Cops carry the torch for Special Olympics

07/13/11 Driving around Douglas County on Tuesday, you might have seen police cars chasing people around, but it's not what you think it was. Officers were the ones running, carrying the Special Olympics torch.

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LT alum takes home gold at Special Olympics in Greece

07/18/11 For a kid who started to swim before she could walk, competing for Team USA is sweet indeed for Jeanne DeCarlo at the Special Olympics World Summer games in Athens. And winning a gold medal in her third and final race July 3 was like the proverbial icing on the cake for the Lyons Township High School alumna from Brookfield with the encouragement of her own cheering section of 10 family members ...

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Evans pleads guilty to Blombergh murder

07/19/11 After a little over a year behind bars, Roy Herman Evans, 44, has pleaded guilty to murdering 28-year-old Sunday Blombergh. District Attorney Paul Bowden said Tuesday morning that Evans pleaded guilty to malice murder late Monday afternoon at the Tift County Law Enforcement Center; Judge Melanie Cross sentenced Evans to life in prison. Evans will be eligible for parole after 30 years.

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