Colquitt County News

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.

A Moultrie woman was listed in stable condiion at Colquitt Regional Medical Center Monday afternoon after she was brutally stabbed early Sunday morning.

Brandi Clapper, a teacher of the deaf at Colquitt County High School, was among 29 of Georgia's best and brightest new teachers to receive a New Teacher Assistance Grant from Georgia Power.

An invasive pest that has plagued Georgia's neighbors to the south and west is making headway in south Georgia, posing headaches to landowners and threatening forests and native vegetation.

29-year-old Curtis Lee Coasey Jr. was shot twice following a fight in Moultrie. Tiffany Mcbride says she's taking it day by day after police say Andre Richardson shot her first cousin Curtis Lee Coasey Jr.

The arrest Thursday of a Colquitt County man solved three burglaries, and the investigation recovered more than $6,000 in stolen goods taken in those thefts, a Colquitt County Sheriff's Office investigator said.

Moultrie police charged the driver and passenger of a car with alcohol violations Wednesday night, and while the driver was being booked into the jail, she allegedly struck the arresting officer.

The Moultrie Police Department is offering a reward following a Wednesday night shooting incident in which a bullet struck an officer's car.

Battle on the Border is back at Lowndes High School. Martin Stadium will host the fifth annual band competition this Saturday.

The Moultrie Observer heralded a great community victory in October 1939 when Vereen Memorial Hospital opened, and over the years there have been many important headlines to chronicle the hospital's many success stories everything from facility expansions to new buildings to the introduction of new technology.

The outlook for Georgia tobacco farmers was clouded this week with the announcement that the largest cigarette manufacturer will not offer contracts and will close its Alma buying station.

The H1N1 flu virus is now widespread in 41 states, that's unprecedented for this early in the flu season.

A Doerun man reported another man tried to get four dogs to get into a fight with each other Thursday morning.

A man trying to break up a fight was the second of three victims of blade attacks in four days.

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