GOOD EVENING AND THANKS FOR JOINING US..
I'M FRANK MALLOY..
AND I'M LEAH JOHNSON..THIS IS EYEWITNESS NEWS AT 11.
TWO INMATES WITH THE BLECKLEY COUNTY PROBATION DETENTION CENTER ESCAPED TODAY DURING A WORK DETAIL IN EASTMAN.
CAPTAIN TONY WINBORN WITH THE DODGE COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE SAYS THE MEN ESCAPED AROUND NOON NEAR DODGE AVENUE.
HE SAYS AUTHORITIES ARE STILL SEARCHING FOR THE MEN.
WE COULD NOT REACH ANYONE WITH THE BLECKLEY PROBATION DETENTION CENTER TO GET MORE INFORMATION ON THE ESCAPEES..
AUTHORITIES CONTINUE TO SEARCH FOR TWO MISSING TEENAGE GIRLS INCLUDING ONE FROM MONROE COUNTY.
THE LAMAR COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE SAYS THE GIRLS WERE ABDUCTED OVERNIGHT BY TWO 19-YEAR-OLD MEN..
THEY SAY THE MISSING GIRLS ARE 16 YEAR OLD AMBER HENRY OF HIGH FALLS AND 14 YEAR OLD KIRSTEN KAMRADT OF BARNESVILLE.
A NEWS RELEASE FROM THE MONROE COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE SAYS HENRY MAY HAVE RUN AWAY WITH HER BOYFRIEND - 19 YEAR OLD JOSHUA PAUL CROWE OF LAMAR COUNTY AND KAMRADT COULD BE WITH THEM..
A LAMAR COUNTY SHERIFF'S NEWS RELEASE SAYS THE GROUP MAY BE HEADING TO TENNESSEE OR NORTH CAROLINA..
AUTHORITIES SAY THEY MAY BE TRAVELING IN A 2000 WHITE BUICK PARK AVENUE SEDAN WITH GEORGIA LICENSE PLATE B-P-R-2-6-9-0.
THEY SAY ANOTHER JUVENILE FEMALE MAY ALSO BE TRAVELING WITH THEM.
IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION ON THE WHEREABOUTS OF THESE GIRLS.. CONTACT THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR MISSING AND EXPLOITED CHILDREN AT 1-800-843-5678
AGAIN.. THAT'S 1-800-843-5678
TOMORROW AFTERNOON.. THE BIBB COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION WILL HOLD A CALLED MEETING TO DISCUSS SUPERINTENDENT ROMAIN DALLEMAND'S LONG-AWAITED STRATEGIC PLAN FOR SCHOOLS.
IT'S CALLED... "THE MACON MIRACLE."
IT'S THE ONLY ITEM ON THE AGENDA FOR THE MEETING.
WE PLAN TO HAVE AN EYEWITNESS NEWS CREW AT THE MEETING.. AND WILL BRING YOU DEVELOPMENTS TOMORROW NIGHT ON EYEWITNESS NEWS AND ON 13WMAZ DOT COM.
A JUDGE DENIED BOND FOR ONE OF THE SEVEN TEENS ACCUSED OF RAPE AT NORTHEAST HIGH SCHOOL..
THE LAWYER FOR 18-YEAR OLD ANTONIO DEAUNDRY JACKSON... ASKED JUDGE ED ENNIS TO RELEASE HIM FROM JAIL BECAUSE HE HAD STRONG TIES TO THE COMMUNITY... AND SUFFERS FROM CEREBRAL PALSY AND A LEARNING DISORDER.
ASSISTANT DISTRICT ATTORNEY JOHN REGAN ARGUED JACKSON ADMITTED TO BEING IN THE BATHROOM AND WITNESSES SAW HIM ENGAGED IN SEXUAL ACTS..
THE MACON POLICE DEPARTMENT ALSO ADDED ANOTHER CHARGE AGAINST JACKSON.
HE'S NOW ACCUSED OF RAPE AND AGGRAVATED SODOMY.
