Pitts News

Five Wilcox County teens, attending a camp at the Church of God Campground, were injured Monday morning when the SUV they were riding in flipped into the yard of a residence off Union Road.

Officials here have a novel ambition for a city 160 miles from the ocean - they want to become a port.

Some people hopped on the tracks for an old-fashioned weekend tour of Central Georgia.

A tornado Warning is in effect for Crisp, Wilcox and Dooly Counties. At 116 pm est, weather service doppler radar continued to indicate a severe thunderstorm with strong rotation.

I grew up in Wilcox County, spending most of my childhood in Rochelle, and then I lived in Pitts during my high school years.

By Lily Gordon and Larry Gierer - lgordon@ledger-enquirer.com, lgierer@ledger-enquirer.com -- Wednesday's slaying of 30-year-old Jarvis Sanks brings the number of homicides this year to 25, surpassing last ...