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10 YEARS AGO u2013 AUGUST 3, 2011 Ralph McCook and his son Jamie McCook were both arrested and charged in connection with the shooting death of Jamie McCooku2019s live-in girlfriend, Amy Nicole Brown. Both men had claimed the shooting was accidental, but Burke County deputies decided otherwise and arrested both men. Heather Savelle assumed her duties at the Cooperative Extension <a href="https://www.thetruecitizen.com/articles/archer-graduates-from-lead-ctae-program/">[…]</a>

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