A Crawford county grand jury indicted county coroner Allen O'Neal Wednesday for violating his oath of office.

According to the indictment, the two charges came about after O'Neal refused to answer a call after a death on May 2. Then it says O'Neal ordered deputy coroner Kent Winslett not to respond. When Winslett answered the call, O'Neal fired him.

The GBI investigated and arrested O'Neal. O'Neal has battled Crawford County commissioners over funding and equipment for his office. Earlier this year, he sued the County for not providing him a vehicle to answer coroner calls, but a judge threw the case out.

With countless pounds of peaches already harvested, Peach County and surrounding orchards are gearing up for the annual Georgia Peach Festival.

The annual Georgia Peach Festival kicks off Saturday morning bright and early with a parade starting at 9:30 a.m. Spokeswoman Sandee Khoury says it brings the community and Georgia farmers together.

"It's about the Georgia peach farmers," Khoury said. "There are several different growers in our area that produce approximately 83 percent of the peaches in Georgia."

Making a tower out of spaghetti and marshmallows may seem simple, but eight teachers from across central Georgia found out just how hard it can be.

It was part of a workshop run by NASA experts at Fort Valley State on Tuesday.

Edward Hill, the dean of the school's college of education, invited NASA to train teachers who work closely with students.

"Some simple, basic activities from NASA that they can take right back to their classroom to help spark the interest in STEM," said John Weis, a specialist from NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama.

He says the desire for science and engineering jobs drops once children get to middle school.

"[NASA] did a survey not too long ago and found that somewhere around 30 percent of our work force is of retirement age," said Weis.