Moultrie News

Georgia's former Senate president pro tempore came through Moultrie Thursday as part of his campaign for the state's top governmental job.

But an investigation by the Associated Press questions that number. They say many community agencies are using a formula provided by the government that instructs them to count salary raises as jobs saved by stimulus money.

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Moultrie Technical College held a job fair at it's Tifton campus. Hundreds of people showed up to visit with more than 50 employers and to see what kinds of fields that the college has to offer.

Police officers interrupted what they said was a tryst between a man and a prostitute Wednesday night.

The government's latest count of stimulus jobs significantly overstates the effects of the $787 billion program under a popular federal preschool program, raising fresh questions about the process the Obama administration is using to tout the success of its economic recovery plan.

A Moultrie home owner took matters into his own hands, holding a would be burglar at gunpoint until police arrived.

A Moultrie man reported he was held up and robbed at gunpoint Saturday night. A Colquitt County sheriff's deputy was called to Highway 133 South at 9:26 p.m. about a robbery.

Mr. Richard Alderman, I know I didn't attack Coach Propst at all, but asked an important question about the change in the helmets and uniforms of the team.

The four candidates for a seat on the Moultrie City Council bring diverse experience but all want to improve their district in Northwest Moultrie.

The Bainbridge High School competition cheerleaders, coached by Sheri Dunn-Ulm and Lauren Turner, placed second at the South Georgia Cheer Fest on Oct.

A man was shot in a home invasion early Wednesday morning. It's the third shooting in less than a week on the northwest side of the city.

A Moultrie man faces several charges in connection with the shooting of another man who later died Saturday morning.

29-year-old Curtis Lee Coasey Jr. was shot twice following a fight in Moultrie. Tiffany Mcbride says she's taking it day by day after police say Andre Richardson shot her first cousin Curtis Lee Coasey Jr.

The Moultrie MGs traveled to Panama City, Fla., on October 17-18 for the Fall into Edgewater Gymnastics Competition and after the third competition of the year, nearly all team members have at least one qualification score of 32.0 all around for the state meets.

Moultrie Police Department officers made six arrests Thursday night in the area where a patrol car was struck by a bullet on Wednesday, but none of Thursday's charges were directly linked to the shooting.

Late Wednesday night, an officer was responding to a call in the 400-block of Martin Luther King Jr.

The 2009 South Georgia Cheer Fest will be held on Saturday at the Gladys Espy Gymnasium, with 25 cheerleading squads taking part.

America's biggest farm show brings big crowds to Moultrie, Georgia and beyond. For this week, the town of 15,000 swells beyond its borders.

It's Sunbelt Ag Expo time and the event will likely bring tens of thousands of people to south Georgia this week.