Mitchell County News

A late night fire destroys a home in Mitchell County. Pelham Fire Department were called out that home on Highway 262 at 11:15 last night.

Two people were killed in a car crash on U.S. 19 in Mitchell County around 7:15 Wednesday morning.

Freddie Powell Sims breathed a huge sigh of relief Wednesday morning, then she started fielding congratulatory telephone calls.

Young offenders that find themselves in Mitchell County State Court are, all things considered, lucky.

As The Albany Herald is reporting : In Camilla, where First United Ethanol LLC is set to go online in October producing 100 million gallons of ethanol a year, FUEL will make ethanol from corn - ' not cellulose, ...

The CEO of the southeast's first corn ethanol plant made his case recently for making of fuel from corn to a group of Albany Kiwanis Club members.

Thirty-six--year-old Lonnie Spargo pleaded guilty to child molestation in Baker and Mitchell counties.

There are a couple of local folks who deserve congratulations for their accomplishments within their respective organizations.

The man pegged by police as the person responsible for killing his ex-girlfriend with a garden tool and beating her daughter and another man last week is back in jail after being hospitalized, authorities say.

The head of a multi-county drug task force tendered his letter of resignation Wednesday, authorities say.

When Alexa Catchings of Camilla decides to cook, she doesn't skimp. Instead, one of her typical meals might include a well-seasoned meat entree, three vegetable dishes, a special bread and dessert.

A series of storm fronts Wednesday evening that brought much-needed rain also caused scattered destruction, including demolishing a barn in the southwest part of the county, damaging homes and downing trees.

Is ethanol the fuel of the future? 800 investors in a huge Southwest Georgia ethanol plant hope so.

State Rep. Richard Royal was among three lawmakers to receive Wednesday the Georgia Chamber of Commerce's inaugural lifetime achievement awards.

The investigation into the death of a Meigs police officer is continuing, according to a Meigs official.

Summertime means more than just hot weather around South Georgia, it also means its time to get those summertime treats at the store or the roadside stand.

John Faircloth's looks are deceiving. The tall, thin, spry octogenarian, obviously a deeply religious man, is soft-spoken. His manner defies what the mind might conjure when picturing a prison chaplain.

An 80-year-old Mitchell County man died in Dougherty County Tuesday afternoon after pulling into the path of a transit bus, police said.

Another traffic fatality in South Georgia, the 4th in 18 hours. Tuesday afternoon, a Mitchell County man was killed when he pulled out in front of medical transport bus on U.S. 19 South in Dougherty County.

The Moultrie Observer is losing a reporter, and Colquitt County is losing a friend.