Moultrie News

Jana Duncan sings 'The Star-Spangled Banner' as Old Glory flutters in the wind as part of the Independence Day Celebration Friday in Moultrie.

A Moultrie woman was charged after a dog was allegedly found in bad shape chained up in her yard Wednesday evening.

The first Colquitt County case of the H1N1 influenza virus was confirmed Wednesday in a 4-month-old girl, the Southwest Georgia Health District said.

Meghan Merritt and Kambria Blakely each placed ninth in their age divisions to lead the Moultrie YMCA MGs to a satisfying third-place finish at the 2009 YMCA National Gymnastics competition held last week in Downington, Pa.

Do you know of anyone living in the Cordele area who was once a Minor League baseball player or a batboy for the old Class D Cordele teams? I am trying to identify these individuals so that I can invite them to the 9th annual Georgia-Florida-Alabama Minor Leagues reunion Aug.

Colquitt County won its opening game in the GRPA Senior Girls state tournament on Thursday in Seminole County, beating Jones County 15-0 in three innings.

Colquitt County's Anna Leigh Keith finished third in the 80th annual Georgia Women's Amateur Championship that concluded Thursday at Idle Hour Club in Macon.

By Moultrie residents will be able to kick off their Fourth of July weekend this year with a walk on the square and finish with a bang.

One person reported being injured from a two-vehicle accident Thursday afternoon.

Moultrie City Councilmember Angela Castellow was elected to the Board of Directors for the Georgia Municipal Association during the association's annual meeting in Savannah June 24.

Quick: What's the most bizarre item ever pawned in Moultrie? David Hufstetler, laughing, wondered if it was that horse he accepted five or six years ago.

A 30-year-old Brooks County man who admitted e-mailing inappropriate material to children is in custody in Brooks County.

The Colquitt County Sliders held off a Crisp County sixth-inning rally to take a 10-9 victory in the GRPA District III 10-and-under girls machine pitch softball tournament championship game in Cordele on Thursday.

Three people were apprehended after they were allegedly found with suspected marijuana Tuesday afternoon.

Colquitt County's Caroline Rogers and Jared Horne took first-place finishes in the Moultrie Sharks-Georgia Games Invitational swim meet held Saturday at the Memorial Pool in the Jim Buck Goff Recreation Complex.

The Moultrie- Colquitt County 10-and-under A All Stars defeated the Thomasville A's 12-8 on Monday and will advance to today's championship game of GRPA District III tournament being held in Bainbridge.

Submitted Photo COMPETITORS: Front row, from the left, are Buck Blalock and Jud Jones.

Moultrie Tech's first male graduates of the college's neuromuscular therapy program celebrated prior to the June 19 ceremony.

A Colquitt County grand jury has indicted a second person in connection with the 2004 slayings of five people, including a 2-year-old boy.

Five days after he escaped from the Colquitt County Jail, a man deputies considered dangerous is back behind bars.