The Dougherty County Chairman is speaking out after the board of commissioners was served with an ante litem notice from former county administrator Mike McCoy’s legal team.
According to Sumter County Coroner Mathis Wright, Tony Lee Stafford died because of complications following an accident at a worksite. His family believes he wasn’t properly cared for by his employer, Golden Gourmet, a food distributor in Americus.
While Mental Health Awareness Month is coming to an end, the crisis is never-ending with some South Georgia sheriff’s departments becoming mental health facility substitutes.
But rather than focusing on their murders, the nieces, nephews, granddaughters, and grandsons of the Aldays are remembering the lives they led — and the people they touched.
Police arrested Maurice Jimmerson and four others in 2013 for murder. A jury acquitted two, but Jimmerson has remained in jail, legally innocent, waiting for his day in court.
As in most cities, there are challenges. One in four people in Albany lives in poverty. And poverty typically goes hand in hand with crime. But that doesn’t necessarily answer the question: Is Albany safe?
After Cloud’s diagnosis of Krabbe A disease, the Kirbo family decided to do what they could to ensure that no other families in Georgia had to wait as long as they did for answers.
UV nail curing lamps are table-top size units used to dry acrylic or gel nails. Researchers say chronic use can damage DNA and cause cell mutations that could increase the risk of skin cancer.
On any given night in Georgia, a state official says that roughly 50 to 70 children in foster care with complex needs will sleep in a local Division of Family & Children Services (DFCS) office or hotel.
The surveillance video has created online outrage in Irwin County. According to the incident report, the mother of the child believes her baby was hit in the face.
New information from the Georgia Department of Corrections and Georgia Department of Public Health (GDPH) confirms a dangerous and hard-to-control bacteria is within the water system at Autry State Prison in Mitchell County.
Last week, WALB News 10 reported that hundreds of kids are staying in hotel rooms and offices instead of foster homes. Following that report, state officials told WALB about changes they’re making to try to fix the issue.
Called to Care is a nonprofit active in 20 south Georgia counties. They provide support, clothing, toiletries, and grants to the region’s foster and adoptive community.
It’s been more than four years since the January 2017 storms ravaged parts of Southwest Georgia and forever changed multiple communities and some homeowners are still waiting on recovery money.
A family has filed a lawsuit against the Colquitt County School District after two brothers were hit by a car while walking to get on their school bus.
Records showed that a former police officer's Facebook posts led to him being fired from his job and being federally charged in the U.S. Capitol breach.
The Cuthbert City Council made the decision in January, more than a month after a civil grand jury in Randolph County considered the death of Koby Edwards, 18.
POST denied his ability to be certified as a peace officer after he was “involved in several incidents of domestic violence and one incident resulted in the candidate (Walker) being criminally charged.”
Court records show Symanthia Price was indicted in February 2016 for three counts of felony murder and three counts of child cruelty for the death of her grandson.
Both mothers, excited at the opportunity for what they thought would be better lives for their children, signed contracts with the nonprofit four or five years ago.
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