Ellenton News

Arnaldo Aviles, 32, 1470 Bill Bowen Road, was charged Saturday with DUI, failure to maintain lane and driving with a suspended license.

A dachshund mix at the Humane Society of Moultrie & Colquitt County was one of more than 100 animals being held after the heaviest month of intakes, 412, in May Alan Mauldin / The Moultrie Observer Published June 20, 2009 11:08 pm - With a record number of homeless canines collected in May, the dog days of summer aren't shaping up well for dogs or ...

A juvenile boy was charged with possession of a pistol by someone under 18 after Moultrie police officers allegedly found several guns in his vehicle Thursday afternoon.

Temp: 85.0 F Heat Index: 90 F Augusta, Bush Field, GA June 15, 2009 Due to a main waterline break on Gray Mare Hollow Road, all residents on Gray Mare Hollow Road from St.

The following property transfers were recently recorded in the Colquitt County Clerk of Court office: Benjamin Keith Bryan of Ellenton; to Matthew William Carter of Norman Park; property is located at map and parcel number C78/4 for $235,000. Donnie D. Eubanks of Moultrie; to Dewayne Hodnett of Los Angeles, Calif., and John P. Mothershead; property ...

Temp: 86.0 F Heat Index: 90 F Augusta, Bush Field, GA June 8, 2009 Tyeshia Newton of New Ellenton was arrested for her part in the June 1, 2009 robbery at the Hot Spot in New Ellenton.

In Saturday's edition, the Observer erroneously identified the events of an incident at a house on East Berrien Avenue in Ellenton that took place Thursday.

"Why was the Spring Fling held on the same day of the CCHS prom? The young ladies that attended their prom couldn't compete in the beauty pageant.

Many residents are upset that stimulus money will be used by what they term are illegal aliens.

A press release from a state agency says the Ellenton Clinic will get nearly $80,000 in federal stimulus money, but health officials aren't making big plans for the money just yet.

There are unconfirmed reports that tornadoes touched down in the Augusta area leaving downed trees and power lines.

Deaths reported to The Moultrie Observer on Monday, April 13, 2009, include Nora Verlyn McMullen, 82, of Thomasville, formerly of Moultrie; Brenda J. Annis Weeks, 46, of Douglasville; Connie Lawson Crawford, 65, of Moultrie; Carrie Bell Croft Hart, 93, of Ellenton; Bonnie Sheryl Jenkins Marchetti, 64, of Moultrie; Mary Jenkins, 88, of Moultrie; and ...

According to Columbia County EMA Director Pam Tucker, a tornado may have touched down Friday evening on Brown Road, near Harlem High School.

Cynthia Hernandez, who has been "formally in remission" since August of 2008, believes that cancer survivors could give valuable tips to other cancer patients.

City crews are cleaning up the debris on Central Avenue after a wall of the former Holman Supply Company fell before 1 p.m. today.

Volunteer firefighters battle a Wednesday morning fire that destroyed a mobile home at 6188 U.S. Hwy.

An Ellenton boy reported he was shot with a BB gun as he rode his bicycle Monday afternoon.

Two Colquitt County men were sentenced Tuesday in the death of Shedrick O. Bonner, whose body was found near a footpath in Moultrie in March 2007.

Debbie Purvis, a family consumer sciences Extension agent who has served Colquitt County for more than 30 years, will start her retirement at the end of February.

Moultrie and Colquitt County law enforcement responded to several reports of thefts Tuesday, including one that resulted in an arrest.