Washington County News

After considering two locations in Washington County, Oglethorpe Power Corp. has chosen to build its planned biomass power plants in counties outside the midstate.

Troopers from Post 33 of the Georgia State Patrol arrested five people for driving under the influence during the recent Independence Day holiday period.

Gov. Sonny Perdue has cleared the way for 11 road projects funded by the federal stimulus package to move forward.

The Milledgeville Chapter Junior Board of the Watson-Brown Foundation also awarded Georgia's Old Capital Museum Society with a $5,000 grant to help cover a portion of an estimated $15,000 cost to repair and restore plaster in the wall and ceiling area of the upstairs portion of the Brown-Stetson-Sanford House.

Fire destroyed the home of a Washington County sheriff's lieutenant Thursday morning.

Heavy winds left their mark in several Central Georgia counties Thursday. All of Central Georgia is under a severe thunderstorm watch until midnight.

Upson County EMC announced at a press conference Friday, June 12, that it would be part of a group of co-ops that will subscribe to power that comes from a new coal fire plant to be built in Washington County.

Power4Georgians, a consortium of Georgia EMCs that is building Plant Washington in Washington County, had its first job fair related to the plant at Sandersville Technical College on May 28.

The State Department of Education is going after the certification of a Washington County teacher who is still drawing her salary despite being in prison for a federal conviction.

Video from the attempted robbery of the Dollar General on Washington Road on May 22, 2009.

A group of six electric cooperatives still plans to build the state's first coal-fired power plant in 20 years, though they have lost four partners and face looming regulatory changes.

Crews in Wilkes County were busy with an explosive situation Wednesday. The bomb squad detonated an explosive device at a home on Church Street in Tignall.

Citing uncertainty over future federal regulation of carbon dioxide emissions, four Georgia electric membership corporations have pulled out of a consortium planning to build a coal-burning power plant.

Wednesday, May 20, 2009 9:10 a.m. Four of 10 electric membership cooperatives planning a $2 billion coal-fired power plant in Washington County have pulled out of the project, according to environmental groups that have campaigned against the 850-megawatt generating station.

Two more utilities have backed out of a coalition that wants to build a proposed coal-fired power plant in Washington County, Ga.

"Responding to changing market conditions, your Board of Directors has made the decision to withdraw from participation in the Power4Georgians LLC power generation plant planned in Washington County, Georgia," Excelsior Electric Membership Corp.

The National Weather Service has issued a Tornado Warning for the following CSRA counties until 8:00 p.m.: south central Glascock County west central Jefferson County central Washington County At 226 p.m. EDT, National Weather Service Doppler radar indicated a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado 13 miles southwest of Edgehillmoving ...

Severe weather swept over three Central Georgia counties Tuesday night, but local officials say they escaped serious damage.

Tuesday, May 5, 2009 11:29 a.m. An environmental group opposed to a planned coal-fired power plant in Washington County, Ga., will offer mercury hair testing in Sandersville, Ga., from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Friday.

That's the slogan of the Sandersville Old City Cemetery Committee this year. "I think it's catchy," said Susan Lewis, one of the committee members.