Cordele News

A local man faces armed robbery charges after he led police on an early morning chase Friday.

Cordele police arrested two people following Monday's armed robbery of the CVS pharmacy on East 16th Avenue.

State labor officials will host job fairs this month connecting veterans and other job seekers with more than 90 employers.

Charges were filed charges against both persons involved in a Friday morning accident in the 1000 block of 13th Ave.

Donate blood here next week and have a chance to win your Thanksgiving turkey! The American Red Cross bloodmobile will be making its monthly visit to Cordele Tuesday, Nov.

Shots were fired into two adjoining apartments in the 700 block of 13th St. S. just before 5 a.m. Thursday, according to recent Cordele Police Department records.

Descendants of Lennie T. and Ida Phillips, L. T. and Gladys Phillips, Alma P. Casey Smith, Dorothy P. and A.V. Norton, and Pearl P. and Woodham Rhodes gathered Oct.

The Crisp County Sheriff's Department now has under investigation the theft of farm equipment valued at $10,000. Deputy Mike Mitchell said Cordele Police Department officer Wes Spires told him on Oct.

A 26-year-old Cordele man has been arrested in connection with an Oct. 15th robbery by snatching incident after he was found hiding in his apartment this past Saturday.

We want to thank everyone who has helped get the Crisp Area Arts Alliance of to a great start this year.

Efforts to establish the city as a permanent satellite campus for Darton College highlighted Tuesday night's Cordele City Commission meeting.

Crisp County Fire and Rescue was able to purchase a lot of useful equipment and supplies with at $10,000 grant awarded to them through the Heritage Program.

All state Department of Driver Services offices will be closed Thursday for a furlough day caused by state budget cuts.

Joseph Lavender is making a movie, and he will be looking for local actors. For anyone who has acting aspirations, this may be their big chance.

A 23-year-old Cordele man has been charged with aggravated assault after he allegedly deliberately tried to run over a bicyclist he had twice driven past in the 10th Street-Third Avenue area Wednesday afternoon.

Shortly after allegedly stealing from a local flower shop, a 65-year-old Cordele man was arrested while still in possession of the fan he is accused of taking.

A Cordele man told city police officers he was robbed of a Playstation 3 game system at gunpoint while walking in the 500 block of Sixth St.

Responding to an anonymous tip that a car stolen five months ago in Dougherty County could be found in the 300 block of 24th Ave.

Everyone is invited to attend a special outdoor showing of the "Bee Movie" Saturday, Oct.

Authorities have identified a body found burned inside an SUV back in August. The SUV was found smoldering in a cotton field on August 26th.