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JASPER COUNTY, Ga. (WGXA) - A wreck impacted traffic on a Jasper County highway Tuesday morning. In a post on Facebook, officials with Jasper County Fire Rescue advised motorists on Highway 11, just south of Jackson Lake Road, to use caution in the area. The advice comes after a tractor-trailer flipped, dumping its load on the side of the road.

Instruction: For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Prepare immediately for large hail and deadly cloud to ground lightning. Seek shelter inside a well-built structure. Stay away from windows. Report damage directly to the Charleston National Weather Service at 888-383-2024 when it is safe to do so.

Instruction: People outdoors should seek shelter immediately. If you can hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning. Motorists should slow down and be prepared for possible loss of control due to hydroplaning.

Instruction: For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. If you see wind damage...hail or flooding...wait until the storm has passed...and then call the National Weather Service toll free at 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6 or tweet us your report at NWSATLANTA.

Stacker compiled statistics about where people in Jasper County are looking to buy homes using cross-market demand and monthly inventory data from Realtor.com.

MONTICELLO, Ga. (WGXA) -- Following two separate investigations by the GBI Child Exploitation and Computer Crimes Unit, three Jasper County residents have been arrested on child sex crimes. According to the GBI, 42-year-old Jonathan Ross, 23-year-old Dillon Allen, and 20-year-old Erick Monterrey have all been arrested and charged with sexual...

On Aug. 21, 1943, right waist gunner S/Sgt. Julius F. Greer Jr. of Jasper County, Georgia, climbed aboard the B-17 “Polly Ann” with the rest of its crew for the flight across The Pond to Ridgewell in the Braintree District of Essex, England. Assigned to the 381st Bomb Group, 535th Bomb Squadron, S/Sgt. Greer and his crew completed two combat missions aboard the B-17 “The Hellion,” one aboard “Chap’s Flying Circus,” six more aboard “The Hellion,” two aboard the “Ron-Chee,” one on the “Bacta-th Sac” and the crew’s final two missions aboard the “Hot Toddy,” a.k.a “Blowin Bessie.”

MONTICELLO, Ga. — Above video: Your Monday headlines. Authorities in Georgia are investigating after someone reported a pipe bomb had been placed inside a grocery store. According to the Jasper County Sheriff's Office, a 911 call was made around 5 p.m. Saturday indicating that the explosive was inside an Ingles located in Monticello.

JASPER COUNTY, Ga. (WGXA) -- A bomb threat was reported at Ingles Super Market in Monticello on Saturday. In a social release, Jasper County deputies said a call came in to dispatch at 5:00 P.M. from an unidentified person who claimed to have planted a "pipe bomb" somewhere in the Super Market.

The Gist: A threatening call was placed to Jasper County 911 about a supposed pipe bomb in Monticello’s Ingles Super Market today. The emergency units promptly acted to clear the area. What Happened?: An unidentified individual alerted the local authorities today around 5 p.m. with a claim of a...

MONTICELLO, Ga. - Shopping has resumed at the Ingles Market in Monticello after a 911 caller claimed to have planted a "pipe bomb" somewhere in the store Saturday evening. Officials have cleared the scene. Around 5 p.m., the Jasper County Sheriff's Office received the bomb threat from an unidentified person.

The Butts County Sheriff’s Office said the single-boat accident happened on the Jasper County side of the lake

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - Crews are working to find a person who went missing after a boat crash Sunday night on Jackson Lake, the Butts County Sheriff’s Office said. One of their deputies was also hurt in the crash and is in the intensive care unit. There...

A Georgia deputy was seriously injured and another person is missing after a boating accident at Jackson Lake Sunday night. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks]. The Butts County Sheriff’s Office said the single-boat accident happened on the Jasper County side of the lake. The Georgia...

A person is dead and a Butts County deputy is being charged following a boating accident at Lake Jackson in Jasper County late Sunday night. According to the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, two people were ejected from a boat vessel. One of them was able to swim to shore while the other person drowned.