Wilcox County News

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Kevin Thomas Poss, 30 of Rochelle was arrested last week after Investigators from the South Central Drug Task Force and deputies from the Wilcox County Sheriff's Office executed a search warrant at his residence.

Crisp County firefighters were called to help with fire around 10:30 Saturday night.

Brothers T. J. Watson and Olen Watson perished in a fire at their home Saturday night near here.

Members of the Helms family came from all over Georgia and Florida for their annual reunion at the Wilcox County AgriCenter here.

Cochran police Tuesday said none of their officers have been arrested or suspended so far, as the FBI and GBI continue to investigate the department.

Investigators with the Wilcox County Sheriff's Office and the South Central Drug Task Force arrested Justin Joyner, Thursday afternoon for possession of marijuana with intent to distribute.

Investigators with the Wilcox County Sheriff's Office and the South Central Drug Task Force arrested Justin Joyner, Thursday afternoon for possession of marijuana with intent to distribute.

Wilcox County joined the list of schools announcing teacher furloughs for the upcoming school year.

Wilcox County joined the list of schools announcing teacher furloughs for the upcoming school year.

School superintendents in the tri-county area have been working feverishly today as they attempt to plan for reductions in state revenue that they were unaware of until this week.

The Governor's Task Force found a large outdoor marijuana growing operation in Wilcox County during an aerial sweep in southwest Georgia.

Wilcox Commissioners are continuing to formulate the county's fiscal year 2010 budget.

Five Wilcox County teens, attending a camp at the Church of God Campground, were injured Monday morning when the SUV they were riding in flipped into the yard of a residence off Union Road.

An Abbeville man is behind bars facing murder charges. Assistant Special Agent Todd Lowrey of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation tells FOX 24 News, 21-year old Anthony Womack is under arrest charged with murder and aggravated assault.

At the age of 12, the young Wilcox County farmer Melvin Everson made his first big-league speech at a Future Farmers of America gathering at Atlanta's Sheraton Biltmore hotel.

In observance of National Volunteer Week, United Hospice of Cordele is spotlighting its volunteers in the Crisp and Wilcox County areas.

Some people hopped on the tracks for an old-fashioned weekend tour of Central Georgia.

No one disputes the presence of tornadoes in the tri-county area Friday night. Crisp, Dooly and Wilcox were hit.

Severe storms ripped through parts of Wilcox County Friday night, and leveled one mobile home and damaged a two-story house.