The Colquitt County Board of Commissioners will hold public meetings this month on the proposed property tax increase.

During the city meeting this week, council members approved a mask mandate in Homerville.

The Moultrie-Colquitt County Boys and Girls Club is getting ready to open two new sites.

A lot of people had concerns about how this would be enforced.

Colquitt Regional Medical Center received a prestigious designation this year.

Testing will be moved inside at ExpressCare starting Saturday. ExpressCare is Southwell’s Convenient Care Clinic in Tifton.

The victim’s name has not been released at this time.

The impact of the coronavirus pandemic on students learning loss is projected to be significantly higher than in past years, heightening the need for math tutors.

Dougherty County schools have turned the homicide investigation over to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation.

The Springdale, Arkansas-based company, which processes about 20% of all beef, pork and chicken in the U.S., said its plan to open the clinics near its plants was in the works before the coronavirus struck this year, but that they will undoubtedly help the company respond to the pandemic.

An alleged international money laundering, drug trafficking, and illegal wildlife trade operation has been shut down by federal, state and local investigators.

It happened between Hawkinsville and Pineview.

David Davis was seen walking along East River Road near the Slough Bridge

Once Phoebe’s application is submitted, the Georgia State Trauma Coordinator and the GA. Office of Emergency Medical Services and Trauma will decide whether to grant the designation.

An autopsy is being performed on a Lee County man after his death following a car crash in Leesburg on Monday.

The Dougherty County Police Department (DCP) said it has seen a slight increase in entering autos recently.

Not many things are booming during an international pandemic but apparently the Albany-Leesburg area real estate market is.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is getting heat over a solo hair salon visit in San Francisco at a time when California businesses are limited by concern over coronavirus.

Witnesses said they were playing card outside when person driving a dark color charger started shooting.

Justin Scott Reed, 30, is charged with sexual abuse involving an individual under 16 and sexual abuse of a child less than 12 years old.

The Moultrie-Colquitt County Boys and Girls Club is making strides to continue serving the community during the pandemic.

The Highway 84 bridge in Thomasville is now named after the only medal of honor recipient from the city.

The South Georgia Medical Center Foundation made a special delivery to the Greater Valdosta United Way on Wednesday.

High school football is back this Friday.

Augusta University is partnering with Dougherty County, the City of Albany, and the Dougherty County School System for an antibody study.

This is the second consecutive year that South Georgia Technical College has earned this distinction.

The delays will continue until the work is completed. Drivers may want to consider an alternate route.

The $330,000 worth of concrete will connect existing trails in the radium springs area to four new trails.

The Albany Police Department (APD) said that a 28-year-old man died from gunshot wounds in the area where several people have been shot in the last year.

A man incarcerated in the Troup County Jail has new charges after allegedly trying to hire someone to kill a Troup County deputy.

Vidalia Police say that one man is in custody after he cut a woman on the neck with a knife at a home on Smith Street on Tuesday night.

It’s Sickle Cell Awareness Month and Red Cross urges African Americans and Latinos to donate blood.

The Albany Chamber lets you access personal protective equipment (PPE) and workforce training offered by the chamber.

Supermodel and businesswoman Tyra Banks will host the new season after longtime co-host Tom Bergeron and Erin Andrews announced their exits from the series in July.

So far, only one homicide has happened in Dougherty County for 2020.

A Southwest Georgia organization was recognized for its efforts in keeping our bodies of water clean.

The Phoebe Putney Health System is expanding its virtual visits, which also includes urgent care visits.

Roughly two weeks into the school year and Crisp Academy had its first COVID-19 case.

A family is seeking justice after a man was shot and killed this weekend outside a Valdosta nightclub.

The Albany Pastor’s Coalition is hoping to get ’Souls to the Polls’ this Election Day.

Detectives determined that Deshawn Lamar Washington was the alleged offender who molested a girl last month.

Messages of “Defund the Police” and “BLM” mark the wall outside Graceland on Elvis Presley Boulevard and the Levitt Shell in Overton Park.

A business booming during the pandemic has been plastic surgery.

Sewage spills caused by power outages may soon become a thing of the past in the Good Life City.

The Albany City Commission may call a special meeting Thursday for the second reading and another vote.

A Quitman family is remembering a young man killed less than a week ago.

Albany firefighters are looking to make a difference in the lives of those with muscular dystrophy, even in the midst of a pandemic.

This program exposes high school students to the medical field.

Seven of the nine states along the nation’s Southern and Western rim are seeing drops in three important gauges.

The funds were raised during a recent drive-thru challenge held by McDonald’s restaurants in Florida, Georgia, South and North Carolina.

All French schoolchildren 11 and over must wear masks all day. Similar rules are in place in Balkan countries, while others are more lax about masks.

16 grants, totaling $1,384,000 are being given for rural business development and job creation

Walmart’s online sales are growing rapidly, especially during the pandemic, when more people have turned to the company to order groceries online and pick them up at a store.

Albany Internal Medicine has given out around 300-350 flu shots to their patients so far. Patients must not have any COVID-19 symptoms before coming to get a flu shot.

A gun raffle and other festivities were a part of Saturday’s event, which kicked off that morning at Evan’s Outdoors in Cordele.

Around 200 prints from photographer Steve McCurry are coming to Deerfield-Windsor School, a gift from Besharat Arts Museum in Atlanta.

Most of the students quarantined are seniors and juniors.

Over the weekend, the Lanier County Sheriff’s Office received a tip that led to a high-speed chase and more than two pounds of methamphetamine, according to a Facebook post by Lanier County Sheriff Nick Norton.