Government & Politics

An ex-cop says he's suing the city of Dublin after being fired earlier this year.

Former Sergeant Robert Hazley says he was wrongfully terminated from his job after two complaints were filed against him.     

Once fired, Hazley conducted his own investigation into the police department.

Hazley isn't allowed to comment on the lawsuit, but he says he has enough information to bring federal charges against the department that fired him.

Hazley

The face of business is changing in many of Middle Georgia's smaller cities. Even with the announcement of a new prison coming to town, more small businesses are popping up in Milledgeville.

Milledgeville residents are also seeing more locally owned businesses pop up around town, like the Real Deal Grill on West Andrews Street.

Real Deal owner Amos Harper opened the restaurant after he was one of hundreds laid off from Rheem Manufacturing.

Federal bank regulators are defending their actions leading up to the collapse of Lehman Brothers and the purchase of Wachovia at the height of the financial crisis.

They are telling the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission that government officials' decisions in 2008 not to rescue Lehman and to encourage Wells Fargo & Co.'s takeover of Wachovia made sense under the circumstances.

Thomas Baxter, general counsel of the New York Fed, says in prepared testimony: "The Federal Reserve did not 'allow' Lehman Brothers to die."

Failed Republican gubernatorial hopeful Karen
Handel says her runoff loss won't mean her exit from politics.

In an e-mail sent to supporters on Tuesday, the former secretary
of state said while she is not sure exactly what she will do moving
forward she'll remain "involved in the political arena."

Handel said she was proud to be the first woman candidate to
make a runoff for governor in Georgia, noting that he candidacy
"put a big crack in Georgia's political glass ceiling."

Handel also asked supporters for donations to retire a modest
campaign debt

Church members in Dublin are still trying to figure out who would burn down their place of worship. Now a national organization is getting involved.

The National Coalition for Burned Churches held a meeting at the Green Grove Baptist Church in Dublin, Monday.

The group spoke with local law enforcement about the investigation into the burning of Central Baptist Church.

It also met with victims and those who fear their place of worship may be next.