Colbert News

The hot afternoon sun of June 24 had pushed the temperature again into the mid-90s. Mallory Farmer leaned slightly against her car parked in the shade of a tree only feet away from a scorched shed where her mother and uncle had died three days earlier.

Red cannas, Colbert's official flower, and a myriad of other flowers such as these marigolds are planted in the downtown area to give some color and greet visitors to the annual Fourth of July celebration.

The Madison County Sheriff's Office reported the following incidents: Arrest: On June 10, deputy Jason Ring was patrolling on Glenn Carrie Road about 9:20 a.m. when his radar showed an approaching 1990 Ford F-150 pickup traveling at 54 mph in a 35 mph zone.

Colbert Mayor John Waggoner holds a copy of a 1932 Athens Banner-Herald housed in the Colbert Museum, which will be open during the city's July Fourth Celebration.

Firefighters investigating the gunpowder-fueled fire that left two Colbert residents dead and one seriously burned probably will not be able to determine exactly what sparked the quick-burning blaze early Sunday morning.

The lone survivor of a fire and explosion that killed a Colbert sister and brother remains in critical but stable condition at Atlanta's Grady Memorial Hospital, according to representatives there.

A Colbert brother and sister died in a fire and explosion apparently fueled by gunpowder early Sunday morning near Colbert Elementary School.

Shorty Arrendale picks up a nail-spiked piece of plywood June 17 to throw into a trash bin as he, his son Jason and his wife, Brenda, work on taking apart an old produce stand that stood for 14 years at the intersection of Georgia Highway 72 and Hardman Morris Road in Colbert.

A fire that touched off a gunpowder blast has killed a postal carrier and her brother in the Madison County town of Colbert.

A brother and sister died and a man suffered burns early Sunday when fire in a one-time gun repair shop touched off a gunpowder explosion just outside the Madison County town of Colbert.

Madison County deputies watch as the Georgia State Patrol Governor's Task Force helicopter lands on a football field at the Madison County Recreation Department on June 10.

Pastor Bobby Bloodshaw stands in the Living Waters Christian Fellowship recently.

Colbert First Baptist Church held its annual Family Fun Day on May 30, in advance of its Vacation Bible School that ran May 31 to June 3. Story updated at 7:31 pm on 6/16/2009 Colbert First Baptist Church held its annual Family Fun Day on May 30, in advance of its Vacation Bible School that ran May 31 to June 3. More than 70 children pre-registered ...

Who else but Stephen Colbert would submit to a buzz cut by a four-star general after getting the president of the United States to make fun of his own big ears before thousands of U.S. soldiers and millions of late-night TV watchers? This definitely was not Bob Hope's USO show.

Brandon Fortson and Randell A.C. King, two young Hull residents, were tired of hearing that no one wanted to serve on the council in their small Madison County city.

Silversmith Ellen Cowne works on her handmade jewelry recently in her Colbert home.

Madison County's Merchants & Farmers Bank will change its name to First Citizens Bank and Trust, after all.

Sheep munch on some grass at Shady Brook Farm in Colbert. Jennif Chandler, who runs the farm, uses wool from her flock of Bluefaced Leicesters to create felt.

The Madison County Sheriff's Office reported the following incidents: Arrest: On May 18, Joseph Kyle Evans, 20, of Commerce drove up to a license checkpoint on Cody Fowler Road and was arrested for being an unlicensed driver.

Colbert Elementary recently purchased three new interactive SmartBoards thanks to the support of Grant and Lise Tyner.