Whigham News

RESPONDING TO FORGERY are Bainbridge Public Safety officers and investigators who arrested a man attempting to cash a stolen check at Port One Liquors on Tuesday.

On Monday, June 1, DCSO Deputy Dean responded to a call on Sykes Mill Road in reference to 3 horses in the roadway.

The third cohort of students who completed their studies in Bainbridge College Associate Degree of Nursing Program that started in 2006 marked a first for the program at their traditional pinning ceremony.

Taking place for the first time in the Charles H. Kirbo Regional Center on Main Campus, the Annual Bainbridge College Honors Night recognized outstanding students, faculty and staff with a variety of awards and scholarships.

A Grady County sex offender who "was attempting to evade detection by law enforcement" in a recreational vehicle was recently corralled at a nudist campground in Arizona, officials said Tuesday.

The 21st annual Great Southern Antique Car Rally revs up today in Cairo. About 150 cars are currently expected for the weekend, according to an event news release from the Cairo-Grady County Chamber of Commerce.

One local school principal plans to appeal the non-renewal ruling for his 2009-2010 contract.

A two- vehicle collision late Friday in Cairo resulted in some occupants having to be life-flighted to an area hospital, officials said.

In denying Roy Winnen Bridges' motion for a new trial, a Superior Court judge's order says the defendant did not demonstrate alleged prosecutorial misconduct requiring a reversal of two murder convictions.

Whatever chances there may have been for the establishment of a joint drug squad between the Grady County Sheriffa s Office and the police departments of both the cities of Cairo and Whigham appeared to evaporate Tuesday.

Farmers Peanut Company caught fire because of sparks from a welding torch Friday afternoon.

Grady County has been added to Gov. Sonny Perdue's "State of Emergency" disaster declaration for 33 counties, in response to the recent severe weather events in the state.

There were no visible flames, but there was major damage to the Farmers Peanut Company warehouse in Whigham.

WALB is enroute to Farmers Peanuts, just off U.S. 84 in Whigham. We are told peanuts housed there are burning.

Officials in Cairo-Grady County are looking at the possibility of forming their own drug task force.

Laid back, amazing and relaxing were just some of the words that highlighted comments from students who took the canoe trip to Silver Lake that was sponsored by the Bainbridge College Canoe and Kayak Club.

Submitted by the Georgia Department of Natural Resources FITZGERALD - Historic downtown Fitzgerald struts its stuff again March 20-21 with the city's Wild Chicken Festival, an annual event announced by the ...

A search warrant led to the arrests of five individuals, including a wanted man, early Tuesday in Grady County.

Five men were arrested during a methamphetamine bust early Tuesday morning in Grady County.

Miss Georgia Forestry April Hollingsworth, who represents Decatur County, will serve as the mistress of ceremonies for the 2009 "Girls Gone Wild" Decatur County Forestry Pageant.