Jeff Davis County News

The jobless rate now tops ten percent in four Gainesville area counties... Barrow , Dawson , Jackson and Lumpkin .

Law enforcement officials in four Georgia counties - Wheeler, Laurens, Telfair and Jeff Davis - took part in a chase that led to the capture of two men Monday afternoon.

Many stood in the uniforms they wore more than a generation ago. But their patriotic salutes hadn't aged a day.

A tornado warning is now in effect until 2:00 pm for northern Jeff Davis county.

This is a partial list of roads closed in rural SE Georgia counties. WSAV News 3 is still making calls throughout the area and offiicials are out still assessing the situation.

Officials in Jeff Davis County in Southeast Georgia say they will close schools Friday because of road conditions.

A federal judge sentenced former Sheriff James "Laddie" Boatright Jr. to a year and a day in prison Monday for fraud in taking drug education funds and his use of a pickup truck seized from a drug suspect.

A former sheriff wept as he pleaded for mercy before a federal judge who sentenced him to one year and a day in prison almost six months after he pleaded guilty to charges of bank and wire fraud.

The first of three family members will stand trial beginning in late April on murder and related charges in the sexual abuse slaying of 6-year-old Christopher Michael Barrios Jr.

A judge refused to relocate the death penalty trial of a man charged in the sexual assault and murder of a 6-year-old Brunswick boy, but agreed to pick a jury from a county 90 miles away.

Camden County commissioners have denied a request for a $1,000-a-month pay raise for the four active Superior Court judges in the Brunswick Judicial Circuit and $666.66 a month for Senior Judge James Tuten.

James Emory Tate of Denton has been re-elected to a two-year term with the Georgia Farm Bureau's 6th District state board of directors.

The names of eight people who were involved in a Sunday car crash that left four dead were made available Tuesday.

Four people are dead after a two-vehicle collision in Jeff Davis County on Sunday afternoon.

The race for sheriff in Jeff Davis County has come down to two candidates, Richard Deas and Ken Williams.