More layoffs in South Georgia

250 workers in Bainbridge will lose their jobs when American Fibers and Yards shutters a plant there. The company filed for bankruptcy protection Tuesday and told employees about the layoffs yesterday. Company officials said the plant will cease operations on Oct. 15.

Georgia ports on track for record year

The Georgia Ports Authority is on target to record its most successful year. State officials announced that the ports handled a total of more than 21.4 million tons of cargo for the first 10 months of fiscal year 2008. That represents an increase of over 20-percent for the period from July of last year through this April. The cargo processed includes through the terminal facilities of Bainbridge, Brunswick, Columbus and Savannah. The Port of Savannah now stands as the fourth-busiest and fastest-growing container terminal in the U.S.

Pilot dies in crop-dusting accident (Updated)

Search teams found the remains of a crashed crop dusting plane, and the body of the pilot, near Hwy 91 in Mitchell County, on Monday.

A Georgia Civil Air Patrol official told GPB News that the plane, piloted by 22-year-old Michigan resident Kyle Boss was found at about 9:30 am.

The single-engined Bellanca was en route from Bainbridge to Eufaula, Alabama when it went down, sometime Friday afternoon.

CAP air and ground teams from Georgia and Alabama teamed with searchers from the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Georgia State Patrol, and local county Emergency Services workers to locate the missing aircraft, according to CAP Maj. Michael Howington.

Boss was training for his pilot's license in crop dusting from a nearby agricultural school at the time of the crash, according to the officer.

Boss's family were notified Monday afternoon. No other details of the circumstances of the accident were available as of press time.

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(With The Associated Press)