By Jacob Bembry
Greene Publishing, Inc.
   A Lee woman was critically injured in an automobile accident in Lowndes County, Ga. on Monday, March 10.
   According to a Georgia State Patrol report, the accident occurred on Georgia State Highway 31 when Louis DeMotsis, of Lee, was attempting to pull off the road into a gas station. He apparently did not see a Ford Bronco coming in his direction and failed to yield the right-of-way to the SUV, which hit the DeMotsises’ Mercurcy Marquis in the passenger side.
   The GSP did not release information on the identity of the driver of the Ford Bronco or his condition.
   Louis DeMotsis was released from the hospital on Tuesday.
   DeMotsis, his wife, Dot, and the driver of the Bronco were all injured in the wreck.
   Dot DeMotsis remains in critical condition at South Georgia Medical Center in Valdosta, Ga. According to sources close to the family, she remains in the intensive care unit at the hospital. At press time, she was in stable condition, but still connected to life support.

Man Shot

By Jacob Bembry
Greene Publishing, Inc.
   A Madison man was shot and wounded on his back left side, from his buttocks to below his shoulder blade, on Tuesday, March 11.
   According to a Madison County Sheriff’s Office report, Deputy Jason Whitfield was dispatched to Johnson Trailer Park on Georgia Street in reference to a man being shot. While en route, Whitfield was advised by dispatched that the suspect, Aron Clark, had left the scene driving a blue Suburban with tinted windows.
  After checking for the vehicle and not finding it, Whitfield went to the crime scene, where Madison Police Department Sgt. Chris Cooks had the witnesses writing statements.
   Whitfield spoke with several witnesses himself.
   One of the witnesses said that she was sitting on a couch inside a residence with the victim, Loronya Haynes, when they heard a vehicle pull up. She said that the two of them saw a black male sitting in the vehicle, putting a gun together.
   She and Haynes walked outside and Haynes got into an argument with Clark, the driver of the vehicle.
   Clark told the woman she needed to step back inside the residence and she did. She said she heard a gunshot and Haynes stepped inside, told her he had been shot and fell to the floor.
   Whitfield received a call from dispatch that Clark was at the jail to turn himself in for the shooting.
   Clark said that Haynes and a friend walked around the residence and walked up to him when he honked the horn. Clark said that they began talking “junk” to him. He said that he put his .410 shotgun together and placed it in the passenger seat and exited the vehicle.
   Clark said as he exited the truck, they came at him, so he loaded the firearm. He said that Haynes was still talking trash, so when he came at him again, he pointed the firearm at Haynes and he ran in the residence. While Haynes was turning the corner into the residence, Clark shot Haynes.
   Haynes was flown by medical helicopter to Tallahassee Memorial Hospital, where he remains after being treated for the gunshot wound.
   Clark was placed under arrested and booked at the Madison County Jail.

Valentine And Arnold Reelected

   According to results posted on www.votemadison.com, with 85% of the vote, Myra Valentine was reelected on March 8 as Madison City Commissioner for Town Council Group #1.
   On the same day, Kovacherich “Shorty Boy” Arnold was reelected as Greenville City Commissioner from District 2 with 72% of the vote.