SOUTH FULTON – The GBI is investigating after Eric Bates allegedly shot his wife and fired at officers before being found dead. Release: SOUTH FULTON, Ga. – The Georgia Bureau of Investigation has identified the…
Morning News Briefs for 2-18-16
The state of Georgia has carried out another execution of a death row inmate. Former Navy crewman Travis Hittson was put to death after appeals and clemency on his behalf was denied. Hittson was convicted…
Georgia executes man for 1992 murder of Navy…
VALDOSTA - Georgia has executed a former Navy crewman for killing a fellow sailor in 1992. Travis Hittson, 45, was pronounced dead at 8:14 p.m. Wednesday at Jackson State Prison. Hittson was convicted of killing…
Morning News Briefs for 2-17-16
Two men have been shot in separate early morning incidents in Moultrie and agents with the GBI are investigating. One of the victims has died and the other has been airlifted to a Macon hospital.…
Two separate Cook County wrecks stall I-75 traffic
LENOX - Two separate wrecks in Cook County brought Interstate 75 traffic to a standstill Tuesday evening. The I-75 on-ramp from mile marker 49 near Lenox was closed after a wreck in which no injuries…
Two shootings in Moultrie leave one dead, one…
MOULTRIE - One man died and another was injured in two separate shooting incidents Tuesday afternoon in Moultrie. At approximately 3:10 p.m., police responded to a shooting on Seventh Street Southwest. The male victim of the…
Morning News Briefs for 2-16-16
Symanthia Price has surrendered to the authorities in Dougherty County. The grandmother indicted by a grand jury in connection with the death of her 10 year old grandson Brandon Price had been sought by law…
Investigators seize over 300 pounds of pot
AMBROSE, GA - Investigators in Coffee County shutdown a marijuana manufacturing operation Friday and seized over 300 pounds of pot. On Friday February 12, 2016, at approximately 3:22 a.m. the Douglas-Coffee Drug Unit (DCDU) and the…
Man arrested in fatal Waycross shooting
WAYCROSS - One man is in custody following a shooting death in Waycross early Sunday morning. At approximately 2:30 a.m., a 20-year-old man was fatally shot outside of a business in the 200 block of Knight…