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Newspapers Denounce Trump’s Media Attacks

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(CNN) – Newspapers across the country turned their focus on the president’s depiction of the media Thursday .

About 350 newspapers in the U.S. featured editorials Thursday morning denouncing president Trump’s description of the press as the “enemy of the people.”

The campaign was part of an effort proposed by the Boston Globe earlier this month.

Its purpose was to move the conversation about attacks on the press out of Washington and New York and into communities across the country.

Each paper wrote its own editorial.

A handful of radio and TV stations also planned to air editorials of their own.

New polling by Quinnipiac shows 65% of Americans regard the news media as an important part of democracy, not an “enemy.”

But the poll also showed that 51% of Republican respondents sided with the president’s “enemy” rhetoric.

Community Coming Together to Restore Vandalized Lee County Cemetery

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The old County Line cemetery on County Road 252 and 158  standing since the 1800s has been heavily vandalized.

The vandals littered the sacred ground
then spray painted and burned a grave shed to the ground.

“It’s a crying shame that people would desecrate a grave,” said Lee County Sheriff Jay Jones.

A shed that stood over a little girl’s grave.

“We’ve had graves that are 100-200 years old and they are vandalized. There’s rumors that there’s treasures and that’s just not true. All you’re doing is causing grief and running the risk of being jailed and paying a significant fine,” said Sheriff Jones.

So, that’s why Ryan Ketring wanted to focus on rebuilding the grave shed for his Eagle Scout project.

He said it’s important to do right by the little girl and the family who buried her there.

“It makes me feel like I’m doing something that will impact a person’s life even if it’s already ended,” said Ketring.

Ketring is rebuilding a new 3 1/2 x 5 1/2 grave shed with the help of scout leaders, descendants of those buried there and Auburn University folks who also took interest in the old cemetery.

“It’s really becoming a community effort to restore this cemetery. I think at the same time we remember history is complex and as we restore it, we bring back that complexity and understand a little more what happened at this time,” said Robert Bubb, Lecturer at Auburn University.

Sheriff jones also said he has security measures in place to make sure the gravesite is not vandalized again.

And then need donations
to rebuild the shed will cost around $500. Ketring has already gone to construction sites to pick up unused supplies and Lowes gave him a discount on products. But, they need more to build the grave shed and help put it up.

If you want to donate visit http://www.leeco.us/lee_county_cemetery_preservation/index.php

Valley High Student Arrested for Bringing Pistol to School

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A Valley, Alabama high school student was arrested for bringing a pistol to school.

The incident happened on Monday and according to police, he showed it to another student.

He was taken to the Lee County Youth Detention Center and charged with carrying a concealed weapon.

He will also be facing disciplinary action by the school

DOJ Proposes Cuts To Opioid Production Amounts

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(CNN) – In its fight against the opioid crisis, the Trump administration is proposing cuts to the amount of opioids drug companies can produce in the U.S. next year.

The Justice Department and Drug Enforcement Administration are proposing an average decrease in the manufacturing of six frequently misused opioids in 2019.

This would be the third year in a row of proposed reductions.

And it’s in line with president Trump’s “safe prescribing plan,” which seeks to cut the filling of opioid prescriptions by a third within three years.

The DEA says a drop in prescriptions will continue to reduce the amount of drugs available for illegal diversion and abuse.

The administration is using a new power in setting the quota.

A rule released last month gives the DEA the authority to consider a drug’s potential for abuse when setting annual production limits.

There’s a 30-day comment period before the proposed 2019 quotas are finalized.

MoviePass Limiting Which Movies Allowed to See

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(CNN) – More changes are in store for the troubled movie subscription service, MoviePass.

Customers were told Thursday the company will limit which films can be seen along with the showtimes available.

Going forward, MoviePass says it will offer up to six films daily.

The company has also limited the number of movies subscribers can see to three per month.

In July, MoviePass raised prices and limited subscribers ability to see big movies until a few weeks after release.

After an outcry, the company dropped the price increase.

MoviePass stormed onto the scene last year promising unlimited movies in theaters.

But after amassing millions of subscribers, it’s down to its last $15-million in cash.

Federal Judge Rules Video of Fatal Shooting Released

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A federal Judge orders video of a fatal police shooting must be made public after a three year court battle.

That Federal ruling involving the fatal police shooting of Columbus native Autumn Steele has far reaching implications for any police department nationwide

currently suppressing public information for no good reason other than it’s not flattering to their department.

Steele was in a custody dispute January 6th, 2015 when Burlington police officer Jesse Hill shot and killed the mother of two.

