Alapaha News

Two local men were so inspired by the work of a young African man they met and heard preach that they are returning to Kenya later this month in hopes of finishing a well-drilling project.

Eight volunteers were recently sworn in by Judge Clay Tomlinson and Judge Jody Steedley to serve as official Court Appointed Special Advocate volunteers for the Alapaha Judicial Circuit.

One of the men died. The other is still recovering at the Still Burn Center in Augusta.

There will be a Community Gospel Sing on Saturday, May 30, at 6 p.m., at Robert Simpson's in Alapaha, Ga., on Pait St.

A south Georgia man was badly burned in a work-related accident Friday, and the man who helped save his life died of a heart attack.

The youth department of Union Missionary Baptist Church will sponsor its Fourth Annual Mother-Daughter Banquet at 7 p.m. Saturday, May 9, at the Colquitt County Agricultural Complex.

Robert Dewayne Barfield, 52, 401 E. 23rd St., Cordele, was charged Friday with DUI, an open container violation and driving with a suspended or revoked license.

'Road closed' signs block Skipper Bridge Road in Lowndes County. The road will be closed until the bridge can be checked out following the weekend flooding.

SR 133 in Brooks County near Brooks/Lowndes County line is reopened. The Georgia DOT HAS CLOSED SR 94 at the Alapaha River in Echols County.

A continuation from my first.A The first picture is a storm that produced one of two possible tornados near Willacoochee.A The middle pictures are more of the Alapaha River and the last two are pictures of the Willacoochee River overflow.

It took a jury less than three hours Wednesday to convict a father accused of shooting and killing his son.

This compared to 26% who were "Bothered" and 11% who were "Not Particularly Bothered". What no opportunity for "No opinion? In this case, had my bonus ennui ebbed to the point where I actually picked up the phone, I could have only rallied for "No Opinion." Outrage: Are you as fatigued from outrage as I am? If you look for "outrage" on Google ...

Many businesses for the first time are facing the prospect of laying off employees, and have to learn what they are required by the state to do.

Agents with the Georgia Bureau of Investigation recently arrested and charged a law enforcement officer with one count of solicitation of sodomy, according to reports.

Former Atlanta Falcons linebacker Ken Tippins has been sentenced to four years in prison after pleading guilty to cocaine possession.

Former State and Juvenile Court Judge Berrien Sutton pleaded guilty in federal court Wednesday for his involvement in a fraud conspiracy.

A former Court judge pleaded guilty in federal court Wednesday to a charge that he illegally accepted a $42,500-a-year political appointment to settle unpaid attorneys fees owed to him by the Superior Court ...

By Lauren Waits The American Recovery & Reinvestment Act of 2009 was signed amid a flurry of speculation over its scope and impact.

An Adel man drowned during a fishing trip in a private pond in Berrien County over the weekend.

During a plea hearing Jan. 20 before U.S. District Senior Judge Hugh Lawson in Macon, Hayward Collier said that he lied to a federal grand jury when he denied acting as 'middle man' between a woman seeking to ...