EARLIER THIS WEEK BIBB SUPERINTENDENT ROMAIN DALLEMAND SAID HE WAS UNAWARE CAMPUS POLICE... NOT THE MACON POLICE DEPARTMENT... WAS HANDLING THE RAPE INVESTIGATION....
INTERIM CAMPUS POLICE CHIEF STEPHANIE PRATER WAS ALSO PLACED ON LEAVE.
TODAY WE SPOKE TO PRATER'S LAWYER CHARLES COX.
COX SAYS PRATER IS STILL BEING PAID BY THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND HE EXPECTS THAT TO CONTINUE.
HE ALSO SAID HE EXPECTS PRATER TO BE REINSTATED TO HER POSITION WHEN ALL THE FACTS COME OUT..
PEOPLE FROM AROUND THE STATE GATHERED IN ATLANTA TODAY... FOR A MOVEMENT CALLED "STOP VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN."
ACCORDING TO THE GEORGIA COALITION AGAINST DOMESTIC VIOLENCE... GEORGIA RANKS TENTH IN THE NATION FOR NUMBER OF WOMEN KILLED BY MEN.
KATELYN HECK SHOWS YOU HOW TO PROTECT YOURSELF... IN CASE OF AN ATTACK.
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PAIGE SLOCUMB DEDICATES HER LIFE TO TEACHING WOMEN SELF DEFENSE. SHE SAYS LEARNING HOW TO FIGHT OFF AN ATTACKER... COULD HAVE SAVED HER SISTERS LIFE.
(SOT: my sister was riding her bike on the silver comet trail and a man ran out of the woods and knocked her off her bike and she was raped and murdered. After that happened I feel like my family thought we needed to do something to get something good out of that tragedy.)
HER FAMILY DECIDED TO START A NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION... TO TEACH WOMEN HOW TO FIGHT BACK.
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what are some moves that women can do if they are attacked?
"well if an attacker comes and grabs you by the neck or puts their hand on your mouth... what you can do is grab just one of their fingers... when you grab one of my fingers it hurts and I move my hand. If you grab my whole hand... you can't move it because im a lot stronger this way.)
SLOCUMB SAYS... LIKE MOST WOMEN... HER SISTER WAS NOT PREPARED FOR AN ATTACK. SHE SAYS HAVING A PLAN AND STAYING CALM ARE THE TWO MOST IMPORTANT THINGS WOMEN SHOULD DO.
(SOT: When your fear does kick in, your adrenaline can help you, but if you don't know how to channel your adrenaline, you just freeze up.)
GLORIA CISSE... A THERAPIST AT SOUTHERN CENTER FOR CHOICE THEORY... SAYS MANY VICTIMS DON'T REALIZE... THEY ARENT ALONE.
(SOT: finding people in similar situations who have moved on, that's something that's really great. Understanding that you have to learn.)
SLOCUMB SAYS REACHING OUT TO OTHERS HELPED HER COPE WITH HER SISTERS DEATH....SHE HOPES SPEAKING OUT WILL PREVENT OTHER WOMEN... FROM BECOMING VICTIMS.
KATELYN HECK
13WMAZ EYEWITNESS NEWS
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SLOCUMB SAYS BEING AWARE OF YOUR SURROUNDINGS IS ONE OF THE BEST WAYS TO PREVENT AN ATTACK.
SHE ENCOURAGES VICTIMS TO SPEAK OUT AND TEACH OTHER WOMEN THE IMPORTANCE OF PROTECTING THEMSELVES.
THE NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD IS STILL TRYING TO DETERMINE WHAT CAUSED THE PLANE CRASH THAT KILLED COLISEUM HEALTH SYSTEMS C-E-O ALLEN GOLSON..
IN A PRELIMINARY REPORT RELEASED TODAY - THE NTSB GAVE NO CONCLUSIONS ABOUT THE CAUSE OF THE CRASH
GOLSON WAS FLYING A CESSNA 340A WHEN IT CRASHED SHORT OF THE RUNWAY AT THE OCALA, FLORIDA AIRPORT LAST FRIDAY.
