State leaders took the show on the road to South Georgia on Thursday, meeting child care owners and directors face-to-face in Tifton to share resources — while also listening to what’s working and what’s not, from classroom behavior, to background checks, to the future of child care.
$21,616.61 payout comes after Tift County board voted to terminate her contract amid claims of retaliation and a board member throwing a folder at her.
Newly obtained body camera footage and reports show a man repeatedly Tased and struck during a Tifton police arrest had no active warrants when officers tried to detain him.
District Attorney Patrick Warren confirmed to WALB that Derrick Lamar Britt Jr., Robert Louis Brown, Dominique Sharod Butler and Aiyah Jzaynay Foster were indicted by a Tift County grand jury on Monday, Sept. 14.
A half-scale replica of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier was on display at the Tifton Mall main entrance Sept. 10-11, sponsored by the Exchange Club of Rome.
Former Tift County Schools Superintendent Natalie Gore has released documents to WALB News 10 detailing her dismissal proceedings, including the district’s charge letter, email exchanges over her legal representation, and her written response.
“True public safety is about providing pathways to redemption,” Commissioner Hughes said. “When individuals show this level of grit and desire to change their lives, it is our duty as a community to meet them halfway.”
The Tift County Board of Education has voted to terminate Superintendent Natalie Gore’s contract, and the district has not responded to questions about the decision.
The annual Cotton and Peanut Research Field Day, hosted by the Georgia Cotton Commission, Georgia Peanut Commission and UGA Extension, gave farmers, researchers and industry leaders a firsthand look at the research shaping both peanut and cotton crops heading into harvest.
A Tift County deputy has been demoted, and his access to sensitive confidential data systems has been revoked after an internal investigation found he misused a law enforcement database, according to the Tift County Sheriff’s Office.
For South Georgia agriculture, field conditions represent only half of the battle. Because Georgia peanuts rely heavily on international export markets, changing tariff structures and fluctuating import-export regulations continue to exert downward pressure on local prices.
The Flint River Keeper has filed an intent to sue against the city of Atlanta for alleged Clean Water Act and Resource Conservation and Recovery Act violations.
Families will also have the opportunity to meet representatives from law enforcement, fire departments, EMS, the medical field, public works, local government and local businesses.
Two southwest Georgia men have pleaded guilty to federal charges after admitting they attempted to steal more than $500,000 through fraudulent New York film and television production tax credits in 2023.
