Blakely News

The owner of the U.S. peanut company blamed for a salmonella outbreak refused to answer questions before Congress Wednesday, while internal company messages showed him complaining about lost profits while the scare was investigated.

They want you to take a close look at this picture. About 9:10 Sunday night this masked man walked into BJ's Express with a gun and demanded money from the clerk.

ALVAREZ, Giovanni Autonio, son, was born Dec. 1 to Jose Alvarez and Florence Haynes of Albany.

Creditors and those who became ill after eating contaminated peanut butter aren't the only ones going after the executives and former managers of the now-bankrupt company at the center of a nationwide salmonella outbreak.

On Tuesday December 2, 2009, around 2:45am, the Pure South Station located at 2178 South Main in Blakely , Georgia was burglarized by an unidentified individual.

A burglar hit a convenience store early Wednesday just a couple of days after a robber took money at a Dollar General Store.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... BLAKELY BY 905 AM EST... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT.

A bankruptcy trustee says claims have been filed for 154 people who say they were sickened by a salmonella outbreak traced to a Virginia peanut company.

Two Florida women were arrested in Arlington a couple weeks ago after trying to cash one of those checks.

Blakely, Ga.a 'Georgia Partnership for Excellence in Education and Bainbridge College Early County are sponsoring a Nov.

Seven hundred people were sickened and nine deaths have been linked to contanimated product that was intentionally shipped from the plant to Kellogg and King Nut companies.

Someone stole their welcome sign. It's worth $15,000 but it's not the just money.

A $12 million fund is being created for individual claims against Peanut Corp. of America, the processor at the center of a nationwide salmonella outbreak this year.

Bainbridge College Early County will be holding the groundbreaking ceremony for the Student Wellness Center on October 8th.

For the first time the College is sending Professor Dr. David Nelson, abroad to teach.

The building of the now-closed Peanut Corporation of America plant is pictured in Blakely, Georgia on January 29, 2009.

Police say one woman was hitting another with a gun when it went off just after eight this morning.

A Georgia woman is in serious condition at Southeast Alabama Medical Center after authorities say she suffered life threatening injuries during an early morning shooting.

Sharing the spotlight at the Charles H. Kirbo Regional Center, Bainbridge College students were honored for completing their studies this summer in the Emergency Medical Technology Program and in the Medical Assisting Program.

Dothan Alabama is across the river from Blakely Ga., where a 1,200 megawatt plant is in the process of being permitted.