QUITMAN — Contractors with a TIA-funded project replacing a bridge on Devane Road near its intersection with US 221/US 84/SR 38/ Thomasville Road, east of Quitman in Brooks County, will
Mayor Jeff Kaufman announced Monday at a Village Board meeting that an ALDI store will be built at the corner of North Morton Avenue and East Courtland Street on the property of the Blain s Farm & Fleet store at 150 E. Courtland.
Kaufman said Tuesday the Aldi store will be open by the end of the year, but possibly as early as summer. Aldi is one of the top businesses that Morton residents have said they want to have in Morton, so we re thrilled to get an Aldi in our town, Kaufman said . Aldi couldn t have picked a better location for their store in Morton. The store will be very visible, and accessible from all parts of Morton.
The shooting happened around 11:56 p.m. Saturday in the 600 block of East Courtland Street.
Police say the victim, a man in his 30s, was shot twice in the left leg. He was taken to Temple University Hospital where he remains in stable condition.
The gunman fled in a gray Dodge Charger, police say.
According to police, the victim - who had a permit to carry a handgun - returned fire. It was not clear if anyone was hit by those shots.
Twenty pieces of ballistic evidence were found at the scene, and four parked vehicles were hit by bullets.
No arrests have been made.