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Deal Signs Law To Help Military Families

FORT BENNING, Ga. (AP) — Georgia is making it easier for military children to enroll in a new school when their parents move between states. Gov. Nathan Deal signed an interstate compact Wednesday during a visit to […]

WAOK-AM–2012/04/26

President And Mrs. Obama To Visit Georgia Troops

FORT STEWART, Ga. (WAOK/WTEV)– President Barack Obama will be returning to Georgia again this month but this time for a different reason than his fund raising trip in March. President and Mrs. Obama will be […]

WAOK-AM–2012/04/25

Georgia Air Force Officer Killed In Africa

NEWNAN, Ga. (AP) — The Defense Department says an Air Force officer from Georgia is among four people killed in the crash of military plane in Djibouti (jih-BOO’-tee), Africa. The military said Monday that 29-year-old Capt. Nicholas […]

WAOK-AM–2012/02/21

National Guardsman Guilty Of Child Molestation

MARIETTA, Ga. (AP) — A former Georgia National Guard soldier has been convicted on three counts of child molestation in Cobb County. Authorities say 41-year-old John Joseph Kinnaman was convicted Friday. The Cobb County district attorney’s office […]

WAOK-AM–2012/02/20

US crew chief, specialist Saul Avila (L)

Ga. Marine Recovers From Injuries After Bomb Blast

GAINESVILLE, Ga. (AP) – Authorities say a U.S. Marine from northeast Georgia is recovering after being severely injured by a blast from a roadside bomb in Afghanistan. The Times of Gainesville reports (http://bit.ly/xVq2PU) that part […]

WAOK-AM–2012/02/14