The Tift County Sheriff's Office is currently investigating an incident involving the shooting of an elderly county resident.

Institutional investors who vacuumed up single family homes when prices cratered after the Great Recession are drawing more political heat as renters complain about the impact.

Educators who want to open a charter school will have an expedited process under new rules adopted by the state school board Thursday.

The remains of Army Master Sgt. Luther Grace, a soldier killed during the Korean War, will be interred May 3 at Fishing Creek Baptist Church in Lumber City. Wainright/Parlor Funeral Home of Hazlehurst ...

The City of Waycross expressed their gratitude to Tifton mayor Julie Smith this past Thursday for her dedication to ...

Tifton’s oldest festival is still going strong with another successful showing this past weekend. African American heritage ...

The City of Tifton is set to play host to the Georgia Municipal Association’s Small Cities Conference this week. Themed around the goal of “Building Stronger Communities,” the conference will be ...

Peyton Cleghorn continued Tiftarea Academy’s state hurdles tradition with a win in the 300 last week at the GIAA state track ...

Downtown Tifton will “plug in the amps” to its First Friday Summer Concert Series from 7-10 p.m. this Friday on First Street ...

Georgia's lottery-funded pre-kindergarten program used to be the envy of the nation, offering high-quality schooling for free.

ATLANTA — The U.S. Senate confirmed former Sen. David Perdue, R-Ga., Tuesday as United States ambassador to China, multiple news outlets reported. Perdue received some bipartisan support in the 67-29 ...

Shareholders of The Chemours Company are urging the chemical producer to assess the impacts on ecologically sensitive areas before plunging into a mining project, a move aimed largely at plans to mine ...