ATLANTA -- Is it easy to fake having military merit?  We discovered getting your hands on the medals is simple - earning them is not.

We were able to easily purchase a Purple Heart at a local Army and Navy store. It was being sold...

CHEROKEE CO. Ga. -- After a six-week investigation, Cherokee County Sheriff's detectives have arrested former officer Shane Ladner, 41, of Canton, for faking his Purple Heart award.

Ladner was among the veterans injured when the float...

KENNESAW, Ga. -- Friends of the Cherokee County couple injured in last week's Texas parade crash are planning their first fundraisers for the Ladners next month.

Shane and Meg Ladner were riding on float in a parade for wounded...

UPDATE 8pm Monday, Nov. 19, 2012 -- The Ladners' medical flight landed at DeKalb Peachtree Airport, and an awaiting ambulance took them to Atlanta Medical Center.

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HOLLY SPRINGS, Ga. -- Holly Springs Police...

HOLLY SPRINGS, Ga. -- Holly Springs Police Officer Shane Ladner and his wife Meg were among those on a wounded veterans parade float that was hit by a train in Texas last week. Four people were killed and more than a dozen were hurt, including...

HOLLY SPRINGS, Ga. -- A Holly Springs Police officer and his wife were among 17 people hurt when a freight train plowed into a parade float in Midland, Texas Thursday. The float was carrying wounded veterans.

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ATHENS, Ga. - University of Georgia head softball coach Lu Harris-Champer earned her 750th collegiate victory on Sunday as the fourth-ranked Bulldogs defeated the Ole Miss Rebels, 3-2, in front of a Jack Turner Stadium crowd of 1,412. With the win,...