Mirror Photo / Mary Laschinger Kirby<br> BUCKEYES SIGN National Letters of Intent for football scholarships Wednesday. From left are Darian “Stump” Godfrey, Tristen Holt, Braylon Webb, Mikey Wilson, Jacob Jenkins, Kedon Franklin and Vance Green. Standing behind the players are family members, from left, Jeanesha and Tamica Godfrey, Nehemiah Steele, Debra and Iyanna Godfrey, Preston and Bobbie Youman, Connie and Teaneki Webb with Tristen Holt, Phyllis Jones, Mike and Darleen Wilson, Athletic Director Jeff Traylor; Kim and Bobby Jenkins; Magie Aldridge and Kerry Smith with Kedon Franklin, and Keith and Darlyn Harris. On the table between Wilson and Jenkins is the state championship trophy the 2009 Buckeyes won.
Mirror Photo / Mary Laschinger Kirby
BUCKEYES SIGN National Letters of Intent for football scholarships Wednesday. From left are Darian “Stump” Godfrey, Tristen Holt, Braylon Webb, Mikey Wilson, Jacob Jenkins, Kedon Franklin and Vance Green. Standing behind the players are family members, from left, Jeanesha and Tamica Godfrey, Nehemiah Steele, Debra and Iyanna Godfrey, Preston and Bobbie Youman, Connie and Teaneki Webb with Tristen Holt, Phyllis Jones, Mike and Darleen Wilson, Athletic Director Jeff Traylor; Kim and Bobby Jenkins; Magie Aldridge and Kerry Smith with Kedon Franklin, and Keith and Darlyn Harris. On the table between Wilson and Jenkins is the state championship trophy the 2009 Buckeyes won.
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Seven Buckeyes sign to play at next level
by MARY L. KIRBY
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Seven Gilmer Buckeyes signed Letters of Intent on Wednesday, committing them to attend the colleges of their choice for the next four years as scholar-athletes. As many as three more Buckeyes ma...
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Toyota recalls 437,000 Priuses, hybrids globally (AP)

In this June 5, 2009 photo, workers give the final check on newly assembled new 2010 Prius hybrid vehicles at Toyota Tsutsumi Plant in Toyota, central Japan. Toyota Motor Corp. is recalling nearly 200,000 of its signature Prius green cars in Japan for braking problems, the latest in a string of embarrassing safety lapses at the world's largest automaker. Toyota president Akio Toyoda will hold a news conference at the automaker's Tokyo office later Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010 to outline details of the braking problem, including plans for a possible recall in the U.S., a company official told The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)AP - Toyota is recalling 437,000 Prius and other hybrid vehicles worldwide to fix brake problems — the latest embarrassing safety lapse at the world's largest automaker.


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US Army closes in on south Afghan town (AP)

An Afghan policeman searches a passenger of a mini bus, who arrived from Marjah at a check post in Lashkar Gah, the provincial capital of Helmand province, south of Kabul, Afghanistan Sunday, Feb. 7, 2010. Telegraphing the Marjah offensive has raised concerns that the Taliban might plant more bombs — known as improvised explosive devices or IEDs — to inflict casualties on the attackers. (AP Photo/Abdul Khaleq)AP - U.S. Army soldiers launched a preliminary operation Tuesday in support of a planned U.S.-Afghan attack on the largest Taliban-controlled town in southern Afghanistan.


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Courtesy Photo / Katie Ragland<br> MIKE RAGLAND’S proud parents, Alice and Butch Ragland, pin silver cloverleafs on his epaulets, signifying his promotion to lieutenant colonel in the Air Force. The Gilmer native is assigned to the Joint Chiefs of Staff in the Pentagon.
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MIKE RAGLAND’S proud parents, Alice and Butch Ragland, pin silver cloverleafs on his epaulets, signifying his promotion to lieutenant colonel in the Air Force. The Gilmer native is assigned to the Joint Chiefs of Staff in the Pentagon.
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Gilmer's Mike Ragland makes lieutenant colonel
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Gilmer native Mike Ragland was promoted to lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Air Force in a ceremony on Jan. 29. The ceremony was held in the Joint Staff Flag Room of the Pentagon in Washington, D.C....
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