Rochelle News

Until I saw firsthand the damage to homes following the flood of 1994, I really had no concept of the power of water.

One area family is beginniing the process of starting over after a fire destroyed their home over the weekend.

The National Weather Service has issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Crisp and Wilcox counties until 8 a.m. and Dodge, Laurens and Treutlen counties until 8:15 a.m. National Weather Service Doppler Radar indicated a severe thunderstorm capable of producing damaging winds up to 60 miles an hour.

A If you are a citizen of Wilcox County or a lover of all things Christmas head down to mainstreet Saturday evening.

A routine traffice stop here Saturday night resulted in two arrests.Just before 9 p.m. Trooper Dwayne Massey of the Georgia State Patrol Post 30 stopped a 2002 Pontiac Grand AM driven by 32-year old Vanessa Vasquez of Abbeville.

Brothers T. J. Watson and Olen Watson perished in a fire at their home Saturday night near here.

Members of the Helms family came from all over Georgia and Florida for their annual reunion at the Wilcox County AgriCenter here.

Five Wilcox County teens, attending a camp at the Church of God Campground, were injured Monday morning when the SUV they were riding in flipped into the yard of a residence off Union Road.