Alamo, GA

MONROE COUNTY, Ga. — A traffic stop in Dublin resulted in two arrests and over 100 pounds of cocaine seized, according to Monroe County Sheriff’s Office. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks]. Deputies pulled a car over on Wednesday afternoon on I-75 southbound near...

LYONS – The GBI is investigating an officer involved shooting in Toombs County that occurred during an arrest for outstanding warrants. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation is investigating an officer involved shooting in Lyons, Toombs County, GA. The Toombs County Sheriff’s Office asked the GBI to conduct an independent investigation on June 28, 2022. One man is shot and in custody. No deputies are injured.

MONROE COUNTY, Ga. (WGXA) -- Monroe County deputies made a major cocaine bust during a recent traffic stop. According to the sheriff's office, deputies conducted the stop on I-75 south near mile marker 187 on Wednesday around 1:30 p.m. When deputies searched the vehicle, they discovered 104 ounces of cocaine...

FORSYTH, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – A Dublin man and woman were arrested in Monroe County after deputies found drugs in their vehicle. The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office says deputies pulled over James Jackson and April Jordan on I-75 south in Forsyth on Wednesday. After a search of their car,...

HENRY COUNTY, Ga. - A national nonprofit have paid off the mortgages for two Georgia police officers killed in the line of duty. Tunnel to Towers Foundation, an organization dedicated to honoring the nation's first responders, veterans, and their families, has fully paid off the mortgages of Henry County Police Officer Paramhans Desai and Alamo Police Officer Dylan Harrison.

ATLANTA, Ga. (CBS46) - To honor fallen Georgia police officers and firefighters killed in the line of duty, the Tunnel to Towers Foundation has paid in full the mortgages on the homes of Henry County officer Paramhans Desai and Alamo police officer Dylan Harrison, both killed in 2021. According to...

MACON, Ga. — The Tunnel to Towers Foundation has paid the mortgages on the homes of Henry County Police Officer Paramhans Desai and Alamo Police Officer Dylan Harrison. The Program pays off mortgages for the families of law enforcement officers and firefighters killed in the line of duty, leaving behind young children.

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation is investigating an officer involved shooting in Lyons, Toombs County. The Toombs County Sheriff’s Office asked the GBI to conduct an independent investigation on June 28, 2022. One man is shot and in custody. No deputies are injured. Preliminary information indicates that at 1:37...

LIZELLA, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — The Dublin V.A. is getting a cookie delivery that would make most kids’ eyes go wide with excitement. The Girl Scouts Of Historic Georgia donated 3,000 boxes of their famous cookies to the V.A. Thursday as part of the Girl Scout Cookies From Home program. They say it’s important to honor military men and women.

MACON, Ga. (WGXA) -- The Tunnel of Towers Foundation has paid off the mortgages of two fallen Georgia police officers to honor them on the 4th of July weekend. Paramhans Desai of Henry County and Dylan Harrison of Alamo were both killed in the line of duty, in separate incidents, last fall.

LAURENS COUNTY, Ga. (WGXA) -- Veterans at the Carl Vinson VA Medical Center got a sweet surprise on Thursday. Girl Scouts of Historic Georgia personally donated more than 3,000 boxes of cookies to the VA. The cookies were bought this past cookie season through Cookies from Home, a program that...

TOOMBS COUNTY, Ga. (WTOC) - The Toombs County Sheriff’s Office has requested the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) to conduct an independent investigation a shooting involving one of their deputies. No deputies were injured in the shooting. The sheriff’s office says they were at a residence on Rodney Stanley...

Our collective hearts grieve when we see pictures on the news of people of Ukraine, but for one local family, the reports and sights of war are more than just a flash from a news reel; it’s personal because Mike Yenatsky’s extended family is in the thrust of that war. Yenatsky along with his wife and their children live in Vidalia, and they along with volunteers from churches, schools, and the community came together Tuesday morning to prepare buckets with essential items that many refugees in Ukraine had to flee without taking with them.

LYONS, Ga. — The GBI is investigating an officer-involved shooting in Lyons. According to authorities, Toombs County deputies responded to 121 Rodney Stanley Road at 1:37 a.m. Tuesday to arrest Rabul Valdez Jr. on outstanding warrants. Valdez, 38, reportedly raised a gun at one of the deputies, with the...

TOOMBS COUNTY, Ga. (WGXA) -- A Toombs County man with outstanding warrants was shot during a standoff with deputies. The Toombs County Sheriff's Office says the standoff happened early Tuesday morning. Deputies were dispatched to a home in the 100 block of Rodney Stanley Rd. in Lyons around 1:37 a.m....

We Americans deservedly have the right to celebrate our independence this Monday by having a good time, and for more, that will include watching those “bombs bursting in air” with a display of fireworks. But before you ignite the fuses yourself, Vidalia Fire Chief Brian Sikes has some...

(L-R) Front: Lane Dent, Jackson Gooden, Brag Alford, Eli Gay, Christian Graham, and Reece Wall.Middle: Luke Hopkins, Tal Franklin, Kam Phillips, Banks Hopkins, Mason Laricey, Ryan Brantley, Eion Ryals and Clay Mimbs. Back: Coach Rodney Brantley, Josh Alford, and Chris Hopkins. Congratulations to the Vidalia Recreation Department 12U Boys Baseball...

The fourth suspect in the murder of Ricky Burkett in April of this year has finally been extradited to Toombs County to face charges. Jeremy Bell was booked into the Toombs County Detention Center on Monday, but had been in the custody of the Jacksonville, Florida, Sheriff’s Office since he was arrested on April 20 of this year.

A federal prison guard faces the possibility of substantial time as an inmate after being charged with multiple counts of accepting bribes to allow smuggled material into a prison. Tiffany Fletcher, 35, of McRae, Ga., a corrections officer and counselor at the privately operated McRae Correctional Facility, is charged with...

At age 28, Middle Georgia State University (MGA) aviation student Angela Rogers is rolling (and looping and spinning) into her second career as a professional pilot. Originally from Destin, Fla., Rogers decided to leave behind her job as a manager of pilots at an Air Force base to become a professional pilot herself. She enrolled at MGA and will graduate with her B.S. in Aviation Science and Management in spring 2023. But in addition to taking part in standard pilot training, Rogers is a big part of the amazing world of aerobatics.