April 12, 2020
Officers with the Cordele Police Department and medics with Crisp County EMS responded to a single-car traffic incident ...
By Beau Evans Staff Writer-Capitol Beat News Service Amid the push to curb coronavirus, a statewide shelter-in-place order that will shutter in-person patronizing of bars, ...
By Beau Evans Staff Writer-Capitol Beat News Service ATLANTA – Georgia will be placed under a statewide shelter-in-place order starting Friday through April 13 as ...
Crisp County Commissioners, with the approval of Chairman John Wiggins of the Cordele Board of Commissioners and Arabi Mayor Craig Huckaby, met at a called ...
Investigators with the Crisp County Sheriff’s Office (CCSO) are investigating a midnight shooting incident at a party in Cordele that left a 31-year-old Cordele man ...
By Beau Evans Staff Writer-Capitol Beat News Service Clinical trials to study a potential new vaccine for coronavirus began Friday morning at Emory University in ...
By Dave Williams Bureau Chief-Capitol Beat News Service ATLANTA – Gov. Brian Kemp Thursday ordered Georgia’s public schools closed through April 24 as cases of ...
From a statement released by Crisp County Funeral Homes regarding their COVID-19 Coronavirus Policy: “In light of the recent coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the funeral homes in ...
From a Middle Georgia EMC Press Release Middle Georgia EMC is and has been closely monitoring the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic. The safety and well being ...
‘Room for improvement’ in community’s social distancing practices, says Sheriff Hancock As of 9 a.m. Wednesday, three Crisp Regional Hospital patients have tested positive for ...
By Neil B. McGahee Dispatch Correspondent The historic Dooly Campgrounds hosted a different kind of camper — members of the NOMADS, not to be confused ...
County public works employees haven’t let up since flash flooding in early March wreaked havoc on area roads and infrastructure, according to Crisp County Administrator ...
Dooly County formally declared a state of emergency effective at noon Tuesday. The emergency declaration mandates a curfew between the hours of 10 p.m. and ...
By Beau Evans Staff Writer-Capitol Beat News Service ATLANTA – Four state senators including the chairwoman of the Georgia Democratic Party have tested positive for ...
According to the Crisp County Sheriff’s Office, a positive test result for COVID-19 has come back on a second patient who has been treated in ...
From a press release issued shortly after 7 p.m. Saturday by Crisp Regional Hospital: Officials with Crisp Regional announced that we received a confirmed positive ...
Crisp County’s Board of Commissioners passed an emergency declaration Friday in response to the novel coronavirus pandemic as Crisp Regional Hospital President and CEO Steve ...
Terrance Gaines, the 22-year-old Cordele man who suffered gunshot wounds at an incident on Tuesday night at Quick Mart at 501 W. 16th Avenue has died ...
Cordele Dispatch Publisher Chris Lewis announced this morning that the newspaper’s lobby located at 306 W. 13th Ave. will close for the foreseeable future as a ...
By Beau Evans Staff Writer/Capitol Beat News Service ATLANTA – The entire Georgia legislature has been urged to self-quarantine after a state senator tested positive ...
FROM A GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH NEWS RELEASE: The Georgia Department of Public Health (DPH) is confirming two additional deaths from COVID-19 in Georgia. ...
Shooting in Cordele. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation in conjunction with the Cordele Police Department are investigating a shooting that occurred in the early morning ...
March 17, 2020 City of Cordele Customers: It is the City of Cordele’s priority to keep our customers safe as the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) ...
FROM A PRESS RELEASE ISSUED BY THE CRISP COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS: Our top priority is the health and safety of our citizens. Currently, there ...
Crisp Regional medical professionals and county public safety officials met with members of the news media Monday morning to reiterate that there are no known ...
By Beau Evans Staff Writer/Capitol Beat News Service ATLANTA – Concern for the safety of voters and poll workers due to the spread of coronavirus ...
Crisp School System provides lunches to students during precautionary closure Free lunches are being distributed to Crisp County students at a variety of locations throughout ...
