Trice Edney News Wire from the Afro American Newspapers)— Morgan State University has been unable to fully execute its mission because of poor financial support from the state of Maryland, its retired president has testified.

Marietta Bankruptcy Attorney, Phyllis Gingrey Collins, Joins Gentry, Smith, Dettmering, Morgan & Schnatmeier, LLP
Tue, 24 Jan 2012 00:20:17 -0800

Criminal defense and bankruptcy attorney, Phyllis Gingrey Collins, joins the Marietta law firm of Gentry, Smith, Dettmering, Morgan & Schnatmeier, LLP . (PRWeb January 24, 2012) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2012/1/prweb9118890.htm

Berks-based truck maker fined for safety violations
Wed, 25 Jan 2012 21:25:00 -0800

A Berks County truck body manufacturer has been fined $93,000 by the Occupational Health and Safety Administration for health and safety violations at a plant it operates in Rydal, Ga.

Bond for sexual assault suspect set at $1 million
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 08:44:11 -0800

The suspect involved in a sexual assault in Goose Creek has faced a bond court judge Saturday morning at the Hill-Finklea Detention Center in Berkeley County.