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ALBANY, Ga. (WALB) - A Valdosta man is facing over two decades of prison time after a drug possession conviction. Barry Kiya Daise, 45, is sentenced to serve 20 years in prison to be followed by three years of supervised release to be served concurrently with any probation revocation sentence deemed by the Brooks County Superior Court.

The Bearcats hope to carry the success from their win over Ware County into their matchup with Brooks County. The Class A 2021 state champions are in a rebuilding period after losing 12 starters from last season. Bearcats head coach Jeff Littleton said the players may be inexperienced, but the program is not.

Landowners within the basins of the St. Marks and Aucilla Rivers, including portions of Leon, Jefferson, Wakulla, Madison and Taylor counties in Florida, and Brooks, Thomas and Grady counties in Georgia, can apply for funding and technical assistance for prescribed fire implementation, longleaf pine tree establishment, timber stand improvements, invasive plant treatment and wildlife habitat improvement. Support for installation of conservation practices is made available by a multi-year financial assistance grant from the Natural Resources Conservation Service...

Sep. 12—THOMASVILLE — As Thomas County Central comes off their bye week, the Yellow Jackets are looking to start the season off with four wins in a row headed into their contest against Brooks County. "We just want to be able to come back up and get it...

WASHINGTON, D.C. (WALB) - Several South Georgia counties are eligible for low-interest disaster loans from the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) that apply to businesses and residents in the counties impacted by Hurricane Idalia. The loans were made available after three Georgia counties received a Presidential disaster declaration that would...

Quitman Brooks County controlled the scoreboard and the game in a strong 49-14 victory over Camilla Mitchell County at Quitman Brooks County High on Sept. 8 in Georgia football action.

On Friday, September 1, 2023, about 9:15 pm, Brooks County Sheriff Mike Dewey requested the assistance of the GBI with a murder.

QUITMAN, Ga. – On Friday, September 1, 2023, about 9:15 pm, Brooks County Sheriff Mike Dewey requested the assistance of the GBI with a murder that took place in the 700 Block of Old Pavo Road in Brooks County, Georgia. The victim has been identified as Robert Rose, 45 years old, was shot and killed inside his residence. Rose was sent to the GBI Crime Lab where an autopsy was conducted this week.

BROOKS COUNTY, Ga. (WCTV) - A Quitman man was arrested and charged with murder after his father was found shot in a home last Friday. According to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, the shooting happened just after 9 p.m. in the 700 Block of Old Pavo Road in Brooks County.

PAVO, Ga. (WALB) - A Brooks County man has been charged with murder in connection to his father’s death, according to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI). Robert Rose was shot and killed in his home on the 700 Block of Old Pavo Road on Friday, Sept. 1, the GBI said in a release.

COLQUITT COUNTY, Ga. (WALB) - A man who was wanted as part of a five-day manhunt for allegedly stealing a farmer’s tractor and then hitting him with it has been arrested in Colquitt County. Joseph Fender was wanted after reportedly stealing a tractor from Brooks County, among other vehicles,...

Joseph Fender was wanted after reportedly stealing a tractor from Brooks County.

ALBANY, Ga. (WALB) - Right now, the Brooks County Sheriff’s Office is looking for a man who they say stole a tractor from a local farmer and then ran over him. “Omega PD was the one that actually initiated the chase,” Brooks County Sheriff Mike Dewey said. “They had seen him, they ran a tag on the vehicle he was in, and it came back stolen. They tried to stop him. He didn’t stop. Also, they had a trailer behind them that had a stolen side by side UTV on it. And that was also stolen.”

Sep. 7—QUITMAN — A Brooks County man has been charged with murder in the death of his father, authorities said Thursday. Around 9:15 p.m. Sept. 1, Brooks County Sheriff Mike Dewey asked the Georgia Bureau of Investigation to help probe a murder in the 700 block of Old Pavo Road, a GBI statement said.

Cambridge, MA – Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA), a global leader in health technology, and the Emory University Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing have teamed up with other Georgia universities and local partners to deliver preventive and episodic care to temporary farmworkers and their children in Southwest Georgia as part of Emory’s Farm Worker Family Health Program (FWFHP). Due to the nature of their work, access to and continuity of health care is a major challenge. Bringing the program to the community in the schools and fields helps address that challenge.

Instruction: If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. A powerful thunderstorm is expected to affect northeastern Jefferson, northwestern Madison, and southwestern Brooks counties until 7:45 PM EDT. At 7:07 PM EDT, Doppler radar detected a strong thunderstorm located 12 miles south of Quitman, moving northward at a speed of 10 mph. The storm poses a hazard of wind gusts reaching up to 50 mph, as indicated by radar. The impact of these gusts could result in the knocking down of tree limbs and the blowing around of unsecured objects. The locations that will be affected include Quitman, Lovett, Hamburg, Grooverville, Ashville, and Empress. The storm is not expected to produce any significant hail, with the maximum hail size being 0.00 inches. The maximum wind gusts recorded are estimated to reach 50 mph.