CORDELE — Local police are searching for at least three suspects in an alleged armed robbery on Thursday.

UNADILLA — The clock is ticking here, and the race is on to locate and secure a new police chief and reconstruct the city’s police department.

VIENNA — Dooly citizens will be able to get help with needed repairs to their homes.

VIENNA - Since no one has qualified for the District 2 Board of Education seat which is up for grabs this year, Dooly County Elections Superintendent Dwayne Forehand says it’s possible that one write-in vote could determine who fills that position.

CORDELE — America’s hospitals are positive, vital places that promote health and well being.

ABBEVILLE — A Dodge County man is behind bars after being caught with drugs at the Wilcox County Jail and running from the cops — totally nude.

ROCHELLE – More than 100 Wilcox County Elementary School fifth graders gathered Wednesday to be recognized for completing the C.H.A.M.P.S. program.

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ATLANTA - A Cordele man is among four South Georgia Technical College students who placed in the recent Georgia Phi Beta Lambda statewide competition here.

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CORDELE - Five vacant positions on the Southwest Georgia United Empowerment Zone Board of Directors will be filled during Monday’s annual membership meeting here.

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CORDELE — More than 87 participants from Crisp County joined the largest walking group in the state to take a virtual stroll through Georgia. They took part in the Walk Georgia program.

By CINDY BISHOP
cindy.bishop@gaflnews.com

CORDELE — Just how big does a dog catcher’s truck need to be?

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CORDELE — The City of Cordele Fire Department is currently in the process of testing fire hydrants within the city.

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COLUMBUS — The local health department urges community members to practice prevention efforts related to the deadly virus, rabies. The virus attacks the nervous system causing convulsions, paralysis and death.

By CINDY BISHOP
cindy.bishop@gaflnews.com

VIENNA — Two Cordele men were injured in a wreck early Sunday after trying to beat a train on Pine Street.

By BECKY CRISSMAN
becky.crissman@gaflnews.com

CORDELE — One man is in the hospital severely burned, but alive today because of the heroic effort of another man.
Tommy Sangster, 44, of Vienna was traveling his usual route when, to his horror, he saw dark black smoke boiling from the roof of a blazing home at the corner of 13th Street and Cloverdale.

By CINDY BISHOP
cindy.bishop@gaflnews.com

CORDELE — A man who stopped at a local convenience store to get something to drink got a surprise when he came out and found his vehicle gone.

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CORDELE — Gather up the family and head out to the Cordele KOA this weekend for some good old-fashioned fun and the opportunity to help send children with cancer to summer camp.

By CINDY BISHOP
cindy.bishop@gaflnews.com

CORDELE — A woman going on a Sunday afternoon shopping trip to the local Wal-Mart was robbed before she had the chance to buy anything.

CORDELE - Less than a month ago, four year old Wesley Nicholas Clayton was a healthy little boy. Today, he is in the Children’s Medical Center in Augusta struggling to overcome the effects of a rare form of “E-Coli.”

CORDELE — Crisp County Waterworks will be performing cleaning and maintenance on the Highway 280 water tank on Tuesday, May 6 between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m.