Winterville News

Girl Scouts of Historic Georgia, Inc., awarded Sarah Lott of Colbert the prestigious Girl Scout Gold Award at a formal ceremony on May 5. The Gold Award is the highest award that a Girl Scout can earn.

IF YOU GO What: Trail Blazing for Hope Horse Ride When: June 1, registration at 8 a.m., ride begins at 10 a.m. Where: Frady Branch Trail Head in Toccoa Info: Obtain a pledge form in advance to solicit pledges per mile or ride for a minimum donation of $25. More: To register for the horse trail ride or for more about Hope Haven, call 340-2712 or ... (more)

Around 2:20pm on May 16m officers responded to a forgery in progress at Publix on the Atlanta Highway.

A Hull man was recently sentenced in Madison County Superior Court to 15 years in prison for child molestation.

My mother, born in 1918, grew up in Winterville, Georgia, a town so small that her high school class had only 13 members.

When the Girl Scouts of Historic Georgia present gold, silver and bronze awards to girl scouts during its High Awards Ceremony today at Jackson EMC in Jefferson, it will honor and recognize girls' time, leadership and creativity and the effort they've contributed to make their community a better place.

Two people were arrested last week following a traffic stop on Reese Lane off Glenn Carrie Road.

The roadwork on Winter Hill Drive near Main Street was part of sewer line work in a $1.4 million renovation that will turn Winterville High School into a senior center.

Patsy Dixon Blalock, 65, died Sunday, April 28, 2013. A native of Athens, she was the daughter of the late George Buford Dixon and Lillian Dillard Dixon.

A woman from Beaverdam Creek Road, Winterville, reported that between April 24 and 26, some kicked in the rear door of a vacant rental property on Glendale Heights and went inside.

Multiple items were reported stolen from a vacant home on Glendale Heights in Winterville sometime between April 24 and 26.

Authorities this week arrested a Winterville man who allegedly used a camera phone in November to take a photograph beneath the dress of an employee as she stocked shelves at the Lexington Road Walmart Jonathan Scott McDermon, 39, of Beaverdam Road in Winterville, was arrested Monday afternoon on a warrant charging him with one count of felony ... (more)

The female victim was less than 16 years old at the time 36-year-old Michael Charles Muench allegedly assaulted the girl, according to arrest warrants made public Tuesday morning.

Five months ago, Gloria Jones' street in Winterville was torn up, but slated to be repaved in a few weeks' time.