Colbert News

Word Of Life Church, 615 W. Second Ave., Colbert, will host Sonrise Ministries in concert at 6 p.m. Sunday.

Colbert residents can vote early for the city council runoff between Ellyn Trinrude and Timothy Wyatt until Thanksgiving.

Antonius Reterink, right, takes a moment to smile the afternoon of Oct. 21 while cutting a board for the new shed he is building behind his business, A.N.T. Signs, in Colbert.

Julia Amanda Roush and Thomas Edward Gibson were united in marriage on June 10, 2009 12 p.m. in Marathon Key Florida.

Madison County Code Enforcement Officer Jack Huff kneels outside of a Colbert home where he served an animal complaint recently.

The Madison County Sheriff's Office reported the following incidents: Arrest: On Oct.

Maintenance crews rushed early this morning to repair a 50-year-old water main in Colbert that left some 450 customers without water and forced the Madison County School District to move students temporarily from an elementary school.

A Colbert man died when a pickup truck hit him on McCarty Dodd Road not long after dark on Monday, the Georgia State Patrol said this morning.

COLBERT a ' A person walking on a dark road in Madison County Monday night was struck and killed.

UGA gets grant for Georgia Young Adult Program: UGA Advocating Safe Alternatives for Peers is joining forces with the Governor's Office of Highway Safety to combat alcohol abuse, including underage drinking and impaired driving.

Madison County sheriff's deputy Josh Fowler runs a chemical test Sept. 30 on some suspected methamphetamine brought to the office by another deputy, who seized the container from a suspect.

Ronda Rich, a novelist and syndicated columnist featured in the Athens Banner-Herald and numerous other newspapers, will be the guest speaker at a Ladies' Night Out event Oct.

Columbus police have charged two suspects in the slaying of a 78-year-old man found dead Dec.

The Madison County Recreation Department is sponsoring a women's self-defense course this fall.

Madison County sheriff's deputies Sgt. Tommy Williams, left, and Matthew Pilkington stopped to help a motorist whose van ran out of gasoline along U.S. Highway 29 the afternoon of Sept.

Colbert Mayor John Waggoner will retire in January from the post he's held for four decades.

Union Baptist Church on Georgia Highway 106, just south of Ila, will hold a four-day revival beginning Sept.

The Madison County Sheriff's Office reported the following incidents: Complaint: On Aug.

Betty Conoly was born in a Colbert house in 1948, but she doesn't know where, and has never seen the house, although her older brother said he saw it just three years ago.

Madison County Sheriff's Lt. John Smith sits at a desk Aug. 19 in the squad room, reviewing a list of civil papers to be served ranging from divorce documents to court subpoenas.