Her family has been fighting for the entire body cam video of the incident ever since.

“All of it. I wanted to see anything and everything that there was. The only thing that has been released publicly is 12 seconds of the video,” Autumn’s mother Gina Colbert said.

Releasing just 12 seconds of the video she said was a concerted effort to conceal the truth.

Autumn Steele’s mother told First News she’s since learned this is common practice for officer involved shootings nationwide.

“Many times that police departments and police chiefs and things like that is when it shows them in good favor you know in good light. When there is something in the video that’s not looking too well for the officer it’s withheld from the public is what I’ve seen,” Colbert said.

A federal judge ruled in favor of the family and the Iowa Freedom of Information Council Tuesday giving the city two weeks to hand over the entire video along with other investigative files saying the police department had no compelling reason to keep the public from seeing the video since there is no pending litigation among other reasons.

The family reached a two million dollar settlement with the City of Burlington but Autumn Steele’s family has long maintained it wasn’t about the money.

It was about a concerted effort to sugar coat the truth.

 


Russell County Inmate Commits Suicide

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A Russell County inmate serving time for burglary penned a few handwritten goodbye notes and proceeded to hang himself with his own bed cover according Sheriff Heath Taylor.

33 year old James Devitt was arrested July 18th and incarcerated nearly a month for a burglary charge even though he had bond.

Devitt was screened by a psychiatrist initially.

“He signed the waiver stating that you know he was okay and that those thoughts were no longer in his mind and so he was put back in a regular cell,” Sheriff Taylor said.

The inmate is seen on surveillance video about 6pm taking medication Thursday night with no indication he was planning a final goodbye , writing letters to family and at least one fellow inmate.

“The letters simply were saying goodbye to his loved ones and that he was sorry for what he was doing here,” Sheriff Taylor said during an afternoon press conference.

A few hours after Devitt is last seen on camera , just after 9pm inside the jail another inmate strolling by his cell made the horrific discovery.

Devitt was hanging by his own bed sheet.

“He hung himself with some sheets what appears to be a sheet that we give them to cover up with and he used that to make a noose and hang himself from his bunk,” the Sheriff said.

The Sheriff  maintains that if someone is set on suicide there is little they can do about it.

“It’s one of those things where yo know if somebody wants to do this I don’t know that we’re gonna be able to completely stop it,” Sheriff Taylor said.

The Russell County Sheriff’s Department has since handed the case the inmate’s suicide over to ALEA, the state agency for law enforcement that will conduct an independent investigation.

Showers and Thunderstorms Scattered Through the Weekend

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Unsettled weather stays with us through the weekend as saturated gulf air will continue to cover the region helping prime the atmosphere for showers and thunderstorms. A slow moving front will sink closer down toward our area to also aid in the development of rain and storms.

While no severe weather is expected, we could see a few isolated storms pound through with damaging winds and small hail. Some of the slower moving storms will open up the opportunity for localized flooding, but this shouldn’t be a widespread concern.

On top of the rain, clouds will also help keep daytime highs from hitting seasonal norms topping out in the mid to upper 80s and maybe some lower 90s farther south.

Overnight lows will mainly bottom out in the low 70s.

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Touchdown Tonight Feature: “The Gutierrez Award”

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Before every practice and home game at Marion County, the football team touches the helmet just outside the field house.

The helmet is a memorial for offensive lineman Erick Gutierrez who tragically passed away his senior year at Marion back in 2009 from cardiac arrest.

“The number one thing is sadness. Erick was very close to me and I was very close to him. It is something I think about and I just want to make sure that the guys remember him and for his family and we want them to know that we love them and we are always there for them,” says Marion County offensive lineman coach Luke Jernigan. 

With the helmet, Erick’s legacy lives on. He embodied the perfect athlete every coach wanted to have on their team.

“Erick was a great young man. He was one that was full of spirit for the school. He was involved in many different activities and clubs. All of the kids loved being around him. He was very creative and he just loved his school,” says coach Jernigan. 

Other qualities Erick portrayed included being a great teammate, a great citizen, a person that participates in his school, and just an overall great human being. These four traits make up what it means to be given “the Goot award” that’s presented at the end of the year banquet.

“It’s an award that I definitely do not take lightly. It is something I take a lot of thought into as far as trying to figure out which senior would be the best representative, because we want it to be a person that is going to live up to Erick’s standards,” says coach Jernigan.

Triple Shooting in Auburn Leaves Two Dead, One Injured

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Two people are dead, another injured after a shooting at an Auburn apartment complex.

