Colquitt County News

After spending most of the day together, including dining and shopping, a man and woman ended up in a fight that sparked allegations of beating, biting and hair pulling, the Colquitt County Sheriff's Office said.

Zoning officials and Colquitt County Commission will have to redo a zoning variance granted Monday due to a mix-up in advertising.

At least a dozen arrests were reported Wednesday in Moultrie and Colquitt County and several incidents of property theft are being investigated.

Several arrests were made over the past couple of days on a variety of charges. They included: Moultrie Police A* A juvenile boy was charged Tuesday with possession of marijuana less than one ounce.

Colquitt County Commission agreed Monday to settle a lawsuit filed last year by a company that provided health care at the jail and correctional institution over a three-year period.

The following property transfers were recently recorded in the Colquitt County Clerk of Court office: Queen Esther McCoy of Moultrie; to Benjamin Adair and Ashley Rebecca Adair of Moultrie; property is located at 317 Camellia Drive for $81,500. Charles H. Bannister of Moultrie; to Earl Baker and Julia Baker of Moultrie; property is located at 700 ...

A community collaborative will fight poverty by putting into action the Chinese proverb that teaching people to fish produces lifetime results.

A heater being used to dry pecans caught a trailer full of them on fire, damaging the trailer, early Friday morning.

A teenager reported she was shot in the foot with a BB gun early Thursday morning.

A traffic stop for a non-working brake light led to the arrest of five people early Wednesday morning.

The trial of a Moultrie man accused in the killing of a 21-year-old man in December 2007 is scheduled to begin Tuesday.

An Albany man was apprehended after he allegedly damaged a car then resisted law enforcement officers Saturday morning.

An Albany man was apprehended after he allegedly damaged a vehicle on a car lot, resisted arrest and broke out a window of a Colquitt County sheriff's deputy's patrol car Saturday afternoon.

Seven Colquitt County residents reported they were or were related to someone who was a recent victim of property theft.

But an investigation by the Associated Press questions that number. They say many community agencies are using a formula provided by the government that instructs them to count salary raises as jobs saved by stimulus money.

Georgia cotton producers have the opportunity to nominate fellow producers to fill two positions that will soon expire on the Georgia Agricultural Commodity Commission for Cotton.

A Moultrie man reported he was held up and robbed at gunpoint Saturday night. A Colquitt County sheriff's deputy was called to Highway 133 South at 9:26 p.m. about a robbery.

Police arrested an 18-year-old Norman Park man after he allegedly brought a rifle to Colquitt County High School Wednesday afternoon.

A woman reported witnessing a person being shot at from a car Thursday afternoon.

An Omega man was grazed by a bullet as he chased off a potential home invader Wednesday night.