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.

Posted: 9:00 AM Soldiers from Fort Stewart are planning a busy Veterans Day weekend.

Updated: 7:59 PM Two employees at a local restaurant climbed out of a drive-through window to escape a robber.

Updated: 10:18 AM The man is one of three siblings accused of robbing a south Georgia bank during a crime spree that started in Florida and ended with a shootout in Colorado.

Posted: 8:47 PM In Lowndes County a decades old sales tax has been voted down. Eyewitness News reporter Eames Yates tells us about the change of heart for voters and what this will eventually cost the community.

Posted: 6:06 PM A 'Suicide Memory Wall' is making it's rounds through our area to raise awareness about suicide.

Updated: 7:19 PM More than 70 horses were seized in an animal cruelty investigation earlier this year. The animals' new caretakers need some help now too.

Posted: 5:16 PM Police are asking for your help finding the two suspects They held the clerk at gun point and it was all caught on tape.

Posted: 4:53 PM Moody AFB, GA - The 23d Civil Engineer Squadron Explosives Ordinance Disposal team will detonate numerous munitions at Grand Bay Bombing and Gunnery Range on Nov. 8, 2012.

Posted: 11:12 PM In the race for Thomas County Sheriff, incumbent Carlton Powell has been re-elected for another term against newcomer Dale Mattilla.

Posted: 11:05 PM Incumbent Grady County Sheriff Harry Young wins election. Young is the first person in over 50 years to be re-elected to serve three consecutive terms as Grady County Sheriff.

Updated: 10:45 AM Gun sales are reportedly soaring across the U.S. and right here in our area. Why some people say the 2012 election may be the driving force.

Updated: 1:23 AM As Georgia voters head to the polls Tuesday they will need to remember to bring a government issued photo ID.

Posted: 12:04 PM Police in Georgia are hunting for at least one gunman who opened fire and wounded seven people overnight at a crowded fair in Savannah.

Posted: 9:38 PM The Harlem Legends basketball team payed a visit to Brooks County on Saturday night. Eyewitness News reporter Eames Yates has a look at the game... and everything else that went with it.

Posted: 8:18 AM In-person early voting in Georgia wrapped up Friday, although absentee ballots can still be received.

Updated: 8:14 AM In Bill Clinton, President Barack Obama has a surrogate that Republican Mitt Romney cannot match.