Change location
LATEST NEWS
Overturned tractor-trailer slows traffic on Jasper County highway
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.
Severe Thunderstorm Warning by NWS
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.
Special Weather Statement issued for Butts, Jasper, Newton by NWS
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.
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued for Butts, Jasper by NWS
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.
Three arrested in Jasper County on child sex crimes
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...
A VETERAN'S STORY: No longer missing
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.”
Georgia deputies, firefighters evacuate grocery store after report of pipe bomb
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: Deputies investigate bomb threat reported at Ingles Supermarket
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.
Bomb threat at Georgia Ingles store. What we know
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...
Jasper County officials clear bomb threat at Monticello supermarket
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.
Deputy hurt, another missing in boat crash
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...
Ga. deputy critically injured, another person assumed drowned in Mother’s Day boat crash on lake
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...
Butts County deputy in ICU charged with BUI, another person dead after boating accident
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.
- 1Trump reportedly told he’s the target of criminal probe
- 2Supreme Court says Alabama should draw new voting map
- 3Televangelist Pat Robertson dead at 93
- 4Natalee Holloway suspect in US custody
- 5Supreme Court sides with Jack Daniel's in trademark dispute with dog toy maker
- 6Newsom proposes constitutional amendment to restrict gun rights
- 7‘It’s eating his remains now’: Russian man gobbled up in a shark attack in Egypt
- 8Here comes El Nino: It's early, likely to be big, sloppy and add even more heat to a warming world
© 2023 Particle Media.