WISK/WDEC
“Local News”
Monday
May 29th, 2023
M E
M O R I A L D A Y
This will be a
memorable Memorial Day for the family of Corporal Luther H. Story. Luther h.
Story, a Korean War Medal of Honor recipient will be laid to rest after nearly 73-years.
The reinterment ceremony with full military honors will be at 2 this afternoon
at Andersonville National Historic Site as part of the Memorial Day weekend. A
niece, Judy Wade will offer words this afternoon, a chaplain will have an
invocation and benediction and Major General Thomas M. Carden Jr. will have
remarks. Cpl. Story will then receive full military burial honors. Corporal
Luther Herschel Story’s family will be presented with a Congressional Medal of
Honor and a Purple Heart for his valiant efforts in the Korean War from
September 1st 1950 when he was killed in combat.
The community can show your respect and support for Luther H. Story and
his remaining family by lining the streets this afternoon while enroute to
Andersonville. The funeral procession will leave Aldridge Funeral Services at
1:30 traveling down Taylor Street to Lee Street, past the Public Safety
Building with the huge American flag, turn onto Lamar Street and then make the
closing journey to Andersonville. Line the streets, wave your flags, clap your
hands as we all send Corporal Luther Herschel Story home to his final resting
place at the Andersonville National Cemetery this afternoon. Please show up and
let’s send Cpl. Story off in true Sumter County style for one of our own—our
hometown hero!
Today is Memorial Day
and how appropriate was it that we lay to rest Cpl. Luther H. Story on a day
where we remember those brave men and women who gave the ultimate sacrifice in
the line of duty. Memorial Day is THAT time we remember and honor all who
served and sacrificed for our great nation.
Because today is a state and Federal holiday, banks are closed and
there will be no mail delivery today. Trash pickup is pushed back a day this
week. Monday’s trash pickup will be on Tuesday, then Tuesday on Wednesday and
so on for the rest of this week. The offices of the City of Americus and those
at the Sumter County Courthouse and LEC will be closed in observance of the
holiday. There will be NO Sumter County Sheriff’s reports due to the LEC
offices being closed today. These offices resume normal business hours on Tuesday.
The 78-hour Memorial Day holiday travel period will end at 11:59pm. So
far across the state as of 6am, 11 traffic fatalities have been recorded on
Georgia’s roads and highways. None of the fatalities occurred in Troop G which
patrols the SW Georgia area. State Troopers, Deputies and Police Officers,
locally and across the state, will be highly visible in what will be a busy
travel period today. Click it or Ticket is underway and if you’re caught
without wearing your seatbelt. YOU WILL get a ticket. Obey the posted speed,
don’t drive distracted and by all means buckle up and arrive alive!
An investigation is underway into an early morning shooting at 116
Highway 30W. It was after 2 this morning that the Sumter County Sheriff’s
Deputies and Sumter County Fire & Rescue were dispatched out to a report of
someone shot. Then there were reports of numerous shots being fired. SCF&R
waited until the scene was secured. As of 5:30 this morning, Deputies and
Investigators were still on the scene. No details yet on what happened and who
was shot. It has been confirmed there was one fatality as a result of the early
morning shooting. The GBI is assisting in the investigation.
Americus Police had a
busy weekend. A 1st degree felony burglary was investigated at 303
Rucker Street.
2nd degree
criminal damage to property was reported at 101-F Country Club Drive; 258-C Lonnie
Lane; and at 103 Bessie Mays Circle.
Investigation is
underway into a financial transaction card forgery.
Adriane R. McClendon
was arrested for shoplifting at Wal-Mart. Mary N. Cooper was arrested late in
the weekend for shoplifting at Wal-Mart.
Following a traffic
stop on Crawford at E. Forsyth, Destiny C Adams was arrested for driving
without a valid license; failure to yield; and failure to maintain lane.
Gerald A. Lewis was
arrested for an outstanding warrant at 406-A Academy Street.
After a traffic stop
at 1:40 Saturday morning on Crawford Street, Juwan A. High was arrested for
DUI-refusal and failure to maintain lane.
Quintin J. Fletcher
was arrested at 1007 S. MLK Boulevard for contributing to the delinquency of a
minor; possession and use of drugs and drug-related objects; and maintaining a
disorderly house.
Suspicious incidents
were checked out at 916 ½ N. MLK Boulevard and 1310 Ridge Street.
A runaway juvenile
complaint was filed with an officer.
Aggravated assaults
occurred on Highway 30 at Magnolia and 1320 Douglas Circle.
A traffic stop at
1201 N. MLK Boulevard resulted in the arrest of Bradley L. Terry for an
outstanding warrant.
Tiembra Walters was arrested
at a domestic call to 808 N. Lee Street for terroristic threats and acts.
Harassing communications
and false report of a crime are under further investigation.
Responding to a
domestic disturbance at 702 Davenport Street, Anthony K. Cross was arrested for
battery and disorderly conduct.
A shots fired
complaint was made in the area of 1130 Felder Street.
Officers were busy
answering 10 total domestic-related calls and two miscellaneous calls over the
weekend.
A hit-n-run accident
occurred on N. Lee at Patterson.
There were five
weekend accidents with one reported injury.