Emaciated Horses Found at Jonesboro Farm

The state Agriculture Department is saying it has found nine “extremely emaciated” horses at a Jonesboro farm.

A department spokesman said two dead horses were found on the farm yesterday.

Officials found the farm Tuesday. They had received numerous calls about skinny horses at the farm. It belongs to Dr. Phillip Breaton. Inspectors returned to the farm with a veterinarian a day later.

The horses have been moved to state stables in Newton County. A spokesman for the Agriculture Department says they are expected to recover.

Ten other horses were left on the property. They were considered to be in better condition than the others. Officials left written instructions on how to care for them.

(AP)

Record heat continues across the state

Georgians can expect another day of record high temperatures today, after record-marks were set on Thursday. Augusta was the hottest spot in the state yesterday, posting a mark of 106 degrees. Record-highs in triple digits were posted as well in Athens, Macon, and Atlanta.

For today, parts of central and southeast Georgia are under an extreme heat warning. There is the heat advisory elsewhere, except for the mountains. High temperatures forecast today are expected between 100-105. except for 90's in the mountains and along the coast.

Georgia Power says about five-thousand customers in the metro Atlanta area lost power. Officials say increased demand caused some transformers to burn-out. A bulk of the customers were based south of Atlanta-—near Jonesboro, Fayette County and near Newnan.