Irwin County News

The American Civil Liberties Union of Georgia released a new report documenting what it calls sub-standard conditions at the state's four, federal immigration detention facilities.

The Atlanta-based company that owns a financially struggling detention center in South Georgia is not opposing the bankruptcy proceedings its creditors have forced on the Irwin County Detention Center.

Ava, a 19-month-old black English Labrador retriever, started work Monday using her nose to help investigators with the state Fire MarshalÕs Office find the cause of suspicious fires.

With the 2012 election cycle in full-swing, national, state and local officials promises of a better future may be apparent in some areas, but Murray County isn't one of them.

Police charged 52-year-old Dennis Proctor with prowling and solicitation of sodomy.