Ocilla News

State elected representatives honored Monday morning with a breakfast at the Tifton-Tift County Chamber of Commerce told the room packed with people that tough economic times will continue through the next legislative session and call for more cuts to the budget.

That's what they did in Ocilla yesterday and tonight, some voters and candidates say it's time to step into the future.

Justin Allen Culbertson, 20, 114 Christie Lane, Ocilla, was charged Tuesday with misdemeanor possession of marijuana.

"This is to the people who hosted the Breast Cancer Awareness seminar at the Ocilla hospital on Tuesday.

They offer a few minutes of spooky fun, but an Ocilla church hopes their version, Which they admit is radical, will change lives.

It was a busy week for Makhteshim Agan of North America, Inc. . The company hammered out a license agreement with DuPont and purchased Bold Formulators, LLC.

The ABAC Music Department is gearing up for this fall with a lineup of various concerts and events.

Police said when he came up to a dead-end at North McKinley St., he failed to stop, and kept on driving through a neighborhood.

This is 28-year old Anthony Bernard Reid and he's wanted on drug charges. When deputies were chasing him in October, he bailed out of his car and it crashed into a house.

The ABAC Arts Connection makes cultural events available, accessible and affordable.

Anyone facing a long-term jail stay after being arrested in Sandy Springs will now end up in one of two lockups in southern Georgia.

Latosha Franchette Cooper, 31, 310 Old Omega Road, Lot B-5, was charged Friday with theft by shoplifting.

This year's South Georgia Arts Alliance's Arts and Entertainment Series, "Celebrate the Magic," will offer six major entertainment events plus five additional concerts with a wide variety of performances at value prices right here in South Georgia.

The following property transfers were recently recorded in the Colquitt County Clerk of Court office: The Southern Tara Group, LLC of Leesburg, Ga.; to Dr.

Randy Crenshaw of Tifton has been named to the Southern Georgia Regional Commission, Region 11, Georgia House Speaker Glenn Richardson announced Friday.

An 18-year-old Tifton man was treated and released from the hospital Thursday after he was ejected from his motorcycle on I-75 Wednesday night.

Connie Grinstead should be happy to have more tips coming in to help find her missing stepdaughter, but all she can do is cry and pray.

Enrique Crews, 37, 155 Parkway Drive, Lot 95, was charged Sunday with disorderly conduct and obstructing or hindering law enforcement.

Help us find an ex-con who's on the run in the Ocilla area. This is 26-year old Todd Telfair.

Help us find an ex-con who's on the run in the Ocilla area. This is 26-year old Todd Telfair.