Cordele News

Felony theft by conversion charges have been filed against a Tifton truck driver who after picking up a load of chicken from Tyson Foods in Vienna failed to deliver it to its scheduled destination in Rincon.

Jamie Roberts of Oglethorpe, a marketing management student at South Georgia Technical College , has been selected as the first recipient of the Leonard and Marie Waitsman Marketing Scholarship, which was established and endowed recently by the Waitsman family in honor of Marie Waitsman and in memory of the late Leonard Waitsman.

Cordele residents are reminded that early voting for the Dec. 1 runoff election is now underway in the old courthouse.

Are you a player for team Edward or team Jacob.. Well it doesn't really matter, but all twilight fans know that there are only a couple of days remaining till the movie theatre release of New Moon; the second movie based on the popular vampire book series the twilight saga written by Stephanie Meyer.

Doing their best to stop a rash of gunfire that has taken place of late primarily on the west side of town, Cordele Police Department officers have arrested a man believed responsible for at least one of the incidents.

MEET AT: CRISP COUNTY SHERIFF 'S OFFICE REGISTRATION 9:00 10:00 KICK STANDS UP 10AM.

An apparent random shooting Sunday night sent one man to the hospital for treatment of a leg wound and left a nearby resident terrified to think about could have happened to children in her home that also was hit by the gunfire.

Rather routine. Records indicate that's the kind of weekend that Cordele Police Department personnel spent Friday through Sunday.

Rotary Club members here are seeking help from the community in securing the future of the Cordele Rotary Cup and Scholarship.

Crisp County Sheriff's Department officers recently took part in a high speed two-county chase initiated on Nov.

One Cordele man said he lost $150 in a street robbery and another said a burglar stole his television set in incidents Cordele Police Department officers were asked to investigate last Thursday.

The Cordele Dispatch is hosting an indoor/outdoor community yard sale Saturday, Nov.

A local man faces armed robbery charges after he led police on an early morning chase Friday.

Cordele police arrested two people following Monday's armed robbery of the CVS pharmacy on East 16th Avenue.

State labor officials will host job fairs this month connecting veterans and other job seekers with more than 90 employers.

Charges were filed charges against both persons involved in a Friday morning accident in the 1000 block of 13th Ave.

Donate blood here next week and have a chance to win your Thanksgiving turkey! The American Red Cross bloodmobile will be making its monthly visit to Cordele Tuesday, Nov.

Shots were fired into two adjoining apartments in the 700 block of 13th St. S. just before 5 a.m. Thursday, according to recent Cordele Police Department records.

Descendants of Lennie T. and Ida Phillips, L. T. and Gladys Phillips, Alma P. Casey Smith, Dorothy P. and A.V. Norton, and Pearl P. and Woodham Rhodes gathered Oct.

The Crisp County Sheriff's Department now has under investigation the theft of farm equipment valued at $10,000. Deputy Mike Mitchell said Cordele Police Department officer Wes Spires told him on Oct.