Crisp County News

An employee of the Crisp County Sheriff's Office jail staff has told Investigator Karlie Stowe she continues to be stalked by a subject already convicted and jailed for that offense.

Two area teams are going into state play this weekend and Dispatch Sportsman Harvey Simpson will have the story.

A 33-year-old Belk's employee has been charged with felony theft by shopifting after allegedly selling $338.99 worth of merchandise for less than a dollar to a couple of friends for her own benefit.

Jamie Roberts of Oglethorpe, a marketing management student at South Georgia Technical College , has been selected as the first recipient of the Leonard and Marie Waitsman Marketing Scholarship, which was established and endowed recently by the Waitsman family in honor of Marie Waitsman and in memory of the late Leonard Waitsman.

Doing their best to stop a rash of gunfire that has taken place of late primarily on the west side of town, Cordele Police Department officers have arrested a man believed responsible for at least one of the incidents.

Investigation of burglaries is nothing new for Crisp County Sheriff's Department deputies.

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Race begins at the Crisp County Middle School Auditorium- 1116 24th Ave. E. Cordele , GA 31015 Course: An ideal out and back course measured accurately.

Crisp County Power General Manager Steve Rentfrow has notified the Dispatch that the Flint River is expected to peak at least a foot above flood stage in Montezuma Saturday.

South Georgia Technical College's industrial electrical technology recently held an advisory meeting on SGTC's Cordele campus.

Crisp County Sheriff's Department officers recently took part in a high speed two-county chase initiated on Nov.

Two suspects have been arrested in connection with an armed robbery earlier this week at CVS Pharmacy here.

Just before 1:00 P.M., Georgia State Patrol was called to the interstate at mile marker 98.

Residents of the Ironwood Golf Course area of Crisp County believe a proposed development for a class A motor coach resort near their homes has little chance for success.

Law enforcement personnel throughout the county participated in a Red Ribbon Road Block on Monday, Oct.

Donate blood here next week and have a chance to win your Thanksgiving turkey! The American Red Cross bloodmobile will be making its monthly visit to Cordele Tuesday, Nov.

The Crisp County Sheriff's Department now has under investigation the theft of farm equipment valued at $10,000. Deputy Mike Mitchell said Cordele Police Department officer Wes Spires told him on Oct.

An elderly local motel guest died of apparent natural causes Sunday night. Cordele Police Department Sgt.

Candidates for the upcoming election for the city commission here addressed some heavy issues during a forum held at the Crisp County High School Cafetorium Monday night.

Efforts to establish the city as a permanent satellite campus for Darton College highlighted Tuesday night's Cordele City Commission meeting.