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Despite horrible weather conditions and a canceled season opener, the Appling County School System was able to unveil the new turf field at Jimmy Swain Stadium last Friday evening before

A juvenile has been implicated in the death of Loyce Tucker, 17, of Douglas, who was a resident at the Waycross Regional Youth Detention Center in Waycross. Tucker was reported unresponsive on Tuesday, August 9, 2022. Two days later, on Thursday, August 11, 2022, Tucker passed away from injuries sustained at the RYDC. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation is investigating Tucker’s death. Agents arrested Thomas Lee Hicks, 30, an officer at the RYDC, on Tuesday, August 16, for allegedly pitting juveniles at the RYDC against each other in a fight game. Authorities believe that it was in this figh...

Thomas Lee Hicks, 30, of Waycross, was arrested Tuesday evening and charged with one count of second-degree murder, two counts of second-degree cruelty to children, and one count of violation of oath of office. 

A juvenile corrections officer in Waycross, Georgia, has been fired and charged in the murder of one child after allowing the children to play in a 'fight game.'

The GBI has arrested Thomas Lee Hicks, age 30, of Waycross, GA and charged him with one count of murder in the 2nd degree, two counts of cruelty to children in the 2nd degree, and one count of violation of oath of office in connection to the death of a juvenile at the Waycross Regional Youth Detention Center, where Hicks was a juvenile correctional officer.