Area Breaking News

By Carol A. Gasser Moore ATLANTA, Georgia – Deion Patterson (24) is wanted for questioning by the Atlanta Police Department  (APD) with regard to a shooting that left 4 people wounded and 1 dead in an Atlanta Medical Center on the I-75 corridor.  Patterson is considered armed and dangerous.  Citizens who believe they have seen…

By Carol A. Gasser Moore RAY CITY, Georgia – Ray City Councilman Wesley Bennefield was arrested Tuesday night, May 2 following the regular monthly Ray City Council Meeting.  Bennefield was charged by Police Chief Steve Miller and arrested by Ray City’s entire police force.  The action was taken when the meeting abruptly and questionably ended…

By Carol A. Gasser Moore HOMERVILLE, Georgia – Erik Otoniel Ramos Perez (24) of Pearson has been arrested and charged  with rape, aggravated child molestation, kidnapping, home invasion (1st degree), aggravated battery, aggravated assault, two counts of false imprisonment, tampering with evidence, and obstructing persons making emergency telephone calls.  The Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI)…

  The GBI is seeking information about the homicide of Justin Fields. Early Sunday morning on May 1, 2022, Fields was found dead from gunshot injuries in his vehicle at Spikes Road and Highway 441 in Pearson, Georgia (Atkinson County). Anyone with information is asked to please call the GBI Tip Line at 1-800-597-8477 or…

Can You Identify This Suspect? The Albany Police Department would like the public’s assistance with identifying the suspect in the photos. The suspect is wanted for a Theft by Taking incident that occurred at 224 Cordele Rd (Rainbow) at 1:00 P.M. on May 1, 2023. If anyone has any information regarding the identity of the…

District Attorney Chase L. Studstill announces the revocation of the probation of Max Dorsi Simmons, Jr., in the Superior Court of Berrien County. Simmons was on probation for a number of charges including false imprisonment, aggravated battery and the sale of methamphetamine. These and other charges encompassed three separate cases with two of the cases…

(Albany, GA) Investigators would like public assistance in identifying suspects involved in the death of Derrico Jermaine Thomas (38). Thomas was shot on January 28, 2023, at the intersection of S. Harding Street and Holloway Avenue. If anyone has any information regarding the identity of the suspects, please contact the Albany Police Department at 229-431-2100…

Fox News and Tucker Carlson, the top-rated cable news host, are “parting ways,” the network announced Monday. Carlson’s last hosting duty for his prime-time conservative opinion show “Tucker Carlson Tonight” was Friday, Fox said.  An interim show, consisting of rotating Fox News personalities, will fill the 8 ET time slot starting tonight until a new host is named. “We…

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN GEORGIA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 12 COUNTIES IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA BEN HILL BERRIEN COOK IRWIN LANIER TIFT TURNER WORTH IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA DOUGHERTY LEE RANDOLPH TERRELL THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ABBA, ADEL, ALBANY,…

Tifton, GA (April 12, 2023) – On Monday, April 10, 2023, the GBI and the Tift County Sheriff’s Office arrested Michael Jermaine Dixon, Jr., age 22, of Sylvester, GA, charging him with felony murder, robbery, and exploitation/intimidation of an elderly person. The arrest is in connection to the death of Bobby Spires, age 67, of Tifton,…