Laurens County News

The Laurens County sheriff's office says a 41-year-old woman was shot by a family member.

The Laurens County Sheriff's Office is looking for two gunmen who robbed a store Tuesday night at the intersection of US 80 and Ga.

Steve Hicks, director of Bubba and Friends Inc., released a bald eagle at The Pines Golf Club Saturday.

City of Dublin native and Georgia Southern University student Crystal Hardy will carry the Olympic torch as it makes its way to the 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver, Canada.

A Milan woman was killed in a head-on crash Tuesday on Ga. 31 in Laurens County, the GSP reports.

For University students Guyton, Inman and Asa Porter, politics is a family affair.

I'M LORRA LYNCH-JONES. AND I'M LEAH JOHNSON. FRANK MALLOY IS ON ASSIGNMENT. HOUSTON COUNTY'S DISTRICT ATTORNEY SAYS HE'S INVESTIGATING A POSSIBLE *TREASURE HUNT* AT THE OFFICE OF THE LATE MAYOR OF WARNER ROBINS.

A Laurens County homeowner faces animal cruelty charges after law enforcement officers seize 98 dogs on his property, living in what deputies say are cruel conditions.

The Justice Department says a chemical plant has agreed to pay $270,000 in civil penalties.

In Central Georgia, the Laurens County Sheriff's Department has removed 97 dogs from an East Dublin home that was allegedly the base of a dog-fighting ring.

Lauren County authorities are in the process of rescuing 98 dogs believed to be used for fighting from a property in East Dublin.

An 11-year-old girl died in a crash Sunday afternoon at the interchange of U.S. 441 and Interstate 16, the Georgia State Patrol reported.

Three people died Friday night in two-vehicle crash on Interstate 16 in Laurens County, according to the Georgia State Patrol.

The Laurens County sheriff's office says an 11-year-old girl died in a fiery crash Sunday afternoon.

Two people died Thursday night when their 1998 Ford F-150 pickup caught fire in an accident on Old Macon Road in Laurens County.

Two Twiggs County women died Thursday evening after a Laurens County car accident.

An Augusta area state senator has been nominated to take over the U.S. attorney's office in Georgia's Southern District, which includes Laurens County.

Our second "My Teacher is Tops" winner comes from Laurens County. Teacher Malissa Burley had no idea that she would be the recipient of an award this early in the school year.

The Dublin area has suffered job losses from layoffs at two major textile plants in the past few years - Mohawk and Forstmann.

Representatives from the Georgia Student Finance Commission will be availabe to share information about GAcollege411,student financial aid, the HOPE Scholarship and Grant Program, state-funded scholarships and grants, career planning, and much more at the Laurens County College Fair.