It happened early Saturday morning around 3:45 a.m. in the 800 block of N. Donahue Dr.

When police responded to the shots fired call, they found all three victims in one apartment.

One person, a man, already died, while two others were rushed to the hospital.

A 61-year-old woman had a minor injury, was treated and released.

The other died around 7 a.m. Saturday morning.

Police said at this time, they believe the man who died at the hospital shot at least one of the victims.

They add this is not a random shooting, but the case remains under investigation.

Troup County Searching for Missing 24-year-old Kayaker

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The community in Troup County is searching day and night for a missing kayaker.

24-year-old Maranda Whitten, or Randi, went missing Friday afternoon near the area of Shafer Heard Campground near the dam.

She was in a teal colored kayak, which was found.

If you’ve seen her, please call the Troup County Sheriff’s Office at 706-883-1700.


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Prince Estate, Sony Release 23 Albums Digitally

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(CNN) – Prince fans can celebrate like it’s 1999.

A huge part of the late singer’s musical catalog is now available on streaming services.

Prince’s estate reached a deal with Sony records in June.

Sony secured distribution rights to 35 of Prince’s albums, which includes more than 300 songs.

23 of those albums are now available on streaming services like Spotify and Apple music.

More releases will come in the future.

King Back With Bulldogs As A Student Coach

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When Georgia opens fall practice Monday, there will be 25 returning lettermen at Foley Field, actually 26 if you count former shortstop Nick King.

King, a two-year starter from 2015-16, returns in a student coaching role while he completes his degree in communication studies. He will work with the infielders.

“We encourage all our players to get their degree, and we realize that many of them will finish once their playing career is over,” said Ike Cousins head baseball coach Scott Stricklin. “We’re excited that Nick is back in school. He will help our program as a student coach much like Jarrett Brown and Mitchell Boggs were able to when they came back and completed their degree.”

King, a native of Palm Springs, Calif., played three years of professional baseball, mostly in the Pittsburgh Pirates organization. He began his collegiate career at Riverside City College in California before transferring to Georgia. King made his professional debut with the Schaumburg (Ill.) Boomers in the independent Frontier League and then was signed by the Pirates. This year, he played briefly for the York Revolution in the independent Atlantic League.

At Georgia, King played in 109 games with 107 starts. He batted .239 with four doubles, three triples, three home runs, 13 sacrifice bunts and 35 RBI plus registered 29 stolen bases and fielded .960.

Georgia welcomes back seven returning starters around the diamond including All-American two-way standout Aaron Schunk (3B/RHP), freshman All-Americans C.J. Smith (LHP/OF) and Mason Meadows (C) plus second team All-SEC first baseman Adam Sasser. Also, Cam Shepherd is back after setting a school record for fielding percentage by a shortstop with a .980 mark last year. On the mound, Georgia returns a dozen pitchers from the 2018 staff that helped the Bulldogs go 39-21 overall (18-12 SEC) and earn a consensus top 25 final national ranking.

The Bulldogs have nine newcomers including seven freshmen, one junior college transfer in Kaden Fowler and one graduate transfer in John Cable. The incoming class features five pitchers including 6-5, 234-pound right-hander Cole Wilcox of Chickamauga, Ga., who was a projected first round draft pick in last June’s Major League Baseball Draft. He went 9-2 with a 1.59 ERA as a senior at Heritage High School. Fowler is a 6-0, 207-pound left-handed hitting All-Conference utility player from El Dorado, Kansas who played the past two seasons at Barton Community College in Great Bend, Kan. Cable is a former All-Sun Belt Conference catcher/first baseman who joins the Bulldogs after graduating from the University of New Orleans with a business degree. A native of Roswell, Ga., the 6-2, 225-pound left-handed hitting Cable missed the 2018 season due to a hamstring injury but hit .349-3-33 in 2017 for the Privateers.

Chipotle Retraining Staff After Health Debacle

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(CNN) – Next week will be a busy one for Chipotle.

The restaurant chain says it will start retraining its entire staff on “food safety and wellness protocols.”

That’s about 70,000 people across more than 2,400 locations.

This after 647 customers became ill at a Chipotle in Powell, Ohio in a new round of outbreaks last month.

The Ohio Public Health Department determined food was being left at an unsafe temperature.

Chipotle said Thursday training sessions will be completed next week during employees’ shifts.

All of its restaurants will remain open during the training.

The company will also start testing employees on food safety standards to help prevent future outbreaks.

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