GOOD EVENING AND THANKS FOR JOINING US..
I'M FRANK MALLOY.. THIS IS EYEWITNESS NEWS AT 11.
LEAH JOHNSON HAS THE NIGHT OFF.
RYAN BRUNN.. THE MAN WHO ADMITTED TO KILLING A 7-YEAR-OLD CANTON GIRL... DIED TODAY FROM WHAT LOOKS LIKE APPARENT SUICIDE.
OUR GANNETT SISTER STATION.. W-X-I-A IN ATLANTA IS REPORITNG THAT BRUNN HUNG HIMSELF INSIDE HIS CELL.
THEY SAY AN AUTOPSY IS SCHEDULED FOR TOMORROW.
A SPOKEWWOMAN FOR THE GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS SAYS THE 20-YEAR BRUNN WAS FOUND UNRESPONSIVE IN HIS PRISON CELL IN JACKSON AT 4-15 THIS AFTERNOON.
BRUNN WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD ABOUT AN HOUR LATER AT AN ATLANTA AREA HOSPITAL.
ON TUESDAY BRUNN PLEADED GUILTY TO KILLING 7-YEAR-OLD JORELYS RIVERA IN DECEMBER.
HER BODY WAS FOUND IN TRASH COMPACTOR AT THE APARTMENT COMPLEXT WHERE BRUNN WORKED.
AT THE HEARING HE APOLOGIZED TO RIVERA'S FAMILY... BEFORE BEING SENTENCED TO LIFE IN PRISON WITHOUT PAROLE.
BIBB COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY GREG WINTERS SAYS STEPHEN MCDANIEL... THE MERCER LAW GRAD ACCUSED OF KILLING HIS CLASSMATE LAUREN GIDDINGS... WILL APPEAR IN COURT NEXT WEEK.
WINTERS SAYS MCDANIEL'S FIRST PROCEEDING HEARING... IS SET FOR WEDNESDAY.
IN ALL DEATH PENALTY CASES... WINTERS SAYS A FIRST PROCEEDING HEARING IS HELD TO FORMALLY PUT INFORMATION ON THE RECORD.
JUDGE PHILLIP BROWN WILL HEAR THE CASE.
WINTERS SAYS AN ARRAIGNMENT DATE SHOULD BE SET AT THE HEARING.
THE MAN WHO OVERSEES CENTRAL GEORGIA HEALTH SYSTEMS.... WHICH INCLUDES THE MEDICAL CENTER... IS RETIRING.
DON FAULK SAYS BY THE END OF THE YEAR... THERE SHOULD BE A NEW PRESIDENT AND C-E-O AT THE MEDICAL CENTER.
CANDACE ADORKA HAS MORE ABOUT THE LEGACY DON FAULK WILL LEAVE BEHIND.
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DON FAULK'S FIRST JOB OUT OF COLLEGE WAS AS A MANAGEMENT ENGINEER AT THE MEDICAL CENTER OF CENTRAL GEORGIA... HE MADE 2 DOLLARS 69 CENTS AN HOUR.
THAT WAS IN 1971.
IN 2010 HE EARNED MORE THAN 780-THOUSAND DOLLARS. THAT'S ACCORDING TO RECORDS FILED WITH THE IRS.
NOW FAULK IS HANGING UP HIS HAT AS PRESIDENT AND C-E-O OF THE HOSPITAL SYSTEM.
HE SAYS HE'S PROUD OF HOW THE MEDICAL CENTER HAS GROWN SINCE THE EARLY 70s.
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IN 2003... THEY ADDED A CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL
IN 2005... THEY BROKE GROUND ON THE LUCE HEART INSTITUTE
AND IN 2008... THEY OPENEND THE PEYTON ANDERSON HEALTH EDUCATION CENTER.
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THE HEALTHCARE SYSTEM IS ALSO GROWING REGIONALLY... LAST YEAR THEY PARTNERED WITH THE PEACH COUNTY HOSPITAL TO BUILD A NEW PEACH COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER.
FAULK SAYS THE HOSPITAL NEEDS TO KEEP EVOLVING.
"Healthcare has to reform if it's gonna survive and it will survive. We want to be one of the survivors and I know we're poised to do that. the Macon communty can rest asured that we will be making that thing happen so I think that's the big challenge ahead."
.AS FOR HIS OWN FUTURE... FAULK SAYS HE'S NOT RULING ANYTHING OUT... BUT RIGHT NOW... HE'S LOOKING FORWARD TO SOME QUILITY TIME WITH HIS FAMILY.
