Local & State Headlines

SCL suspends operations
Less than three years after forming, the South Coast League of independent baseball – home of the champion South Georgia Peanuts – has ceased operations "indefinitely."

Farm diesel stolen
Nearly $3,500 worth of diesel is missing from a Lee County farm, police reports show.

Teen reports gang shooting
Police have yet to publicly acknowledge gang involvement in two shootings.

3 indicted in fake cash operation
Investigators raided a home on Moultrie Road in January and discovered counterfeit bills and printing equipment, authorities said.

Chehaw faces possible lawsuit over snakebite
A man bitten by a snake at Chehaw threatens a $1 million lawsuit for his injury.

Turner graduates begin 'their stories'
Turner Job Corps students get advice from a prominent Albany figure during graduation ceremonies.

Minor gas leak causes evacuation
A contractor told fire investigators that he was working on a septic tank when he accidentally struck a gas line, reports show.

Local man sentenced to 3 years
A man convicted of defrauding insurance companies by creating and then dissolving dummy companies to obtain worker's compensation coverage for claims, was sentenced to serve three years and pay back more than $1 million in restitution in federal court, officials said.

Truck overturns
Traffic on U.S. 82 west of Sylvester had to be re-routed for several hours Friday when a tractor-trailer loaded with a farm chemical overturned.

TCM reduces its work force
Triple Crown Media Inc., which operates six daily newspapers and one weekly newspaper in Georgia, announced Friday a company-wide work force reduction of 5 percent as the company contends with the national economic downturn exacerbated by skyrocketing paper and fuel costs.