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National Prisoner
of War/Missing in Action Recognition Day is Friday September 17th. In
honor of that day, the Andersonville National Historic site, location of the
National Prisoner of War Museum, the Friends of Andersonville and Georgia
Southwestern State University are hosting the 2010 National POW/MIA Convocation
on Wednesday September 15th at 11am in Georgia Southwestern’s Fine
Arts Building. The public is invited and encouraged to attend this free event. This
is the 5th year that GSW and Andersonville National Historic Site
have hosted this event. Governor Sonny Perdue has issued a proclamation
celebrating POW/MIA Recognition Day 2010.
The 78-hour Labor Day
holiday weekend begins at 6pm tomorrow evening. The holiday weekend ends at
midnight on Monday Labor Day. This is the last holiday weekend of summer and
many will take advantage of the long holiday break and get out of town. Others will
be on the road going to high school and college football games this weekend as
well. Because of the large amount of travelers on the road, the Georgia State
Patrol, Sheriff’s Deputies and local police will be working together to make
this holiday weekend as safe as possible. Watch your speed, buckle up and don’t
drink and drive if you’ll be on the road. Last year, 15 traffic fatalities were
recorded over the Labor Day weekend, some involving alcohol-impaired drivers. Don’t
you and your family become another holiday statistic!
Speaking of high school
football, 3 local teams will be on the road tomorrow night. The only team
playing at home will be Marion County, hosting Macon County. On the road,
Schley County makes the short trip up US 19 to play Taylor County in Butler. Southland
Academy will be in Macon to play Mt. De Sales. Americus-Sumter travels to Adel
to play Cook High. All games will begin at 7:30. Unlike last Friday night, NO
rain is mentioned for tomorrow night.
This holiday weekend will be
one of the better ones as of late. Low humidity, a gentle breeze and warm days
and cool nights will be the norm for the entire weekend. Highs will be in the
low 90s and lows will be in the upper 50s in some spots to the low 60s
elsewhere. No rain is mentioned for the weekend. However, next week we may be
influenced by Gaston and the direction that hurricane may take. Keep up-to-date
with the weather by logging on to www.americusradio.com
and clicking on the weather icon.
From Wednesday’s
Americus Police incident reports, officers went to a family violence case on
Ashby Street that remains under investigation.
Burglaries were
investigated at 409 S. Hampton Street and 113 Andrews Drive. A burglary and
theft took place at 203-B Horton Drive.
A criminal
trespass complaint was made at 209 Wanda Way for a damaged vehicle.
Rickey McClendon
was arrested at 1409 Crawford Street for open container and public
intoxication.
A 16-year old
was arrested on Horton Drive for simple battery and unruly juvenile.
A 16-year old
was arrested for 3-counts of curfew violation on Fulton Street.
A theft took
place at 220 W. Lester Street.
At a traffic
stop last evening at 915 MLK Boulevard, Corey Smith was arrested for DUI, no
proof of insurance and operating a motor vehicle with suspended registration.
A 16-year old
was arrested yesterday morning for an August 28th incident and was
charged with simple battery and affray.
At 2:02 this
morning, Corey William Bowens was arrested at 518 Grantham Street and charged
with criminal trespass.
A hit-n-run
accident occurred in the parking lot at 106 Prince Street.
There were 2
accidents reported with no injuries.