Keith Witzky retiring Friday after 30 years with sheriff s office
He plans to get his clergy license and give some hope to jail inmates
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MANSFIELD - Keith Witzky is retiring Friday after 30 years with the Richland County Sheriff s Office, having started in the jail, then onto court security and transportation, and, for the last 22 years, supervising the nonviolent offender jail inmate work crew program in Richland County.
Witzky, 60, doesn t plan to be gone too long from the Richland County Jail, however. He plans to get a clergy license so he can minister to jail inmates, prison inmates and those offenders at the Community Alternative Center.
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Toccoa teen wounded in shooting still hospitalized
Shooting victim, Cassidy Blalock is recovering in a Northeast Georgia hospital.
A Toccoa teenager who was shot last week remains hospitalized and the teen accused of shooting her remains behind bars.
17-year-old Cassidy Blalock was shot once in the arm when a gunman opened fire outside a Toccoa residence. The bullet broke her arm and severed her brachial artery. Quick thinking by a neighbor who witnessed the shooting helped save her life. “He wrapped my arm and stayed with me until the first responders got there,” Cassidy tells Now Habersham from her hospital bed in Gainesville.
New Nacogdoches and Lufkin mayors meet this week
Two new mayors in Nacogdoches and Lufkin meet this week By Donna McCollum | May 7, 2021 at 8:08 PM CDT - Updated May 7 at 9:36 PM
NACOGDOCHES, Texas (KTRE) - Nacogdoches Mayor Jimmy Mize is ending his first week with the title. Before taking office, the unopposed candidate visited legislators in Austin. This week he stuck closer to home.
Mayor Jimmy Mize knows all about the many generations which kept the Nacogdoches-Lufkin rival alive, way beyond football. History won’t block his moves.
“I actually got to speak with Mayor Hicks earlier this week and kind of talking about things we can do to bring Lufkin and Nacogdoches closer together,” said Mize. “If we can align somewhat with our neighbors, I think that voice becomes even stronger.
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