Tifton News

Bob Usry of Smithville announced Thursday that he will be a candidate for the Georgia State Senate District 13 seat being vacated by Tifton's Joseph Carter, who is running for Tift Superior Court Judge.

A candlelight vigil will be held from 7 until 10 p.m. Tuesday for Brandi Cole, who disappeared without a trace last July 7. Cole's mother said that she won't give up until her 18-year-old daughter is returned, ...

The seventh joint alumni reunion for Tift County Industrial Elementary and High School and Wilson Elementary and High School alumni opened at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday with a proclamation, ribbon cutting and a few ...

City Clerk Rona Martin told city council members Thursday that a customer service survey conducted through the City of Tifton newsletter had come back with good grades for the city's services.

A Tifton man was shot to death, and police need your help to catch his killer. 53-year-old Tony Jerome Thomas was shot multiple times Wednesday night at 1116 South Park Avenue.

Tift County remains under a Drought Response Level 2 watering restriction put in place by the Georgia Environmental Protection Division in May.

John D. Crosby, former Tift Superior Court Judge, announced Wednesday that he will run for the Senate District 13 seat.

"The Democrat 2006 campaign platform touted that they would lower gas prices and bring the troops home from Iraq.

We've been seeing all over the news that Barack Obama has energized apathetic Americans and brought people into the political process who were never interested before.

Gov. Sonny Perdue has appointed Sen. Bill Cowsert of Athens to serve as an administration floor leader in the Georgia Senate.

The Tifton Judicial Circuit Day Reporting Center has teamed up with Moultrie Technical College to raise the bar on standards by adding the GED program for probates to attend.

Georgia Secretary of State Karen Handel announced Wednesday that a Special Primary election will be held Aug.

A Florida woman says "bad gas" she purchased in Tifton June 6 ruined the fuel system of her family's Volvo and has cost her and her insurance company thousands of dollars to repair.

A man held at the Tift County Jail on charges of aggravated stalking, battery and third-degree cruelty to children now faces arson charges stemming from a Sunday evening fire at a South College Avenue home.

Next Tuesday, the City of Tifton will implement a new pension plan for new hires.

"Nightmarish" and "confounding" are words used to describe the October 2005 disappearance of teacher and former beauty queen Tara Grinstead from her home.

First let me begin by saying how much I appreciate the service performed by the Tifton Gazette in publishing the needs of the Committee to Bring the "Moving Wall" to Tifton.

The chances of you reading this story and others in the Cordele Dispatch would be slim if it were not for advertising representatives like Phyllis Keaton.

The two candidates for Tift County Magistrate Judge spoke to members of the Tifton Kiwanis Club Friday during their noon meeting at Holiday Inn.

As Georgia's 2008 political campaign scene develops, the missed opportunity for state Democrats becomes increasingly clear.