Leesburg News

As area investigators continue to wage a continuing battle against copper and scrap metal thefts, three more cases were added to a growing stack in Lee County Thursday.

Four candidates have qualified for the Georgia's State Senate District 13 Special Primary Election.

Magical educator Chad Crews will bring a little wild magic to Leesburg next week as he presents "Catch the Reading Bug Safari Show" at Lee County Library, 245 Walnut Ave.

After 26 years on the Leesburg City Council, Morris Leverett moved out of the city and won a term as Lee County Commissioner.

Winding through a pecan orchard, a new 1.8-mile extension of Cedric Street in Lee County will join subdivisions east of Lovers Lane Road with amenities on U.S. 19 and beyond.

LEESBURG, Ga. - A south Georgia teenager is charged with child cruelty after an online video showed a young man launching a baby several feet across a room.

The awards just keep piling up for Buster Posey. He's already been named the 2008 national player of the year by Collegiate Baseball, Baseball America and Rivals.com. He won the Dick Howser Award on June 14.

The Lee County Family Connect's 2nd Annual Lee County Back to School Bash is set for August 1st, 5:30-7:30pm at the 1st Baptist Church of Leesburg with FREE admission.

Lee County Commissioner and retired Georgia State Trooper Wally Roberts announced Monday that he will seek the Senate District 13 seat being vacated by Tifton's Joseph Carter.

A county commissioner's wife joined the race for a county commission seat and one School Board member received a challenge during the week of qualifying for nonpartisan and independent candidates in Lee County.

Unless otherwise noted, the following births took place at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital in Albany from June 11-23. ABNEY, Landon Gage, son, was born June 19 to Drew Abney and Ashley Brinkley of Albany.

Singer and songwriter Luke Bryan comes by his country influences naturally -- he grew up in Leesburg, GA, a small town 100 miles from the Alabama border where his father grew peanuts and sold fertilizer for a ...

Jim Quinn is running for mayor of Leesburg, and his wife Tricia is running for Lee County Tax Commissioner.

Edward Meeks has over 30 years of trial law experience right here in Southwest Georgia.

Sammy Smith of Leesburg is a contractor. He has worked with concrete since he was 15 years old and has run his own business since he was 23.

Florida State catcher Buster Posey has been voted the winner of the Dick Howser Trophy as college baseball's player of the year.

Singer and songwriter Luke Bryan comes by his country influences naturally -- he grew up in Leesburg, GA, a small town 100 miles from the Alabama border where his father grew peanuts and sold fertilizer for a ...

A woman was killed early this afternoon in Lee County after an apparent accidental shooting.

Authorities have ruled the death of a Florida woman shot in the face during target practice a suicide.

Ladies and gentlemen ... start your engines. The Dougherty County Commission, after weeks of weighing the commercial benefits of racing at the Albany Motor Speedway against noise complaints registered by ...