| • | Sunday, May 11 6:43 PM The Millen community was hit hard by the storms. So far, there have been two injuries reported, but the reports of damage and loss are still coming in. WJBF-TV News Channel 6's Joy Howe has the story of waking up on Mother's Day in Millen.   |
| • | Sunday, May 11 6:27 PM Some of the worst damage from Sunday morning's storms was in the small town of Kite, Georgia. People there spent this Mother's Day cleaning up and patching up. Kite is about 70 miles southwest of Augusta, in Johnson County. Count on WJBF-TV News Channel 6's Barclay Bishop, who's been there all day Sunday, to provide the details. |
| • | Sunday, May 11 5:28 PM The South Carolina Aquarium collected more money from paying visitors last year, but posted a loss for the year because of lackluster fundraising. The chairman of the aquarium's finance committee Don Higgins tells The (Charleston) Post and Courier that the nonprofit organization makes money, but is carrying a heavy debt load. |
| • | Sunday, May 11 5:25 PM Officials are investigating the death of a Gaffney teenager whose body was pulled from the Broad River. Coroner Dennis Fowler says in a news release that the body of 17-year-old Anthony Bernard Fair Junior was recovered Saturday night near a hydroelectric dam about 15 feet from shore. |
| • | Sunday, May 11 5:22 PM A South Carolina grandmother has become a worldwide sensation among stressed-out U.S. military men and women by sending those rough-and-tumble folks the most incongruous of gifts: pliable, google-eye dolls. |
| • | Sunday, May 11 5:19 PM Two people died and at least three others were injured in separate motorcycle crashes after the second day of Myrtle Beach's Harley-Davidson spring motorcycle rally. Horry County deputy coroner Tamara Willard says 45-year-old Angelo Gonzalez of Boardman, Ohio, died and a woman was injured Saturday night when their motorcycle hit a truck making a left turn on Kings Highway. |
| • | Sunday, May 11 4:44 PM Sunday, Governor Sonny Perdue issued an executive order declaring a state of emergency in six counties affected by the severe weather that passed through Georgia Saturday night. The six counties are Bibb, Carroll, Douglas, Jefferson, Johnson and Laurens. |
| • | Sunday, May 11 4:37 PM According to Scotty McDuffy, the Augusta Red Cross is responding to Jefferson and Jenkins County storm victims. A shelter has been opened in Louisville at Louisville United Methodist Church, at 301 West 7th Street. The shelter is open to anyone displaced from their home due to storm damage. |
| • | Sunday, May 11 4:13 PM Among the many places destroyed by Sunday morning's storms: a local church, getting ready for Sunday morning services. In the midst of the storm, it's hard for many to keep the faith. But, this congregation says, rain or shine, they'll continue to push on and believe. Count on WJBF-TV News Channel 6's Fraendy Clervaud to provide the details. |
| • | Sunday, May 11 3:35 PM According to Sgt. Richard Roundtree, with the Richmond County Sheriff's Office, on Sunday, at approximately 12:05 a.m., deputies responded to 420 East Boundary (East Augusta Commons) in reference to shots fired. Upon arrival, the David Christopher Reader, 26, was found slumped over inside of his vehicle, suffering from multiple gunshot wounds to the chest. The victim subsequently died at the scene. |
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