ATLANTA – Georgia has now recorded 14 measles cases in 2026, including eight associated with an ongoing metro Atlanta outbreak. Release: ATLANTA - The Georgia Department of Public Health (DPH) has confirmed three additional measles…
Media lawyers ask judge to lift gag order…
OCILLA, Ga. (WCTV) - A judge says she will rule soon on motions by several news organizations to lift a gag order in the case of a slain Georgia high school teacher who vanished nearly…
Crime and arrest reports for 3-16-17
The following information includes summaries of law enforcement incident reports. Individuals charged are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. The following information is not a comprehensive list of incidents. Valdosta Police…
Georgia Senate OKs $49 billion budget, cuing up…
ATLANTA (WCTV) - The Georgia Senate has backed two percent pay increases for teachers and other state employees as part of a $49 billion state budget proposal. The chamber on Wednesday approved their version of…
GBI Arrests Three Suspects in Shooting Death of…
LUDOWICI, Ga. – Three suspects have been arrested in the shooting death of Deputy United States Marshal Patrick Thomas Carothers. Carothers was shot and killed by Dontrell Montese Carter on November 18, 2016 while serving…
Georgia troopers rescue abandoned puppies
ATLANTA - A Georgia State Patrol trooper took three canine vagrants into custody -- and then he and a few of his colleagues adopted the abandoned puppies as their own. The Georgia Department of Public…
$10,000 reward offered in missing Fargo man case
FARGO, Ga. – A $10,000 reward is being offered for information that leads to locating Jacob “Jake” Dewitt Conner. Conner, 30, was last seen around Score Bridge Road and Plumb Bush Road near Fargo, Georgia…
FBI, Atlanta PD offer $10,000 reward for murder…
ATLANTA - David J. LeValley, Special Agent in Charge, FBI Atlanta Field Office, in conjunction with Erika Shields, Chief of Police, Atlanta P.D., request the public's assistance in its efforts to locate Dwight Lewis, charged…
Morning News Briefs for 3-15-17
The man responsible for the robbery of the Southwest Georgia Bank branch in Valdosta has been identified. Valdosta Police report that Charlie Smith was captured just minutes after the Friday afternoon holdup. Agents with the…