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.

A proposed coal-fired power plant could be heading to Sandersville, GA in Washington County. Tuesday night, Savannah Riverkeepers held a hearing at Augusta’s Boat House for folks to voice their concerns. WJBF News Channel 6’s Barclay Bishop was there, and has more on the hearing.

Is a proposed $2.1 billion, coal-fired electric generating station a threat to our environment? Plans to build the plant in Washington County are already in the works. We have links to websites on both sides of the debate. Take a look and then participate in our web poll.

Gov. Sonny Perdue has cleared the way for 11 road projects funded by the federal stimulus package to move forward. The projects cost $51 million and span Georgia, from metro Atlanta to Washington County.

The National Weather Service has issued several weather advisories ahead of storm systems making their way toward the CSRA.

A Washington County deer farmer has been fined after being accused of running an illegal pay-to-hunt facility on his property. Georgia Department of Natural Resources officials have levied $70,000 in fines against Jens Brynteson, who owns Hoofbeat Plantation in Warthen. The charges are based on an 18-month investigation by the state.

According to the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center, several counties in the CSRA are under a Tornado Watch until 1:00 a.m.

In an e-mail to WJBF News Channel 6, as of Thursday morning, the Bonnie Branch tells us the Washington Wilkes Animal Shelter has been granted sole custody of the Pierce Street pit bulls, by Judge Dunaway. Branch is the Adoption Coordinator for the shelter.

Friday’s high school school basketball scores as reported to the WJBF Sports department.

There are 100 new jobs are coming to Thomson, as of July 2009, and depending on the economy, the number could grow to 150, going into 2010. Thomson Plastics will expand its operation by 50,000-square feet to accommodate the move of the production and assembly operations from the Sandersville facility, which is about an hour and a half from Augusta. Count on WJBF News Channel 6’s Renita Crawford for the story.

Wednesday, February 4th is National Signing Day for high school football players to sign letters of intent to play college football for their chosen school.  Here is the complete list of CSRA signees as reported to the WJBF Sports department.