Parents Plead Guilty To Abuse:

Two Aiken County parents have pleaded guilty to using a cattle prod to abuse their children. The court sentenced Kip and Dana Smith to ten years behind bars, but that will be suspended if they complete five years probation successfully. The 12 and 14 year old boys claim Kip held them down, while Dana shocked them with the prod. The boys no longer live in the home.

Execution Set For May:

Another Georgia execution by lethal injection, is set for this month.
Attorney General, Thurbert Baker, has ordered Samuel Crowe be executed on May 22nd. A jury convicted Crowe of robbing & killing his former boss nearly twenty years ago. Crowe's execution will mark the second in Georgia, since the U.S. Supreme Court ruled death by lethal injection is constitutional.

Another Goody's Grant:

The staff at Wheeless Road Elementary says the extra ten-thousand dollars will go toward a new playground for the kids. The school is more than 50 years old. We're told the original playground equipment became too dangerous. The school still needs to raise close to
40-thousand dollars to complete the project. They hope to have it done by next year.

Saturday Food Drive:

You can put your cans to good use tomorrow, by helping feed the hungry. 'Stamp-Out Hunger' is the nation's largest single-day food drive. It's easy to participate. All you have to do is leave a sturdy bag of non-perishable foods next to your mailbox on Saturday, and postal workers will pick it up for you. Your donations are then delivered to local food banks and shelters.