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 for 8-18-16
City officials say that more funds are needed to increase the pay of some of Valdosta's employees, and that is one of the reasons that a tax increase is sorely needed. They cited the loss…
Valdosta Red Cross volunteer deployed to Louisiana floods
By Noelani Mathews | WCTV Eyewitness News VALDOSTA - While many are being forced out, Hanna Carrol is forcing herself in to one of Louisiana's deadliest storms. "I'm excited but worried that I might not…
Thomasville police looking for robbery suspects
THOMASVILLE - Thomasville Police are looking for suspects who they believe were involved in a robbery and assault Tuesday night. Officers said a man was attacked and left with injuries at the corner of Jones and Magnolia streets at…
Fence jumper electrocuted at Moultrie substation
MOULTRIE - Officials are investigating the death of a man who was electrocuted Wednesday morning at a Georgia Power substation in Moultrie. The name of the man has not been released, but his body was…
Two injured in Madison County crash
MADISON COUNTY, Fla. (WCTV Eyewitness News) -- Two people were injured in a crash in Madison County on Tuesday afternoon, the Florida Highway Patrol reports. According to FHP, around 3:25 p.m., a van was heading…
FSU student accused of killing couple; biting victim’s…
TEQUESTA, Fla. (WCTV Eyewitness News) - Authorities in Florida say a man who may have been on a hallucinogenic drug fatally stabbed a married couple, biting off part of the man's face before wounding a…
Thomasville men arrested on child molestation charges
THOMASVILLE - Two Thomasville men were arrested Friday on separate child molestation charges. Bubba Tyrone Lamons, 33, allegedly took a 13-year-old family member to hotel and touched her inappropriately. Officials have been investigating Lamons since June.…
Family and friends hold vigil for Nashville man
NASHVILLE - On what would have been his 22nd birthday, dozens gathered in City Park in a prayer vigil for Chance Kent, a man whose body was found last week on a development property across from…