The abortion wars are returning to Congress in a big way with House legislation to ban almost all abortions after a fetus reaches 20 weeks of age.More >>
The Republican-led House on Tuesday passed a far-reaching anti-abortion bill that conservatives saw as a milestone in their 40-year campaign against legalized abortion and Democrats condemned as yet another example of the...More >>
Tuesday, June 18 2013 6:32 PM EDT2013-06-18 22:32:07 GMT
A special guest speaker from New Jersey made it all the way down to Fort Benning on Tuesday June 18 to speak to soldiers about post traumatic stress.More >>
A special guest speaker from New Jersey made it all the way down to Fort Benning on Tuesday June 18 to speak to soldiers about post traumatic stress.More >>
Tuesday, June 18 2013 6:28 PM EDT2013-06-18 22:28:11 GMT
To help farmers markets everywhere, the Alabama Cooperative Extension System Food Safety Team has teamed up with the University of Georgia and is offering safe food handling trainingMore >>
To help farmers markets everywhere, the Alabama Cooperative Extension System Food Safety Team has teamed up with the University of Georgia and is offering safe food handling training to farmers who sell their products at markets, with the ultimate goal of preventing outbreaks of food borne illness.More >>
Tuesday, June 18 2013 6:21 PM EDT2013-06-18 22:21:09 GMT
The Georgia Supreme Court has upheld the murder conviction of Charles Bulloch of Harris County. Bulloch was convicted along with two other men in the death of Paul McKeen Jr. in 1990.More >>
The Georgia Supreme Court has upheld the murder conviction of Charles Bulloch of Harris County. Bulloch was convicted along with two other men in the death of Paul McKeen Jr. in 1990.More >>
AMERICUS, GA (WTVM) -
Our Birth Place, the Labor & Delivery Unit at Phoebe Sumter
Medical Center, will celebrate its 25th year anniversary with a special event
on Tuesday, November 20 at 5:30 pm at the new facility.
Special guests will be some of the young men and women who were
born in the unit at the old hospital (then known as Sumter Regional Hospital)
in 1987.
Refreshments will be served in the private dining room. There will be a guided tour of the new unit,
which features private, luxurious suites that allow mothers to experience
labor, delivery, recovery and treatment for postpartum (LDRP) in the same
room. These state-of-the-art suites are
equipped with advanced fetal monitoring systems and all of the comforts of
home, including flat screen television, wireless internet and a sleeper sofa
for dad.
If you or your child was born in Our Birth Place in 1987, or if
you would like more information about this event please contact call (229)
931-6812. The public is invited to
attend this celebration as well.
Tuesday, June 18 2013 9:23 AM EDT2013-06-18 13:23:30 GMT
A 5-year-old girl set up a lemonade stand across the street from the Westboro Baptist Church compound, and now the group is targeting her. Jayden Sink raised nearly $200 on Friday while she sold lemonadeMore >>
A 5-year-old girl set up a lemonade stand across the street from the Westboro Baptist Church compound, and now the group is targeting her.More >>
Tuesday, June 18 2013 5:54 PM EDT2013-06-18 21:54:06 GMT
At a 10:00 a.m. news conference this morning the Alabama Department of Education announced the list of failing schools in the state under the Alabama Accountability Act.Tommy Bice: Accountability Act hasMore >>
The Alabama Department of Education held a news conference Tuesday morning to release the long-awaited "failing schools" list under the state's new Alabama Accountability Act. A total of 78 schools in the state are listed as failing under the education accountability legislation.More >>
Monday, June 17 2013 9:41 AM EDT2013-06-17 13:41:08 GMT
An 11-year-old Columbus girl wanted to do something special to support troops fighting overseas, so she wrote a letter to a soldier in Afghanistan. On Sunday, she found out just how much that simple gestureMore >>
An 11-year-old Columbus girl wanted to do something special to support troops fighting overseas, so she wrote a letter to a soldier in Afghanistan. On Sunday, she found out just how much that simple gestureMore >>
Tuesday, June 18 2013 5:57 PM EDT2013-06-18 21:57:08 GMT
Authorities have issued a missing child alert for De'Anthony Dejuan Kelly, who was taken by Dor'sayde Gathright in the early morning hours of June 17, 2013. More >>
Authorities have issued a missing child alert for De'Anthony Dejuan Kelly, who was taken by Dor'sayde Gathright in the early morning hours of June 17, 2013. More >>
Tuesday, June 18 2013 5:54 PM EDT2013-06-18 21:54:26 GMT
What do fast food, garbage, and a Muscogee County jail inmate have in common? They're all key factors in the prosecution of inmate Michael Crooks. News Leader 9 was the only crew inside the courtroom. CrooksMore >>
Crooks pleaded guilty Tuesday morning to asking his girlfriend Ashley Brummett to help him escape from jail.More >>
Radar Radars are machines that use beams (or pulses) of radiation (radio waves) to detect different kinds of precipitation (rain, snow, hail, etc.).More >>
Tuesday, June 11 2013 7:17 AM EDT2013-06-11 11:17:04 GMT
the family of cousins, aunts, a mother and her son were coming from panama city beach, Florida.... a trip they all get together and take every year during the summer, but this time...their annual beachMore >>
A family of cousins, aunts, a mother and her son were coming from Panama City Beach, Florida when things went all too wrong. More >>
Tuesday, June 18 2013 12:11 PM EDT2013-06-18 16:11:40 GMT
Muscogee County School Board members have just voted to approve the 2014 school year budget.More >>
Muscogee County School Board members have just voted to approve the 2014 school year budget. At a meeting last week there was talk of 20 teacher positions being cut. Now, the school district humanMore >>
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