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NEXT MONTH... YOU'LL KNOW HOW THE BIBB COUNTY SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT PLANS TO OVERHAUL THE SCHOOL SYSTEM.
DR. ROMAIN DALLEMAND SAYS HE WILL PRESENT HIS STRATEGIC PLAN ON FEBUARY 10TH AT THE MACON CENTREPLEX.
HE HAS MENTIONED TEACHING MANDARIN CHINESE AND TECHNOLOGY.... AND ALLOWING STUDENTS TO PICK THEIR OWN SCHOOL WITHIN THE DISTRICT... AS POSSIBLE PARTS OF THE PLAN.
ALL SCHOOL EMPLOYEES AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY WERE INVITED TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE PLAN.
MACON POLICE ARRESTED TWO TEENAGERS IN CONNECTION WITH FOUR ARMED ROBBERIES.
POLICE SPOKESWOMAN JAMI GAUDET SAYS
19-YEAR-OLD RODRIQUEZ SNELL...AND A 16-YEAR OLD ARE SUSPECTS IN A WEEKEND ROBBERY IN THE PARKING LOT OF THE GOLDEN CORRAL ON PRESIDENTIAL PARKWAY.
GAUDET SAYS THE TWO TEENS WILL ALSO BE CHARGED WITH THREE OTHER ROBBERIES... TWO OF THEM AT A FAMILY DOLLAR ON BLOOMFIELD ROAD... THE OTHER AT A NU-WAY WEINERS ON BLOOMFIELD ROAD.
A FAMILY IN WILCOX COUNTY SAY THEY DON'T PLAN TO PRESS CHARGES AFTER A LOVED ONE WAS KILLED IN AN ACCIDENT IN WILCOX COUNTY.
SEVENTY EIGHT YEAR OLD HELEN GARRISON WALKED FOUR MILES A DAY NEAR HER HOME ON CANNONVILLE ROAD ... NORTH OF ABBEVILLE.
POLICE SAY AROUND SEVEN THIRTY THIS MORNING SHE WAS HIT AND KILLED DURING HER MORNING WALK
THEY SAY THEY DRIVER OF THE CAR LEFT THE SCENE.
THE ELDERLY WOMAN DRIVING THE CAR LATER TURNED HERSELF IN AND POLICE SAY SHE DIDN'T REALIZE SHE HAD HIT SOMEONE
HELEN GARRISON WAS WEARING A REFLECTIVE VEST AND CARRYING A FLASHLIGHT AT THE TIME SHE WAS HIT.
GEORGIA STATE PATROL SENIOR INVESTIGATOR R-K MCNEESE SAYS THEY'RE NOT RELEASING THE NAME OF DRIVER AT THIS TIME.
HE SAYS THE WOMAN SAID SHE WASN'T SURE IF SHE HIT SOMEBODY.
MCNEESE SAYS SHE RETURNED TO THE SCENE...LOOKED AROUND...AND DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING...BECAUSE GARRISON'S BODY WAS IN A DITCH.
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HABITAT FOR HUMANITY GAVE TWO FAMILIES A NEW BEGINNING WITH A GIFT.
ITS A STORY THAT COMES STRAIGHT FROM THE HEART.
TOMICA HOLLIDAY AND SHARHONDA IVEY ARE NOW PROUD OWNERS OF THEIR NEW HABITAT HOME.
THE FAMILIES RECEIVED THE KEYS TO THEIR NEW HOME AT A SMALL DEDICATION THIS AFTERNOON WITH HABITAT FOR HUMANITY VOLUNTEERS AND PARTNERS.
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY ALSO KICKED OFF THEIR 2012 CAMPAIGN WITH THE DEDICATION OF TWO NEW HOMES TO THE LYNMORE ESTATES NEIGHBORHOOD....THIS YEARS CAMPAIGN THEME IS "CHANGE FROM EVERY DOLLAR".
BOTH LADIES SAYS THEY ARE SO EXCITED TO BE HOME OWNERS.
Sharhonda Ivey, "This is a dream come true. Its a great opportunity. I'am so blessed to have had this happen for me and my kids"
Tomica Holliday, "Its like I'm on top of the world nothing can top this"
THE NEW CAMPAIGN CHAIR FOR THE 2012 YEAR IS DAN FORRESTER WITH STATE BANK.
HE SAYS THEIR CAMPAIGN GOAL FOR THIS YEAR IS $285,000 AND FORRESTER SAYS WITH THIS GOAL HABITAT FOR HUMANITY WILL BE ABLE TO HELP NINE FAMILIES.
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