Posted: 2:16 PM Conyers police have shot a man who they say stabbed his mother.

Posted: 7:24 PM More than 60 artists from across the country are making their way to Thomasville for the 17th Annual Plantation Wildlife Arts Festival.

Updated: 10:54 PM It is "Prematurity Awareness Month" nationwide. It puts emphasis of the importance of women having a full term pregnancy which is anything beyond 37 weeks.

Updated: 11:32 AM Plans are underway to boost the downtown economy in Valdosta. Officials hope college students are they key to their success.

Updated: 5:58 PM A newborn is dead after a young mother tried to cut the umbilical cord. Authorities in Athens, Georgia say the mother told detectives she accidentally cut the infant's throat while she was trying to cut the umbilical cord.

Updated: 9:27 PM The identity of the man hit by a train in Bainbridge, Georgia on Friday has been released.

Updated: 11:10 PM There's a new move to ease drought conditions in parts of Georgia, Alabama and Florida.

Updated: 12:14 AM In Valdosta two women robbed a man at knife point on the side of a busy road near downtown. Eyewitness News reporter Eames Yates has more on the investigation and reaction from residents in the area.

Updated: 12:21 AM A new study shows Georgia hosted more international college students in 2011-2012 than any other year in the past.

Updated: 10:26 PM Georgia labor officials say the state's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate dropped to 8.7% in October, down from 9% in September.

Updated: 12:16 AM Some local law enforcement officers traded in their badges for aprons Thursday to support a good cause.

Updated: 10:55 PM Let the games begin! Local students kicked off the 2012 Winter Special Olympics Thursday.

Updated: 12:21 AM They spent the day at the Valdosta Mall educating folks on the harmful effects of smoking and chewing tobacco as a part of a national movement.

Updated: 10:51 AM The founder of a local ministry says he and his wife were robbed by three men with assault rifles. The couple talks about that life-changing knock on the door.

Updated: 10:57 PM A Valdosta home was ravaged by gunfire early this morning. Eyewitness News reporter Eames Yates spoke with the family who escaped death.

Updated: 4:37 PM New numbers show Georgia has one of the highest poverty rates in the country, far beyond that of Florida.

Updated: 10:17 PM A South Georgia city is using a new alert system to reach folks in case of an emergency.

Updated: 10:30 PM The current version of the GED will expire at the end of 2013. Educators are urging adults to finish completing the current version before new one is implemented.

Updated: 10:37 AM Dozens of men and women were honored Monday for their military service at a retirement home in our area.

Updated: 7:01 PM Two 16 year-olds have been arrested for a rash of car break-ins in Bainbridge.

Updated: 4:57 PM A man has been arrested and charged with murder for the death of a woman in Moultrie. Bond has been denied.

Updated: 11:31 PM Members of a Baptist church near Columbus will be worshipping elsewhere after their sanctuary was damaged in an arson attack.

Updated: 11:29 PM "Hugs of Hope" started six years ago as a small project when a girl named Elizabeth Pitts was diagnosed with Leukemia.

Updated: 11:30 PM Hundreds of local residents celebrated Veteran's Day Saturday throughout our area. But in one local town it was more about getting the kids involved.

Posted: 11:14 PM Organizers say there are hundreds of kids in South Georgia just waiting for a good home.