Jeff Martin, Author at Valley News

MLK Jr. holiday celebrations include acts of service and parades, but some take a political turn

by Jeff Martin Associated Press, and Jeffrey Collins Associated PressJanuary 16, 2024

MLK Jr. holiday celebrations include acts of service and parades, but some take a political turnEds: UPDATES: Links video. With AP Photos, AP Audio.; With AP Photos.; AP Video.ATLANTA (AP) — Communities across the nation celebrated the Martin Luther…

This March 11, 2019 photo shows a makeshift levee built by a resident in Rolling Fork, Miss., to protect his home from flood waters. In March 2019, scientists are warning that historic flooding could soon deluge parts of several southern states along the lower Mississippi River, where flood waters could persist for several weeks. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

Forecasters: ‘Potentially historic’ flooding threatens South

by Jeff Martin Associated PressMarch 21, 2019

Debris from a home litters a yard the day after a tornado blew it off its foundation, at right, in Beauregard, Ala., Monday, March 4, 2019. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Tornado blasts Ala. town

by Kim Chandler Associated Press, and Jeff Martin Associated PressMarch 4, 2019

People hug one another outside of the Dalton Convention Center on Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2018 in Dalton, Ga. Students from Dalton High School were evacuated to the Dalton Convention Center after social studies teacher Randal Davidson allegedly barricaded himself in a classroom and fired a handgun. (C.B. Schmelter/Chattanooga Times Free Press via AP)

Teacher Barricades Himself in Class, Fires Gun

by Jeff Martin Associated Press, and Alina Hartounian Associated PressMarch 1, 2018

Locust Grove Mayor Robert Price, left, reacts to one of his officers being killed as he talks to Henry Chief Deputy David Foster, center and Sheriff Keith McBrayer, after a press conference at a Henry County Fire station, Friday, Feb. 9, 2018 in Locust Grove, Ga. A police officer whose wife is expecting the couple's second baby was killed Friday and two deputies were seriously wounded in a shooting that also left a suspect dead south of Atlanta, authorities said. (Phil Skinner /Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)

Ga. Town Shaken by Officer’s Death

by Jeff Martin Associated PressFebruary 10, 2018

FILE- In this Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2016, file photo, Lake Purdy which has receded several feet due to drought, leaves dry, cracked ground where lake water should use to be, in Birmingham, Ala. Though water shortages have yet to drastically change most people's lifestyles, southerners are beginning to realize that they'll need to save their drinking supplies with no end in sight to an eight-month drought. Already, watering lawns and washing cars is restricted in some parts of the South, and more severe water limits loom if long-range forecasts of below-normal rain hold true through the rest of 2016. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson, File)

Water Woes in South Worsen

by Jeff Martin Associated PressNovember 27, 2016