Sandersville News

Doug Barnett bought a home in Coldstream Station in part because Sandersville Elementary School was going in just a few miles away.

A city construction project has some Sandersville residents speaking out. Neighbors on West Church Street are protesting a half-mile sidewalk the city wants to build in front of their homes.

The Sandersville Police Department is looking for a wanted suspect they say is armed and dangerous.

Sandersville police say they're looking for an alleged gunman. A news release from the department says Cedric Lovett of Sandersville is wanted for aggravated assault during a shooting at the Washington Manor apartments on Martin Luther King, Jr.

Mountaintop removal is an abomination that must be seen to fully appreciate the level of devastation.

Winners are, from left to right, are: Grace Nelson, first runner-up; Hannah Freeman, Miss Shorter College; Kaitlin Pauley, second runner-up and Myra Compton, third runner-up. Hannah Freeman, a sophomore music education major from Sandersville, has been crowned Miss Shorter College.

The first guest on Monday's "Mornings unPHILtered" show was Ed Sibbald, director of Center for Excellence in Financial Services at Georgia Southern University's College of Business Administration.

Between Saturday, Jan. 2, and Friday, Jan. 8, the Barnesville police department made four arrests: Lakierius Eleby, 107 Westchester Dr., Barnesville, disorderly conduct; Dominique Fuller, 429 Lovett St., Sandersville, forgery; Matthew Henderson, 434 Trice Rd., Milner, interference with investigation; Matthew Wright, 2012 West Rd., Williamson, DUI ...

At 12:00 p.m. the Barnesville Police Department received a call to B&L Quick Serve in regards to a black male attempting to pass a counterfiet $50 bill.

A Lizella teenager accused of murdering a man outside a Bibb County gas station told a judge Wednesday that he's not guilty.

From the Annals of 1909 J.W. Gresham went to Fort Valley to deliver the plans for an office building over to an architect.

Nichole Snow's seven-day Christmas break stretched to eight after tightened security delayed her flight from St.

While waiting on the permits to be approved for the new 850-megawatt Plant Washington, jobs in Washington County are continuing to erode.

Santa Claus came early to the Sampson family this Christmas. James Sampson, 59, of Harrison, matched all five winning numbers in the Dec.

Eight people in Washington County face various burglary and thefts charges spanning nearly 40 cases.

Jonathan Jackson As part of an Open House Sunday, Allied Arts will welcome the community to The Big Click Photography Exhibition.

Now, as she nears 104, she's still at it -- teaching a Sunday school class at Harlem Baptist Church.

NEWNAN They wore bluejeans and camos and muddy boots, and a good number of them let's call them the leading indicators smoked fat, smelly cigars.

Hold the wine and keep the peace. That's the message midstate Catholics received from the pulpit Sunday as priests announced changes in the Mass to help prevent the spread of the H1N1 virus.

The Washington County sheriff's office says it arrested two men on crack charges Monday.