Adel News

An outstanding warrant led agents with the South Georgia Drug Task Force, as well as Cook County Sheriff's Office deputies, to arrest an Adel man on Tuesday.

Staff Sergeant Briand Williams was scheduled to return home from Iraq in December, but last month his family received the news that no military family wants to hear.

Members of the Honor Guard perform the final folding of the American flag that was draped over the coffin of U.S. Staff Sgt.

A memorial tribute will be held Saturday for Sparks native U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Briand Williams who died Nov.

WHERE: U.S. 19/S.R. 3 between the 8.3 mile marker at the GA/FLA Railroad overpass and the Dougherty County Line WHAT: The Georgia DOT has scheduled single lane closures on U.S. 19/S.R. 3 North and South between the 8.3 mile marker at the GA/FLA Railroad overpass and the Dougherty County Line.

Sgt. Paul Martin is recovering and he's looking forward to coming home to Adel. His family there can hardly wait to see him.

The Georgia Department of Transportation has announced an I-75 northbound traffic shift beginning at 7 p.m., Thursday, in Cook County.

Law enforcement officials said around 4:20 a northbound semi slammed into the back of a tractor trailer that had slowed in right lane near exit 42.

Deaths reported to The Moultrie Observer on Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009, include Clarence Wilbert Allen Sr., 80, of Doerun; Buford Harrell Alexander Watkins, 84, of Norman Park; Debra Gay Buchanon, 52, of Lakeland, Fla.; Allie King McMillan Wiseman, 92, of St.

Businesses affiliated with the Adel-Cook County Chamber of Commerce are asked to be on the lookout for a possible scam in the area.

I met William Alton Carter III by the pop machines at the Torrance Holiday Inn in October 1982.

Antonio Terrell Bentley, 25, 320 Poplar St., was charged Wednesday with failure to register as a sex offender and residence within 1000 feet of a church, school, park, daycare or playground.

Hood shooting. He's been recovering at Darnell Medical Center, Ft. Hood's hospital.

The Cook High School Marching Hornets invites everyone in Adel to enjoy a meal at Hardee's from 5-8 p.m. today.

Crys,the K-9, has helped seized thousands of dollars in drugs. He's been on the Adel Police force for eight months.

Class of 2011 ESPNU150 Watch List linebacker Shannon Brown holds scholarship offers from a number of programs and is getting interest from plenty of others.

The Memorial Hospital of Adel is having "A Day for Divas." Ladies of all ages can get health screenings, breast exams, mini-massages and manicures, at no cost.

A Monday traffic stop on Interstate 75 in Adel led to the arrest of a Miami, Fla., man after more than $80,000 in illegal drugs were found in his possession.

The Cook County Sheriff's Office says it's possible Parrish was getting a rifle out of his truck on Hutchinson Parrish Road when the rifle went off.

This one hosted by Congressman Jack Kingston. The town hall meeting is at Mathis City Auditorium at 9:30 a.m. A previous town hall on health care yielded an overflow crowd at Valdosta State University.