Updated: 4:57 PM Georgia's unemployment rate has dropped to its lowest rate in nearly four years.

Updated: 4:37 PM In the wake of the tragic shootings in Connecticut gun laws in Georgia are being scrutinized. Eyewitness News reporter Eames Yates looks at what could change and when.

Updated: 1:58 PM Lilley was located yesterday evening and found to be safe.

Updated: 4:34 PM The Valdosta Fire Department took 18 area kids on a private shopping spree to Walmart. They each got a $100 dollar gift card to pick out whatever they wanted for Christmas.

Updated: 8:33 PM A Walmart employee is accused of stealing thousands of prescription pills from its pharmacy. Surveillance video shows the woman in action.

Updated: 1:42 PM A Georgia woman is using the power of social media to help make the holidays special for those in need this year.

Updated: 4:57 PM The woman arranged for her ex-husband to receive a load of firewood and asked the undercover agent to pose as a delivery driver who would shoot him.

Updated: 6:57 PM Law enforcement officials are making their presence known at local schools following the tragedy at Sandy Hook.

Updated: 9:45 PM An early morning fire in Bainbridge destroyed a home, leaving a woman with no where to go.

Updated: 1:21 AM The Blazers won the Division Two National Championship but had a little trouble getting home.

Posted: 10:52 AM Some Georgia schools are reviewing their security plans following the shooting massacre at an elementary school in Connecticut.

Posted: 8:55 AM The U.S. Postal Service is gearing up for its busiest shipping day of the year and is offering reminders to consumers looking to get their packages to family and friends on time.

Updated: 1:47 AM The school shooting in Connecticut was one of the deadliest school shootings ever in the United States, second only to the Virginia Tech massacre back in 2007. Since Columbine, Valdosta protocol has been for first responders to go in and try and end the threat.

Posted: 5:48 PM State Troopers are teaming up with the Salvation Army to make the holidays special for folks this year.

Updated: 10:27 PM A man is behind bars tonight accused of burglarizing multiple homes in Tift County.

Updated: 4:57 PM Authorities say an east Alabama teacher is accused of taping together two students who had not been getting along.

Updated: 4:57 PM The girl, whom police determined is the infant's mother, has been charged with felony murder, first-degree child cruelty and concealing a death.

Updated: 4:57 PM It's almost that time that many people have been waiting for all year. Victorian Christmas is back and you can feel the excitement in the air.

Updated: 9:03 PM Georgia is on track to hit a 6-year high when it comes to traffic deaths. Many of them are blamed on drinking behind the wheel. Eyewitness News reporter Eames Yates looks at what the state is doing about it.

Posted: 2:21 PM Second Harvest of South Georgia is expanding in an effort to combat hunger in our community.

Updated: 4:57 PM Christmas came early for patients at the Southwestern State Hospital in Thomasville.

Posted: 9:33 PM Deputies busted a local High School teacher who had pot at school. Find out the mistake she made that gave her away.

Updated: 6:46 PM Authorities have captured Thomas County Jail escapee, Jerry Darrin Ross.

Posted: 5:16 PM About 1.2 million adults in Georgia do not have a high school diploma, but thanks to $50,000 donation from AT&T, that number could go down.

Posted: 5:14 PM Georgia Trend names Archbold Memorial Hospital the best in Southwest Georgia; sixth overall.