GEORGIA — A new survey finds 58% of Georgia women feel mentally overwhelmed at least a few times each month. Release: A new national survey finds 58% of women in Georgia feel mentally overwhelmed at…
Four middle-schoolers arrested with guns as part of…
DOUGLAS COUNTY, Ga. - Four middle school students were arrested in a drug investigation at Chestnut Log Middle School in Douglas County. The arrests came after school officials received an anonymous tip that led to…
Rainfall fails to stop wildfire near Georgia-Florida line
FOLKSTON, Ga. (WCTV) - Officials say a huge fire in the Okefenokee Swamp on the Georgia-Florida line was not quenched by rainfall from a recent storm. The wildfire that has burned more than 150 square…
Southwest Georgia Army Ranger dies in Iraq
CLAY COUNTY - An Army Ranger from Clay County died while serving his country in Iraq over the weekend. According to Southwest Georgia Academy, 1st Lieutenant Weston Lee, 25, was assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division based out…
Former Miller County Sheriff sentenced for sale of…
ALBANY – Former Miller County Sheriff Wesley Shane Rathel was sentenced to 18 months in prison Monday after pleading guilty to the sale of stolen firearms. Rathel, 42, was also ordered to pay $800 in…
GSP: Driver charged with DUI after school bus…
GRADY COUNTY, Ga. - A Thomasville man is facing multiple charges in connection to a school bus crash in Grady County on Friday evening. School officials tell WCTV that the students were from Decatur County…
Public help sought to find arsonist who set…
ECHOLS CO. - The Georgia Forestry Commission is asking for assistance from the public to help solve a series of arson fires in Clinch and Echols Counties. GFC Law Enforcement investigators say three fires were…
Georgia deputy shoots, kills police dog after it…
PERRY, Ga. (WCTV) - A Georgia sheriff says a deputy had to shoot and kill the police dog he handled after the K-9 attacked him. Houston County Sheriff Cullen Talton says Sgt. Slate Simons was…
Morning News Briefs for 5-1-17
The number one cause of home fires and home injuries is unattended cooking, according to the National Fire Prevention Association (NFPA). Valdosta Fire Chief Freddie Broome urges all community members to pay attention while cooking…