Ty Ty News

Teresa Ann Brewer, 35, 4701 U.S. Highway 129, Abbeville, was charged Wednesday with contempt of superior court.

The investigation into the wreck that caused the April 22 death of Tifton police officer Terry Adams is continuing, according to an agent with the GSP's Specialized Collision Reconstruction Team out of Valdosta.

While most dogs can fetch or roll over, they probably can't do what Shelby can do.

Horace Lee Battle, 43, 181 Tifton-Eldorado Road, was charged Tuesday with a probation violation and obstructing or hindering law enforcement without force.

The youth department of Union Missionary Baptist Church will sponsor its Fourth Annual Mother-Daughter Banquet at 7 p.m. Saturday, May 9, at the Colquitt County Agricultural Complex.

Singer Betsy Haman will be the featured performer at noon Friday in this week's Concert in the Gardens series downtown at Tifton Gardens.

Nine people in the Tift County area have been arrested and charged with offenses relating to the manufacture and sale of methamphetamine and more arrests are expected.

Jackie D. Blackmon, 44, 1167 Amboy Farms Road, Ashburn, was charged Monday with theft by shoplifting.

Hector Olguin, an engineering major from Ty Ty, was named the top academic student at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College at Wednesdayis Honors Day ceremony.

Nine people in the area have been arrested and charged with offenses relating to the manufacture and sale of methamphetamine and more arrests are expected.

Ferlando Dejuan Cook, 22, 1432 Quincy Ave. Apt. B, was charged Friday with a probation violation.

Willie James Banks Jr., 33, 2778 Highway 319 South, Norman Park, was charged Wednesday with a probation violation.

Numerous roads are closed in the region, some neighborhoods are being evacuated and shelters have been opened, authorities say.

Walter Lee Brown, 25, 1242 Jones Road, Ty Ty, was charged Sunday with a probation violation.

Henry Everett Boone, 50, Lenox, was charged Monday with DUI and failure to maintain lane.

We visited one of the local nurseries and talk to someone who's garden is about to grow.

The cause of a fire that destroyed a mobile home in Ty Ty Tuesday morning is still undetermined but not deemed as "suspicious" by an arson investigator.

As a volunteer at Saturday's Flag Football 4 Life fundraiser, I want to commend EVERYONE who took part in making it a GREAT DAY.

Billy Joe Croft, 54, 42 Old Brookfield Road, Lot 12, was charged Wednesday with a probation violation.

Ramon Balderas, 34, 19 Sandra Drive, was charged Saturday with disorderly conduct, public drunkenness and discharge of a gun or pistol in the city limits.