Cook County News

Students, faculty, and staff are collecting donations through the middle of November.

The Cook County Sheriff's Office says it's possible Parrish was getting a rifle out of his truck on Hutchinson Parrish Road when the rifle went off.

This one hosted by Congressman Jack Kingston. The town hall meeting is at Mathis City Auditorium at 9:30 a.m. A previous town hall on health care yielded an overflow crowd at Valdosta State University.

Two Cook County residents have been taken into custody and charged with drug-related crimes.

Sheriff officials say 30-year-old Robert Keith McCormick was cleaning the floors while on work detail when he slipped through a side door around midnight.

One Bridge has been closed since the floods in April, and officials don't know when it will be repaired nor who will pay for it.

Cook County, Georgia is home to Pastor Chris Newbern of 1st Assembly of God in Adel.

His goal is not only to raise money but to shine light on other issues as well. Chris Newbern works as a pastor in the small city of Adel Georgia, but he is attracting a large group of fans as the "pedaling pastor." A pastor with a bike and a life changing mission.

Many people say he shouldn't have spent a day in jail. Frank Hatley was ordered to jail for not paying child support, even though he's not the father of the child in question.

A Georgia man who spent a year in jail for nonpayment of child support -- despite the fact he has no children -- has been cleared of the debt, his attorney said Tuesday.

A Georgia man who spent a year in jail for nonpayment of child support -- despite the fact he has no children -- has been cleared of the debt, his attorney said Tuesday.

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Janice Musselwhite, daughter of camper winner Mary Parrish of Mystic, Ga., stands with Friends of Reed Bingham President Dwight Griner and Cook County Sheriff Johnny Daughtrey, back.

In the past month, the South Georgia Drug Task Force has arrested two Cook County men on drug charges.

When Frank Hatley walked out of a South Georgia jail last week, the state said he still owed more than $10,000 in past-due child support for a son who wasn't his.

Frank Hatley has languished in a South Georgia jail for more than a year. The reason? He failed to reimburse the state for all the public assistance his "son" received over the past two decades.

Celebrate America! 2009 at Reed Bingham State Park was a huge success and, thanks to the various participating agencies, the smoothest Independence Day celebration that we've ever had.

They suspected the man inside, Roger Dale Collins, would have a gun, and he did.

Cook County is now one of them, after nearly 300 residents earned their Work Ready Certifications, and the county's high school graduation rate increased by 4%. Work Ready certificates benefit both the employee and the employer.

Summary from the Supreme Court of Georgia MCDOWELL V. SMITH In a 6-to-1 vote, the state Supreme Court has upheld a decision by the Georgia Court of Appeals and ruled against a Cook County school receptionist, allowing a lawsuit against her to go forward.