Robins Air Force Base security officials say the old method of physically matching ID cards to base employees when they come through the gate should be largely dead in a few months.

Lt. Col. Thomas Morea, commander of the 78th Security Forces Squadron says the new way to go is the Defense Biometric Identification System, which lets a computer database do all the work.

In the new method, security officers scan a bar code on the employee's ID with a hand-scanner.

The device will show the employee's picture and say if he or she is allowed on base.

If any question arises about a person's identity, an officer can verify their fingerprints with a different scanner.

Morea says fingerprint data is the biometric information used on most air force installations and is virtually 100 percent accurate for identification verification.

"If it's not your fingerprint, it's not you," Morea says.

A Byron man died after he lost control of his motorcycle and crashed into a ditch.

That's according to a news release from the Warner Robins Police Department.

The report said 46-year-old Jeffery Dwayne Melton lost control of the bike as he negotiated a turn on Vietnam Veterans Memorial Parkway just south of Watson Boulevard.

The motorcycle went into the ditch and went down on its side, ejecting Melton.

A passenger on the motorcycle, 38-year-old Ellen Geneva Melton, was also ejected and complained of injuries.

She was transported to the Medical Center of Central Georgia for treatment. 

Anyone with information on the accident is urged to call 478-293-1038.

Area high school sophomores will participate in a career fair Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2011, at the Agricenter in Perry. 

The 15th annual Dr. Maxx Career Fair Scavenger Hunt will take place in the McGill Marketplace building from 8 a.m. until 12 p.m, a Houston County Board of Education news release says.

Approximately 1,000 students from Houston, Dooly, Peach and Pulaski counties will attend. 

The purpose of the event is to help students plan for their future. 

The career fair will inform them about job opportunities and the requirements for different occupations, providing insight into a variety of careers.