ATLANTA, Ga.
Shooting widow's appeal rejected
Georgia's top court will not hear an appeal from the wife of a federal agent killed in 2005 by a courthouse gunman.
The Georgia Supreme Court has turned away the appeal from Candee Wilhelm, the widow of federal agent David Wilhelm. Her husband was killed at a home in north Atlanta hours after gunman Brian Nichols escaped from custody and went on a shooting spree.
The move lets stand the Georgia Court of Appeals decision last year to dismiss Wilhelm's civil suit against several current and former Fulton County sheriff's deputies who were on duty the day of the shooting.
Nichols also killed a judge, a court reporter and a deputy after overpowering the lone female deputy escorting him. He was convicted of the killings in 2008 and sentenced to life without parole.
DALTON, Ga.
Chamber to host breakfast event
The Dalton-Whitfield Chamber of Commerce will host a Wake Up Whitfield breakfast Tuesday from 8 until 9 a.m. at the Dalton Golf and Country Club.
Dean Robert T. Sumichrast of the University of Georgia's Terry College of Business will offer an assessment of the current economic cycle, according to a news release. His forecast will include projections for the housing market, residential and commercial construction, job market trends and when he expects an economic recovery to begin.
Tickets are $15 per person for members and $20 for nonmembers. Space is limited.
For more information, call the Dalton-Whitfield Chamber of Commerce at 706-278-7373 or register online at www.daltonchamber.org.
RINGGOLD, Ga.
Democrats meet to elect officers
The Catoosa County Democratic Party will hold elections for officers at its January breakfast meeting Saturday at 9 a.m.
The public is invited to the meeting to be held at Caffeine Addicts coffee shop in downtown Ringgold.
AUGUSTA, Ga.
Internet-linked shotguns found
Georgia authorities are investigating the discovery of six loaded shotguns aimed at a food plot that were rigged to be fired through a network of Web-controlled cameras.
The Augusta Chronicle reported the guns were discovered last fall on a Georgia Power Co. right of way in rural South Georgia. The setup was discovered by a utility contractor, and it was reported to the U.S. Office of Homeland Security.
The newspaper reported that a bulletin circulated by the Office of Homeland Security said it appeared that the rig was only intended for illegal hunting in an area known to be infested with wild hogs.
The newspaper reported that by the time officers arrived to investigate, the shotgun setup had been removed.