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Crisp deputies arrest one in connection to storage unit burglaries
FROM A PRESS RELEASE ISSUED BY THE CRISP COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE: On Sunday, May 10, 2020, at approximately 10:20 p.m., deputies arrested Justin Youngblood, a ...
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Obituaries
Louis A. Owens
Louis A. Owens, 71 of Cordele, passed away Sunday, May 10, 2020 at Crisp Regional Hospital. Due to government restrictions, a private graveside memorial service ...
by Gabe Jordan, Monday, May 11, 2020 5:01 pm
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Bud Brake
William Edward “Bud” Brake passed away Friday, May 8, 2020 at his residence. Born in Macon, he was the son of the late Henry Thomas ...
by Gabe Jordan, Sunday, May 10, 2020 1:56 pm
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Four arrested in connection to March 29th shooting
FROM A PRESS RELEASE ISSUED BY THE CRISP COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE: On May 8, 2020, Anthony Dawson, a 23-year-old male resident of Albany, Ga., was ...
by Gabe Jordan, Friday, May 8, 2020 6:36 pm
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Oscar Harrison Stuckey, Sr.
Oscar Harrison Stuckey, Sr., 85 of Cordele, passed away Thursday, May 7, 2020 at Navicent Hospital of Central Georgia. Due to government restrictions, a private ...
by Gabe Jordan, Friday, May 8, 2020 4:06 pm
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Cordele City Hall back to business as usual — mostly
In another virtual meeting held Tuesday evening, Cordele City Commissioners learned that City Hall had reopened Monday with business as usual with a caveat that ...
by Gabe Jordan, Friday, May 8, 2020 1:42 pm
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Coroner awaiting toxicology, autopsy reports in April 25th death
Crisp County Coroner Jimmy Rainey said he is awaiting a toxicology report along with autopsy results from the GBI Crime Lab in the case of ...
by Gabe Jordan, Friday, May 8, 2020 1:12 pm
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No injuries in single-car accident at Walmart
Officers with the Cordele Police Department are currently responding to a single-car accident at Walmart. Officers on the scene said there were no serious injuries. ...
by Gabe Jordan, Friday, May 8, 2020 11:09 am
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Free COVID-19 testing available
At the Rochelle City Council meeting on Wednesday night, Mayor Wayne McGuinty announced that the Department of Public Health will be conducting free COVID-19 testing ...
by Gabe Jordan, Friday, May 8, 2020 10:29 am
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CCHS readies for graduation amid ‘new normal’
Crisp County High School’s leadership team is working to solve the logistics of holding a graduation ceremony in the midst of a viral pandemic that ...