The medical director of the emergency department at Macon's Coliseum Medical Center and Coliseum Northside Hospital rushed to the crash scene Wednesday Morning. Dr. Ralph Griffin says, he was getting in his car to go to Fairview Park Hospital for some administrative work, when the hospital called him and asked for help with the first response effort. Weneday afternoon, Griffin sat down with...
Four people are confirmed dead in a fiery multi-car pile-up on I-16, the Laurens County coroner Richard Stanley says. They are Michael Jerome Smith of Covington, Joel Moore of Effingham County, and a Dublin couple, Clayton and Josephine Warnock. THURSDAY UPDATE: I-16 Lane May Be Closed Through Weekend Nine were injured according to the Georgia State Patrol, which reported the...
Leave your condolences for Wednesday's I-16 accident victims and their families here.You can leave condolences and well-wishes in the comments section below.Four people died and nine were injured in an accident that involved 27 vehicles on I-16 in Laurens County Wednesday.
The right lane of Interstate 16 west in Laurens County may be closed through the weekend for repairs after Wednesday's fatal crash. Georgia State Patrol Sgt. Ken DeLoach says the Department of Transportation has put out an emergency bid for repair work on the stretch of highway around mile marker 37. RELATED | Death Toll Rises to Four in Fiery Tanker Wreck on I-16 RELATED | Coliseum ER Director...
A Georgia Department of Transportation crew was on the way to put up fog-warning signs just before Wednesday's fatal crash, the state agency says. Drivers had complained of dense fog along I-16 Wednesday morning. Cissy McNure, spokeswoman for GDOT's District 2, said Laurens County 911 had requested crews place metal signs on the interstate warning motorists of the dense fog. RELATED | I-16 Lane...
1. Join The 567 in Downtown Macon for a concert with The Vespers and Caleb with Jillian Edwards on Friday at 8 p.m. 2. Attend the Murder Mystery Dinner Theater Friday night in Perry. Starts at 7 p.m., cost is $37.50 and includes dinner and entertainment. 3. Hear a soulful music set at Jittery Joe's with the budding musician Rachel Reese. 7:30-9 p.m. 4. Attend the Decorators' Showhouse Hard Hat...
SAVANNAH (AP) - Family members say four Georgians killed in a fiery crash on Interstate 16 in Laurens County were transporting packages, traveling on business and going to the doctor when tragedy struck. Joel Moore of Clyo left home early Wednesday to travel to a meeting with co-workers at International Paper. Michael J. Smith of Covington was on the job as a contract truck-driver for FedEx. And...
A large Dublin family is mourning a couple who died in Wednesday's wreck in I-16. Clayton and Josephine Warnock were traveling to Atlanta for a medical appointment to check his pacemaker. That's according to Catherine Baggett, Mrs. Warnock's daughter. "They were both Christians, and they're with the Lord," she said, "We're at peace with that." Baggett said her mother was 74 and her stepfather...
Stacy Cook-Cooper lives in Montrose in a heavily wooded area. It's why when a nearby controlled fire spread to her property Tuesday, she says she's lucky it didn't reach her house. But it did destroy her front yard. "And so that night I just kind of stayed up all night long and didn't go to bed because I was afraid that it would burn up my house, and I've got two kids," she says. While the fire...
The Museum of Aviation's National STEM Academy will recognize a Georgia STEM Teacher of the Year in 2013 with a cash award of $1,000 and an additional $1,000 to the teachers' school. The STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) Teach of the Year is open to any 3rd through 5th grade teacher who is from a Georgia School District, public or private. The deadline for...
By Senator Ross TollesonThe 2013 Legislative Session is underway with 14 of the 40 days already completed. Committee meetings and budget talks are in full swing as we move toward passing the annual balanced budget. Georgia, just like you, must fiscally make the most with what we have. We take these budget talks seriously and will continue to update you as we move forward. ...
Georgia State Police investigators were back Friday at Interstate 16 in Montrose, where 27 vehicles crashed Wednesday, killing four people. The vehicles are being held in a lot by State Police as part of the investigation. Some vehicles were damaged slightly; others were burned and twisted, gruesome evidence of the fire and explosion. Four people were killed and nine were injured in 10 separate...
The Georgia State Patrol says all lanes of I-16 west in Laurens County are now open after cleanup from last week's fatal crashes. A two-mile stretch of the right-hand lane has been closed since last Wednesday's accidents. The state patrol says part of the highway was "incinerated" by the fiery crashes that involved 27 vehicles and killed four people. The state patrol says cleanup was completed...
Macon Regional Crimestoppers says these people are wanted on warrants in Middle Georgia. If you have any information, call Crimestoppers at 478-742-2330 or 1-877-68CRIME. Photographs and information provided by Macon Regional Crimestoppers and presented as a public service. 1. Margaret L. Cox: B/F DOB 03-21-60 Age 52 508 175 lbs. Wanted by the Twiggs County Sheriff's Office for Violation of...
Middle Georiga State College split a home doubleheader with Georgia Perimeter with the women losing 56-41 and the men prevailing 60-52. Cortez Riley led with 14 points. Cochran's Joey Harris had eight points, seven rebounds, two assists and three steals.The homestand continues Wednesday versus Central Georgia Technical College. Game times are 5:30 and 7:30 p.m.
Here are your high school basketball tournament scores reported to 13WMAZ for Monday, February 11: Region 2AAAA @ Westside Girls: Veterans 37 Rutland 26 Baldwin 57 Perry 44 Boys: Howard 60 West Laurens 46 Baldwin 63 Mary Persons 47 Region 2AAA @ Carver, Columbus Girls: Peach Co. 46 Jackson 31 Pike Co. 50 Central 36 Region 2AA @ Crawford County Girls: Macon Co....
The Recording Academy announced a new award Sunday on The 55th GRAMMYs Award Show.Students can nominate teachers for the "GRAMMY's Music Educators Award."Fill out this form, telling the Recording Academy who it is and where to reach them.Click here If you're a music teacher reading this and want to nominate yourself.If you're a school administrator nominating a music educator, use this form.The...
Two Congressmen who represent Central Georgia responded Tuesday night to the President's State of the Union Address with fundamentally different views on how effective the Commander in Chief was. Republican U.S. Rep. Austin Scott, District 8, said he was disappointed in what he called a lack of specifics. "We didn't get to hear more about his specific plans to undo the sequester that he signed...
Oconee Fall Line Technical College named Machine Tool Technology Instructor David Hall as the local college winner of the Rick Perkins Award for Excellence in Technical Instruction, a statewide program initiated by the Technical College System of Georgia to honor outstanding instructors at the System's 25 member institutions.The announcement was made Tuesday, February 12th at a luncheon honoring...