ATLANTA – Georgia set a new economic development record in FY26 with $35.2 billion in investment and an estimated 25,300 new jobs. Release: ATLANTA – Governor Brian P. Kemp, in conjunction with the Georgia Department…
Morning News Briefs 9-22-16
In 2015 the ice cream manufacturing company Blue Bell recalled products from the market after an outbreak of listeria. As a result of the bacterial contamination three people died and the Centers for Disease Control…
City council votes to close Meigs Police Department
MEIGS, Ga. (WCTV Eyewitness News) - The drama continues in Meigs, Georgia. This time, it's not the mayor who's out of a job; it's the entire police department The cars are parked and the doors…
Morning News Briefs for 9-20-16
Officials across the state are urging consumers not to rush to gas pumps to fill their tanks. A Colonial Pipeline company gasline rupture has caused some Georgians to hurry to fill their vehicles and causing…
Gang leader with Georgia ties arrested in New…
NEW ORLEANS, La. - The Federal Bureau of Investigation today announces the arrest of Shauntay Lamarr Craig, an alleged leader of the violent Gangster Disciples criminal enterprise, at New Orleans, Louisiana. Craig, 38, with a…
Trump/Pence Valdosta Headquarters to open today
VALDOSTA - The Lowndes County Republican Party and the Georgia GOP Trump-Pence Victory campaign will officially open their Valdosta headquarters on Tuesday, September 20, at their offices located at 3380 North Valdosta Road. Doors open…
Man crashes stolen car, drives away in another…
MOULTRIE - Police in Moultrie are looking for a man who stole a rental car, crashed it and then used another car to get away. Investigators with the Moultrie Police Department said a man driving a…
Georgia declares state of emergency after Alabama pipeline…
ATLANTA - Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal has issued a State of Emergency following the rupture of a gas pipeline in Alabama which spilled 250,000 gallons of gasoline. The pipeline operator, Colonial Pipeline, released the following…
South Georgia transgender community rallies for support
By Noelani Mathews | WCTV Eyewitness News VALDOSTA - Mina Couture grew up as a boy in South Georgia, and is now going through a life-changing procedure. A change from 'he' to 'she', but Mina…