Abbeville, GA

IRWIN COUNTY, Ga. — The man accused of murdering a former Georgia beauty queen and teacher revealed gruesome details about her murder and blamed his friend, who is also facing charges in the case. Ryan Duke is accused of killing Tara Grinstead after she vanished from Ocilla in 2005....

A Valdosta man has been arrested for child cruelty in the 1st degree. Shortly before 4 P.M. on May 2, Valdosta Police Officers responded to a residence in the 1500 block of East Park Avenue. The Lowndes County Department of Family and Children Services (DFCS) requested the officers' assistance. When...

PULASKI COUNTY, Ga. (WGXA) -- A Middle Georgia veteran who was severely injured while serving in Afghanistan has received a custom Harley Davidson motorcycle. Tony Mullis, of Hawkinsville, served in the US Marine Corps and was on active duty from 2008 to 2012. While serving a second deployment in southern...

VIENNA: Roy Vernon Noble, Jr., age 83, of Dooly County met his Savior on Saturday, May 14, 2022. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 A.M., Wednesday, May 18, 2022, at the Chapel of Hughes and Wright Funeral Home. Burial will follow at Vienna City Cemetery where the family will greet friends.

CORDELE — Thomas the Tank Engine is chugging back into Georgia Veterans State Park in June, giving southwest Georgia families the opportunity to “Ride, Play and Stay All Day.”. This year, Day Out with Thomas offers children and their families extended hours and a trainload of activities and...

IRWIN COUNTY, Ga. - The state has rested its case in the trial of Ryan Duke for the murder of Tara Grinstead. The defense team will now try to prove Ryan Duke's confession in 2017 is inadmissible. Grinstead was a history teacher and beauty pageant queen. She went missing in...

AMERICUS – Charittie Walker of Arabi, GA, was awarded the Smallwood-Sondron Law Enforcement Academy Scholarship at the conclusion of the South Georgia Technical College Law Enforcement Academy Class 22 – 01 training. Lou Crouch of Bryon endowed this scholarship for the South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) Law Enforcement...

TIFTON—Elijah Alford from Ashburn received the top associate degree award presented to a graduate at the recent spring commencement ceremony at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College. Alford, who received his Associate in Fine Arts in Music degree, was named the recipient of the prestigious George P. Donaldson Award. He received...

CORDELE, GA- Erika Davis has been paying the rent on a Clegg Blvd home for the past five years. “They need improvements that they can do, but they don’t do,” said Erika Davis. Southwest Georgia United, a non profit owns and manages the property. Davis says she and...

OCILLA, Ga. (AP) — The man standing trial in the killing of a Georgia high school teacher who vanished in 2005 took the witness stand Tuesday and testified that he gave a false confession to investigators. Ryan Duke faces an automatic sentence of life in prison if he's convicted...

OCILLA, Ga. — “Why are you comfortable telling the truth?”. It was another major day of testimony in the Ryan Duke murder trial as Duke took the stand in his own defense. Five years ago, Duke confessed to GBI investigators that he killed Tara Grinstead in Oct. 2005,...