Wilkes County News

Northeast Georgia residents are rallying around a few local state parks and historic sites stymied by state budget cuts.

An employee of the Washington Police Department is free on bail after being arrested for embezzlement of city funds totaling more than $40,000. Gary Nicholson, special agent in-charge of the regional office in Thomson, identified the suspect as Tammy Dale Land, of Washington.

Officials in rural Wilkes County will use a $12.7 million loan to renovate a 25-bed hospital that's one of few in the region.

A former Washington Police Department secretary is accused of embezzling more than $40,000. Tammy Land is charged with theft by taking.

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.

The Thomas Miller Chapter Colonial Dames of the XVII Century held a marker dedication ceremony May 13 at the William Daniell House on Founders Boulevard.

Cindy Bounds and her neighbors don't mind a fight -- even if the prospects of winning are dim.

Washington, GA - Do you want to know what everyday life was like in the rural American South at the turn of the 20th century? Can you imagine life before automobiles, paved streets and town curfews? Now is your chance to hear first hand accounts of life lived in a bygone era with the recently produced documentary A Narrative of Wilkes County, ...

David Weil checks 8-year-old Cheyenne Kytle's ears recently at MedLink in Colbert.

Another big name added to the list for this year's Rock for Dough Concert. News 12 has learned Shawn Mullins will perform with Hootie and the Blow Fish and Zac Brown.

Evidence of dog fighting and drugs were found earlier this week at a home in Wilkes County.

A winter weather storm is expected to cause delays or cancellations of events Sunday night and Monday morning.

An unusually strong late-season winter storm will impact Georgia and South Carolina this weekend.

At least a dozen tornadoes touched down during the storms that raked the state on Wednesday and early Thursday, according to preliminary assessments by the National Weather Service.

At least a dozen tornadoes touched down during the storms that raked the state on Wednesday and early Thursday, according to preliminary assessments by the National Weather Service.

Damage from Wednesday nights storms in Georgia is already estimated at 25 million dollars and the state expects that number to grow.

According to Jana Hill, of the American Red Cross of Augusta, the Red Cross of Augusta is assisting the victims and relief workers after the tornado that touched down in Wilkes County, on Wednesday evening.

A family in Wilkes County is talking about how they stayed alive during Wednesday nighta s deadly storm.

The National Weather Service confirmed 10 tornadoes touched down Wednesday including one that killed a Hancock County man.

Doug Denard, Lost House in Storm: "It was within seconds." And that's all it took for an F4 tornado to destroy Doug Denard's house Wednesday night.