HIS WIFE SURVIVED THE CRASH.
TODAYS REPORT... CONFIRMED INVESTIGATORS EARLIER STATEMENTS... THAT THE LANDING- GEAR HANDLE WAS IN THE RETRACTED POSITION WHEN THE PLANE WENT DOWN..
THE N-T-S-B SAYS THE CURRENT REPORT IS PRELIMINARY, AND MAY BE CORRECTED OR UPDATED AS THEIR INVESTIGATION CONTINUES.
THE GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IS KICKING OFF ITS NEW CAMPAIGN TO BOOST TOURISM IN THE STATE.... "TWISTING THROUGH GEORGIA"... WITH A TOUR.
TODAY... THEY MADE A STOP AT THE MUSEUM OF AVIATION.
THE TWIST CAMPAIGN AIMS AT SETTING GEORGIA APART FROM OTHER STATES.
RESEARCHERS DISCOVERED THAT PEOPLE ENJOY GEORGIA'S SOUTHERN CHARM... BUT LOVE THE UNEXPECTED SURPRISES... OR TWISTS THEY FIND.
GEORGIA'S TOURISM SPARKED 45 BILLION DOLLARS IN TOTAL ECONOMIC IMPACT IN 2010... AND DEPUTY COMMISSIONER OF TOURISM... KEVIN LANGSTON SAYS ONE TWIST THAT CONTRIBUTED TO THE STATE'S TOURISM FOR THE STATE...IS RIGHT IN WARNER ROBINS.
Kevin Langston, Deputy Commissioner of Tourism, Georgia Dept of Economic Development: "The fact that you have this amazing collection of airplanes here and an amazing piece of history, people just don't know very much about and it's right here close to the interstate I think that's a great twist."
THE TWIST CAMPAIGN TARGETS WOMEN BETWEEN THE AGES OF TWENTY-FIVE AND FIFTY-FOUR... THAT TYPICALLY PLAN VACATIONS.
ben gives three day forecast
THANKS BEN.. WE'LL TALK WITH YOU AGAIN IN JUST A FEW MINUTES.
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JOLLY GOOD, OLD CHAPS! FANCY MEETING YOU HERE ON THE SHOW WHERE YOUR ENTERTAINMENT DREAMS ARE REALIZED RIGHT BEFORE YOUR EYES! OH, HE DOES GO ON, DOESN'T HE? WHY YES I DO. NOW ENOUGH OF THIS MADNESS! LET'S DANCE...
OH THE THINGS YOU COULD KNOW! MACON LITTLE THEATRE PRESENTS THE FOREIGNER. A TALE OF A DIFFERENT SORT OF BRITISH FELLOW...
...AND THE STRANGE FOLKS HE ENCOUNTERS IN A LITTLE GEORGIA TOWN.
ITS SOUTHERN HILARITY WITH AN ENGLISH FLAIR! THIS CRAZY SHOW OPENS FRIDAY EVENING, EIGHT O'CLOCK. CALL MACON LITTLE THEATRE AT 471-PLAY FOR ALL YOUR TICKET INFORMATION.
AND SPEAKING OF SHOW WITH FLAIR, THIS WEEKEND'S YOUR LAST CHANCE TO CATCH THE MACON CIVIC CLUB'S ANNUAL MUSICAL REVUE AT THE GRAND OPERA HOUSE! THIS YEAR THEY'RE LIVIN' THE DREAM. IT'S LIVE MUSIC! IT'S DANCING! ITS FABULOUS COSTUMES AND AMAZING SETS! AND THIS YEAR, THE SHOW'S ALL ABOUT LIVIN' IT UP IN MACON. AND...PROCEEDS FROM THE EVENT GO TO LOCAL CHARITIES. THESE TICKETS SELL LIKE CRAZY - SO GET ONLINE TO THE-GRAND-MACON-DOT-COM AND GET YOURS NOW!
