ASHBURN, Ga. (WALB) - The Ashburn Police Department is looking for information regarding shots fired near an apartment complex, according to a release from the department. On Monday, officers were dispatched to the area of Adams Street Apartments in reference to shots fired. When officers arrived on the scene, the victim told officers that a white vehicle pulled in the front of their residence and continued to discharge firearms from the vehicle.
SYLVESTER, Ga. — Above video: Your Tuesday headlines. Police in Georgia need your help finding a missing 13-year-old boy. Isaiah Jackson was last seen Monday morning near Markel Street in Sylvester. Authorities say he was last seen wearing a black T-shirt and blue jeans. If you have any information...
TIFTON, Ga. (WALB) - South Georgia health experts said COVID-19 cases are going up. As much as we want to think that COVID is over, it is not. Masks are still needed to help protect yourself and your family from the virus. That’s according to the Department of Public Health (DPH) and Southwell Medical Center in Tifton.
Investigators with the Ashburn Police Department are working to track suspects involved in a discharging of firearm incident. On June 27, Ashburn Police Officers were dispatched to the area of Adams Street Apartments in reference to shots fired. A victim at the scene told officers that a vehicle pulled to...
The Sylvester Police Department is asking for the public's help locating a missing teen. 13-year-old Isaiah Jackson (B/M) was last seen near Markel Street in Sylvester, Georgia, wearing a black t-shirt and blue jeans. If you make contact with Isaiah or have information on his whereabouts, please call 911 or...
The Sylvester Police Department says they have received several complaints over the last few weeks in reference to driving violations such as: speeding and racing in residential areas, vehicles laying drags in the roadway, vehicles revving their engines throughout the city. Because of this recent behavior, the department is providing...
ALBANY, Ga. (WALB) - CVS is reversing its position on sales of an emergency contraceptive pill. The company told WALB News 10 on Tuesday that it will no longer put limits on the Plan B pill. In the next 24 hours, CVS will remove the emergency contraceptive pill purchase limits,...
TIFTON — With the kids out of school for the summer, Southwell is encouraging families to use this opportunity to schedule their child’s well visits before school starts back again. While parents may question the point of taking their child to the doctor when they are feeling healthy...
The Colquitt County Sheriff's Office needs help locating a missing person. Christopher Jackson Merritt, also known as C.J. Merritt, was last seen near the Moultrie YMCA. Merritt is a 53 -year-old white male. He stands at 5'09" and weighs 165 lbs. Police say he has a barbwire tattoo on his...
VALDOSTA — A Tifton resident was sentenced to 12 1/2 years in prison resulting from his role in actively trafficking large quantities of heroin into south-central Georgia from sources in metro Atlanta. Joshua Gannon Deanda, 24, was sentenced to serve 150 months in prison to be followed by three...
PITTS — The GBI Southwestern Regional Drug Enforcement Office and Wilcox County Sheriff’s Office arrested Jimmy Lee Clack Jr., 46, for trafficking methamphetamine and possession of heroin. The GBI SWRDEO, Wilcox County Sheriff’s Office, Ben Hill County Sheriff’s Office and Crisp County Sheriff’s Office received information that Clack...
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“And I can’t change, Even if I tried, Even if I wanted to ...”. It was in the 1980s, and I was working late-nights at a gas-and-sip, trying to make enough money to keep the lights on and the family fed while I attended Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College in Tifton.
PITTS — On Friday, June 17, 2022, the GBI Southwestern Regional Drug Enforcement Office and Wilcox County Sheriff’s Office arrested 46-year-old Jimmy Lee Clack Jr. on accusations of trafficking methamphetamine and possession of heroin. The GBI, Wilcox County Sheriff’s Office, Ben Hill County Sheriff’s Office and Crisp County...
PITTS, Ga. - State investigators said a man has been arrested after a two-month investigation by a drug task force.a. Jimmy Lee Clack, Jr., 46, was arrested on June 17 for trafficking methamphetamine and possession of heroin. Investigators determined Clack was distributing methamphetamine from his home in Pitts, Georgia. The...
TIFTON — Visitors can break out the red, white and blue on July 2 to celebrate their patriotic pride at the Wiregrass Freedom Festival at the Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College Georgia Museum of Agriculture. Opportunities to ride the 1914 Vulcan Steam Train into the Historic Village and enjoy numerous...
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TIFTON — This July, the Tifton Judicial Circuit Shelter Inc., doing business as Ruth’s Cottage and The Patticake House (RCPCH), is hosting its second annual campaign, with a goal of raising $50,000 to help fund the work they do for survivors of domestic violence, child abuse and sexual assault.
Yesterday, Albany was 1° shy of a record high. It was the warmest day since July 1st, 2012. Valdosta got to 102°, its warmest day in 3 years. Tifton got to 101, its warmest day in 11 years (or June 15th, 2011). Moultrie got to 100 degrees for the first time since June 7th, 2011.