Corps looking into Middle Georgia Regional Airport

Middle Georgia Regional Airport is being investigated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The Corps is looking for leftover munitions or pollution from the time the airport was a WWII flight training school. So far, an initial inspection at a former pistol range at the site has revealed no concerns. However, officials say some petroleum compounds in the soil of a skeet range need further investigation. Cochran Field was used from 1941 through 1948 as a basic flight training school. It eventually became the current Middle Georgia Regional Airport--9 miles south of Macon.

South Georgia WWII program honored

The founders of a group that has sent more than 200 World War II veterans for visits to Washington D.C. have been honored by a national military organization. The Military Officers Association of America has honored Bert Powell and "Buddy" Johnson. The two formed Honor Flight South Georgia, which sends veterans of the second World War to see the war's memorial in the nation's capital. There are several such programs across the country--the Valdosta and south Georgia program raised more than 100-thousand dollars locally earlier this year.