SO RIDDLE ME THIS - WHAT DO ROOTS, PINE NEEDLES AND FAXES HAVE IN COMMON? EHHH - TOO LATE! THE KNOWER OF ALL THINGS KNOWS, SO HE'LL LET YOU KNOW NOW. OH WAIT - THAT'S ME! HMMM... I DO BLUSH. ANYWAY - ROOTS, PINE NEEDLES AND FAXES ALL HAVE FREDDIE STYLES IN COMMON!
ONE OF GEORGIA'S FINEST ARTISTS IS COMING TO THE TUBMAN MUSEUM TO HELP KICK OFF AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY MONTH.
THE EXHIBIT'S OPENING RECEPTION IS THIS FRIDAY 'ROUND ABOUT SIX. GIVE THE TUBMAN MUSEUM A CALL AT 743-8544 TO FIND OUT MORE.
AND WHAT WOULD A WEEKEND BE WITHOUT A SUPER PHENOMENAL, SPLENDIFEROUS BIRTHDAY BASH!? IT JUST WOULDN'T BE MUCH OF A WEEKEND, NOW WOULD IT? THAT'S WHY THE MISSUS AND I ARE HEADIN' TO THE MACON CENTREPLEX SATURDAY NIGHT FOR JOSHUA'S BIRTHDAY BASH FOR A CURE! IT'S A NIGHT OF MUSIC, DINNER, DANCING...HAROLD THOMAS AND THE DANGER ZONE WILL BE BREAKIN' DOWN THE LIVE TUNAGE...AND CHECK THIS - HAYIYA DANCE THEATRE'S GONNA ROCK THE THRILLER DANCE! OH FOLKS, IT'S GONNA BE A GOOD TIME. AND IN MEMORY OF THIS AWESOME KID - JOSHUA - ALL PROCEEDS FROM THE BASH WILL BENEFIT THE SAINT JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL. CALL 361-3541 OR CHECK OUT JOSHUAS-WISH-DOT-ORG FOR YA TICKETS.
THEATRE, ART AND A BIRTHDAY BASH TO BOOT? IT'S GONNA BE A GOOD ONE, PEOPLE. GET OUT AND HAVE A BALL! WE'LL SEE YOU AGAIN...THAT'S A WRAP.
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A CENTRAL GEORGIA MAN SAYS HE'S ON A QUEST TO RAISE MONEY FOR THE AMERICAN DIABETES ASSOCIATION.
WE SPOKE WITH HIM TODAY TO FIND OUT WHY THIS MISSION IS SO IMPORTANT TO HIM.
IN TONIGHT'S HERO CENTRAL REPORT.
sot: My girlfriend has had diabetes, type one diabetes for over thirty years, then four months ago my mother was diagnosed with type two diabetes and well as lukemia.
Kevin Nichols says hearing that news inspired him to do something. He says he came up with the idea to raise money for the American Diabetes Association. In exchange for donations... this Macon DJ says he pledged to get rid of something near as dear to his heart.
Sot: It's something that I don't want to do but everybody raised the money so we're here to do it today.
It's not always been this long. It's been longer. Yeah, there's a sense of attachment to it yeah.
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After ten years, Nichols has agreed to shave off his goat tee.
Friend sot: We call it the squirrel. The squirrel... ( laughs )..
sot: He's had the goat tee for as long as I've known him and we've never seen him without it.
Nichols met his goal of raising $1500... and now he's in the hot seat of keeping his commitment.
His Nine year old son Hayden says he's proud of his dad.
sot: I think it's pretty neat. I was very happy. I added five dollars in the end. It's fifteen hundred fifty-five dollars. I think he did really good.
sot: This is a one time thing but diabetes is ongoing. I've seen the results of low blood sugar and it's pretty scary if you don't know what's going on.
So that you are better educated about the disease.. Nichols says he'll continue his mission as an advocate for diabetes awareness.
FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE AMERICAN DIABETES ASSOCIATION AND TO DONATE... GO TO OUR WEBSITE AND LOOK FOR THIS STORY ON OUR HOMEPAGE.
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