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Yahoo
16-03-2025
- Yahoo
2 charged with murder after 4-year-old GA girl dies
Investigators are trying to figure out how a four-year-old Georgia girl died Friday night. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks] Around 7:46 p.m., Toombs County deputies responded to a call about an unresponsive child. The caller told dispatch they were on the way to the hospital from their home. Emergency responders met the caller at the Enmarket convenience store at West Liberty Street and South Victory Drive in Lyons. Paramedics immediately began life-saving measures while headed to Memorial Health Meadows Hospital in Vidalia, authorities said. Shortly after arriving at the hospital, the four-year-old was pronounced dead. TRENDING STORIES: Clean-up effort underway after severe storms cause damage across metro Atlanta Daughter of former Atlanta mayor, UN Ambassador Andrew Young dies Severe storms cause damage across metro Atlanta Toombs County Sheriff Jordan Kight requested assistance from the Georgia Bureau of Investigation. The investigation led to the arrest of Seth Hunter Brown, 26, and Taylor Marie Hughes, 29, both of Lyons. The pair was charged with cruelty to children in the first degree, aggravated battery, felony murder, and malice murder. The duo was booked into the Toombs County Detention Center. The relationship between the victim and suspects was not released. The child's identity was not revealed. 'I would like to extend my deepest condolences to the families during this difficult time. I ask that you keep them in your thoughts and prayers in the days to come,' Kight said. The investigation is ongoing. [SIGN UP: WSB-TV Daily Headlines Newsletter]
Yahoo
30-01-2025
- Automotive
- Yahoo
Toombs Co. Sheriff's Office awarded $39k from Governor's Office for Highway Safety
LYONS, Ga. (WSAV) — The Toombs County Sheriff's Office (TCSO) announced that it received $39,856 from the Governor's Office of Highway Safety (GOHS). The grant is given by the Governor's Office to help reduce crashes, injuries and fatalities around Georgia through High Visibility Enforcement. HVE uses highly visible and proactive law enforcement to target specific traffic safety issues, designed to change unlawful and dangerous driving behaviors that contribute to most the state's fatal and serious injury traffic crashes on the roads. 'Federal and state crash data show sustained enforcement of traffic laws reduces crashes and saves lives on our roads,' Allen Poole, Director of GOHS said. 'GOHS will continue to partner with state and local law enforcement to implement projects and initiatives designed to protect everyone using our roads and to help reach our goal of zero traffic deaths in Georgia and our nation.' The HVE grant will continue through September of 2025. 'The Toombs County Sheriff's Office is thrilled to announce that with the acceptance of this grant, our Deputies will be more equipped to enforce traffic offenses and promote more safety within our community along the highway,' said Sheriff Jordan Kight. For more information on the award, contact TCSO at 912-526-6778 or by email at admin@ Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
