Bainbridge - Nancy Barineau died Monday morning at the Memorial Hospital following a one vehicle crash. The crash occurred at approximately 7:10 a.m.

Barineau was on her way to West Bainbridge Elementary School where she taught first grade.

According to Georgia State Patrol Trooper Brian Palmer, her Toyota was traveling north on Highway 27 South, left the roadway and traveled approximately 1000 feet along a ditch before striking a drainage ditch. The crash occurred at the intersection of Antioch Church Road, Highway 262.

An off-duty Florida deputy and an off-duty nurse were two of the first on scene. The driver was trapped in her vehicle, and emergency lifesaving procedures were begun in the vehicle until rescue personnel arrived and extricated her from the vehicle.

Blakely - The Early County Board of Education voted Tuesday night to offer the position of Early County school superintendent to Col. Thomas Dyer Challender of Troy, Mo.

Challender is currently a school superintendent in Troy. He retired from the U.S. Army as a lieutenant colonel and is a former commandant of Kemper Military School and College in Boonville, Missouri.

The following four candidates were announced as finalists in the search.

Col. Thomas Dyer Challender of Troy, MO. Challender was a current superintendent in Troy. He has served as both assistant superintendent and a high school principal.

The other three candidates were Mrs. Bari Brasfield Geeslin of Lumpkin; Mr. Derrell L. Jeffcoat of Griffin, and Dr. Cecil Alan Miller of Eufaula, AL.

The search for a new superintendent began following the February 9 board meeting at which Kenneth Hall announced plans to retire at the end of the school year. Dr. Bronwyn Ragan-Martin has been serving as interim superintendent since June 22 until the board could hire the new superintendent.

Cairo - Violent deaths of a husband and wife in the Pine Park community have left seven children without parents and law enforcement officers without complete answers.

Although witnesses have reportedly said the deaths were a murdersuicide, investigators with the GBI decline to confirm. “I will say, both bodies had gunshot wounds,” said Steve Turner, special agent in charge of the regional GBI office in Thomasville.

The tragedy unfolded last Wednesday night shortly after 9 p.m. Callers started contacting E-911, reporting shots fired, then that someone had been shot. Before the end of the night, nearly 50 people had called E-911, according to Steve Clark, chief investigator with the Grady County Sheriff’s Office.

When officers arrived at the scene, they found the bodies of 31-year-old Lucretrica Johnson Simpson and 29-year-old Markethe Odell Simpson lying on a walkway in front of the home.

The couple had a history of domestic violence where law enforcement officers were called to the scene to intervene. They were separated at the time of their deaths. Recently Mrs. Simpson and her children had moved in with her mother and stepfather.

The night of the shooting, Simpson came to his mother-in-law’s home and in front of her and his children, shot his wife. The shooting started inside the home and continued outside until both lay dead.

Donalsonville - Deputy Rob Snider was dispatched to a residence on Bartow Gibson Highway on Friday afternoon, August 6, where a burglary was in progress.

Chief Deputy Melvin Henry was traveling to the residence to assist Snider when he met a fluorescent pink Toyota SUV on Hwy. 285 just east of the intersection of Highway 39 South towing a four-wheeler taken from the residence reporting the burglary.

The two black males, Kevin Deveron Decree and Durakel Delon Armstead were arrested and charged with theft of the cycle.

Donalsonvile Police assisted with the arrest.