Trevis Lavell Price age 40 has turned himself in to authorities in Albany and his case involves a double homicide. The two deceased victims are 47 year old L.C. Tumblin Jr. and 43 year old Dexter Covin. Price faces two murder charges and other charges are pending.

Thanks to the Coleman-Talley law office and the outstanding work the put into the Legal Frenzy food drive over 125 thousand pounds of food was collected. The local law firm took in the most pounds based on the number of employees and the most pounds collected overall in the medium sized law firm category. No strangers to winning, Coleman-Talley Attorneys have taken both these top honors each year of the event during its five year history.

Early voting records are being set in Tift and Lowndes Counties. According to reports from Tift County a record number of voters have already taken advantage of the opportunity to cast early ballots. Early voters in Valdosta and Lowndes County are getting a jump on the Election Day crowds with almost 1,400 ballots cast the first day of early voting. Locally early voting will be open Monday to Friday from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. until November 4th at the elections office. Voters will have one weekend to cast ballots on October 29 and 30.

Even though discussion of the Meigs Police Department was not an agenda item at the meeting of the city council the department became a focal point in a debate over authority to close the department, reimbursement for mandatory training, and the protocol established by the city charter. According to the report many in that area thought that the police department had been shut down but Georgia Attorney General Sam Olens had declared the vote to do so of no effect because the council did not have the necessary four votes to carry the proposal. Therefore, the department was never officially closed. No further discussion of the police department was heard.

There will be another protest demonstration of the Sabal Trail Pipeline Company and participants have set up camp near Interstate 10. The pipeline is set to be laid at 199th and 197th. Representatives of the American Indian Movement say that they want to slow down pipeline operations, costing the company man hours and dollars. Also participating in the demonstrations-the Watershed Coalition and the Sierra Club.

Officials with the Georgia State Patrol have announced that no charges will be filed against the sheriffs deputy who ran a stop sign, crashed and caused a fiery collision in Hall County. The deputy is identified as Rosalia Hernandez; she was transporting inmates Amanda Townsend and Hillary Mchan. Hernandez struck a vehicle pulling a trailer belonging to Steven and Renee Gallo of Florida. The inmates were taken to the hospital for treatment of non-life threatening injuries.

David Wildy, a farmer from Manila, Arkansas has been selected as the overall winner of the Swisher Sweets/Sunbelt Expo Southeastern Farmer of the Year award for 2016 during the opening day of the 2016 Sunbelt Ag Expo farm show. Wildy was chosen as Farmer of the Year over nine other state winners who were finalists for the award.