Omega News

Peachtree City has a nickname: "the Bubble." Roughly translated, that means the sharp edges of real life don't intrude into this planned community on the Southside.

Bryce Johnson was recently selected to serve as the chairman of the Tifton-Tift County Finance Drive for the state YMCA of Georgia.

Four Colquitt County residents reported they were recent victims of property theft.

Kimberly Renee Abrams, 23, Tifton, was charged Tuesday with unwanted person on the premises of another.

Arnaldo Aviles, 32, 1470 Bill Bowen Road, was charged Saturday with DUI, failure to maintain lane and driving with a suspended license.

Geraldo Martinez, 33, 240 Trailer Park Road, Moultrie, was charged Saturday with public drunkenness.

A 26-year-old woman who was shot by a patron in an Omega convenience store is in the Tift County Jail, charged with two recent Omega armed robberies.

Ricardo Lanito Aduado, 28, 1407 Bill Bowen Road #42, was charged Saturday with a probation violation.

Two traditional July 4 fireworks displays in Tift County have been canceled because of the economy, but Reed Bingham State Park's event will go on.

Gary Cobb, 44, 2401 Youmans St., was charged Sunday with DUI and failure to maintain lane.

Larry Wayne Carithers, 52, 310 1/2 Bermuda St., Apt. B, was charged Sunday with a probation violation.

Three Colquitt County residents and a business reported Monday they were victims of property theft.

The following property transfers were recently recorded in the Colquitt County Clerk of Court office: SOWEGA Land Company of Moultrie; to Jimmy Randolph Gardner and Mary Elizabeth Jones of Doerun; 6.55 acre property is located at map and parcel number C002 062B for $39,900. Holly A. Mullis of Moultrie; to Kathy A. Taylor of Meigs; property is ...

Brendan Rashad Burns, 19, 512 Maple St., was charged Monday with theft by taking.

Trevor Alan Boyett, 18, 1940 Ronnie Oliver Road, Collins, was charged Friday with underage possession of alcohol.

During the recent sudden loss of our beloved family member , we were again blessed by family, neighbors and church friends in Omega.

Nine people in the Tift County area have been arrested and charged with offenses relating to the manufacture and sale of methamphetamine and more arrests are expected.

Jackie D. Blackmon, 44, 1167 Amboy Farms Road, Ashburn, was charged Monday with theft by shoplifting.

Nine people in the area have been arrested and charged with offenses relating to the manufacture and sale of methamphetamine and more arrests are expected.

Ferlando Dejuan Cook, 22, 1432 Quincy Ave. Apt. B, was charged Friday with a probation violation.