November 05, 2009
Officials: Mom Gave Missing Florida Infant To Sitter
Authorities say the mother of a missing Florida 7-month-old secretly turned her over to her baby sitter in the middle of the night.
October 08, 2009
Woman Kicked Off Plane For Breast Feeding Sues
A New Mexico woman kicked off an airplane at the Burlington International Airport three years ago for breast feeding her baby is suing Delta Air Lines. The Burlington Free Press says negotiations failed to reach a settlement between the Atlanta-based airline and Emily Gillette.
August 18, 2009
UPDATED: Search For Missing GA Woman Extends To Tennessee
Authorities searching for a missing north Georgia woman began interviewing 180 sex offenders in nearby Tennessee as the case extended into a seventh day. Georgia Bureau of Investigation spokesman John Bankhead says investigators on the Kristi Cornwell case were talking to sex offenders in counties closest to the Georgia-Tennessee border on Tuesday. Road checks and neighborhood canvassing in Blairsville continued.
August 17, 2009
Family Of Missing GA Woman Goes On National TV
Family members of a Georgia woman who authorities believe was abducted last week appeared on two national television shows. Kristi Cornwell’s mother, brother and cousin appeared from Blairsville Monday on both NBC’s “Today” show and ABC’s “Good Morning America.“
August 07, 2009
Baby Killed, SC Mom Charged After Teen Crashes Car
A South Carolina mother is facing charges after her 14-year-old daughter crashed a car, killing a small child in the back seat. The Item of Sumter reports Friday that 30-year-old Nicole Ford has been charged with seven counts of unlawful conduct toward a child for letting the teen drive.
August 06, 2009
Jefferson County Man Arrested For Murder
WJBF News Channel 6 has learned that, on Thursday evening, August 6th, 2009 at approximately 5:15 p.m., officers from the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office and the Georgia Bureau of Investigation arrested 23 year-old Eddie Williams, Jr. without incident at his residence on Hudson Road, near Wadley, Georgia for the murder of his 52-year-old mother, Janice Williams, on Tuesday, August 4th, 2009.
August 04, 2009
Custody Of Michael Jackson’s Children Granted to His Mother
A hearing on Michael Jackson’s estate has ended with the two men named in the pop icon’s will retaining control of his financial affairs, and the custody of his kids being granted to his mother.
Custody Of Michael Jackson’s Children Granted to His Mother
A hearing on Michael Jackson’s estate has ended with the two men named in the pop icon’s will retaining control of his financial affairs, and the custody of his kids being granted to his mother.
July 31, 2009
Burke County Mother In Court On Allegations Of Neglect
A Burke County mother is in court Friday…Christine Long was arrested last summer…after her 11 children were found living in squalor. WJBF News Channel 6’s Joy Howe is in the courtroom for the hearing, and she’ll have the full report Friday night at 5, 5:30, and 6.
July 30, 2009
Clemson QB Kyle Parker Spending Quality Time In Augusta
Clemson quarterback Kyle Parker has a very good reason for spending some time in Augusta. WJBF News Channel 6 Sports Director Chris Kane explains.
July 27, 2009
Police: TX Woman Accused Of Killing Newborn Ate Brain
A woman charged with murdering her 3-1/2-week-old son used a knife and two swords to dismember the child and ate parts of his body, including his brain, before stabbing herself in the torso and slicing her own throat, police said Monday. Otty Sanchez, 33, is charged with capital murder in the death of her infant son, Scott Wesley Buchholtz-Sanchez. She was recovering from her wounds at a hospital, and was being held on $1 million bail.
July 16, 2009
Mother Arrested After Leaving Child In McDonald’s Parking Lot
A mother in some serious trouble after leaving her baby in a parking lot. It happened at the McDonald’s, in Evans, over the weekend. WJBF News Channel 6’s Barclay Bishop has more.
July 09, 2009
UPDATED: Suspect Arrested In Aiken Robbery Of Woman And Baby
A young Aiken, SC mother is robbed at gunpoint in her front yard with her baby in her arms. WJBF News Channel 6’s Paige Tucker reports. UPDATE: There have now been warrants issued for the arrest of Tequan Martrell Holmes, 19, of the 200 block of Snipes Pond Road, in Aiken. UPDATE: Holmes has now been arrested by the Aiken County Sheriff’s Office.
May 26, 2009
Hearing Set For SC Mom Found With 555-Pound Son
An extradition hearing is scheduled in Maryland for a South Carolina woman accused of neglecting her 555-pound son’s health
May 24, 2009
Officials Still Searching For Mother, 13-Year-Old Son With Cancer
Law enforcement officers are still concentrating on southern California and Mexico in their search for a Minnesota woman and her 13-year-old son…both on the run from court-ordered cancer treatment for the boy. The Brown County Sheriff’s Department has reported no new information, as of Saturday night.

