Ocilla News

On the evening of October 22, 2005, 30-year-old schoolteacher, Tara Grinstead, disappeared near her home in Ocilla, Georgia.

Tara Grinstead, a 30-year-old schoolteacher and former beauty queen, attended a Saturday night beauty pageant and then left a dinner party, telling friends she was going straight home.

ATLANTA How do you tell the difference between a native Southerner and a Yankee transplant? Start with a muscadine.

A heated runoff for a Republican Senate nomination is attracting more early voters - and apparently, more money - in Tifton than in Leesburg.

The billboard at the intersection of U.S. Highway 82 and Magnolia Drive where a sign worker fell to his death July 31 now serves as a memorial to the young man.

With 91 percent of the precincts reporting late Tuesday, voting results indicated that John Dickey Crosby will face either Wally Roberts or Ralph "Rusty" Simpson in a runoff Aug.

James Oliver Darden, 37, 609 N. Lincoln St., Ocilla, was charged Monday with a probation violation.

Updated: On tonight's Most Wanted, a man wanted for forgery who may be a witness in a shooting.

Congress allowed a Medicare bonus payment program to expire at the end of June, resulting in a 5 percent reduction in Medicare payments for nearly 25,000 primary care physicians -- including about 13,000 family ...

Timothy Lee Coker, 30, 3417 U.S. Highway 82, Lot 36, was charged Monday with driving with a suspended license and failure to maintain lane.

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.

Proving every vote does count, Irwin County Sheriff Donnie Youghn was victorious by 10 votes - 965-955 - over rival Lanny Dean in Tuesday's Democratic Party primary.

Now that $2.5 million has been appropriated, planning can begin to expand the Georgia Department of Agriculture's laboratories located here and add up to 65 new jobs when the project is completed.

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

"This is for the pet groomer who says it is OK to tip. When I pay $45 to $50 to get my pet washed and cut, it's hard to come up with much more to tip.

"'True Republican" writes as though 'Republican' is a religion. It is not! It is a political party and the sooner we get someone in office who understands that the better!" Speed limit? "Does anyone know the ...

Officials with the American Red Cross have issued a critical appeal for blood donors.

Convicted economist Al Parish is currently being housed in a county detention center in south-central Georgia.

Morning Update with Liz Fabian: Bibb County cutting taxes; DNA evidence could help track missing Ocilla teacher Tara Grinstead; Cafe Erotica will be torn down for development Comment on this story Rules: Keep ...

A 'missing persons' poster of Tara Grinstead hangs on the bulletin board in the hall of the Georgia Bureau of Investigations office in Perry on Tuesday afternoon.