Cordele News

The Crisp County Board of Education approved the hiring of Russell "Rusty" Sowell as the new high school principal this past week according to the Cordele Dispatch.

Funeral services for Julian Wayne Speight, 82, of Milledgeville, were held Saturday, May 18, 2013 at Perry Funeral Chapel, with burial in Rose Hill Cemetery.

If you're planning on heading out on the water this summer beware the legal blood alcohol content while boating will drop from .1 to .08 starting Wednesday, May 15.

Two Cordele men and one woman were arrested and charged Friday night for stealing prescription pills and other items from homes in Cordele to pay for gas for their stolen car.

State officials and Gov. Nathan Deal are scheduled to tour Georgia next week to educate boaters on new laws scheduled to take effect May 15.

With the help of a blunt object, thieves were able to bust out the front door to Adams Pharmacy on 16th Avenue early Thursday morning of last week.

Georgia State Parks are in the process of unifying the management of their lodge parks across the state, including Georgia Veterans Memorial State Park in Cordele.

The Crime of Lynching - Twice since the first of this year has the good name of Georgia been blackened by the terrible crime of lynching.

Dr. Samuel Ausborn Vickery, 84, passed away Wednesday, May 1, 2013. Dr. Vickery was the son of the late Vernon and Mabel Vickery.

This photo was shot at 7:30 p.m., April 27, 2013 at 108 N. 15th Street in Cordele, Ga.

For the first time ever, students at Georgia's Wilcox County High School held a racially integrated prom this weekend.

Saturday mark the second of two prom nights for Wilcox County. Ladies laced in trendy gowns, the men in clean white tuxedos and parents just as excited taking lots of pictures.

But with the national media spotlight on Wilcox County's prom this year, it almost seemed more like a Hollywood event than a high school prom.

More than 50 high school students attended the prom at the Community Clubhouse in Cordele.

Willie Jackson, 56, was sitting in his truck on 25th Avenue West last night about 9:30 when a man shot him once in the face.