Updated: 11:03 PM With the 2012 election just one week away, a race for county coroner in our area is heating up.

Posted: 12:10 AM The Georgia Supreme Court reversed the murder conviction of John Woods in Berrien County. They ruled that the Trial-Court failed to instruct jurors on the law of self-defense before their deliberations.

Updated: 12:30 AM Sheriff Dewey was born and raised in Quitman and has worked in the Sheriff's Department since age 19. His challenger Matt Elsberry has worked as an investigator in both the Brooks and Lowndes County Sheriff's Departments.

Updated: 10:15 PM In Valdosta an Airmen from Moody took his own life over the weekend. His death highlights the ever increasing suicide rate among our servicemen and women. Eyewitness News reporter Eames Yates looks at what is being done to help prevent this from happening.

Updated: 10:16 PM One man is dead after a woman struck him with her car before fleeing the scene.

Updated: 9:14 AM The date has been set for the long-awaited trial of 11 suspects in a Brooks County voter fraud case.

Posted: 7:17 PM Plans are in the works in Georgia that could make a dramatic change in the way public colleges are funded.

Posted: 7:13 PM Every neighborhood has that house that goes all out for Halloween, but there's one in Valdosta you've just got to see.

Posted: 8:37 AM Election officials in Muscogee County are investigating a Columbus voter's complaint that another person was allowed to cast a ballot in his place during early voting.

Updated: 12:17 PM Moody Air Force Base hosts its Open House this weekend with a massive air show. Eyewitness News reporter Eames Yates found out what brought out thousands of people.

Posted: 1:06 PM The Great American Rivalry Series honored the Top Scholar Athlete at this year’s Winnersville Classic Pregame.

Posted: 10:53 AM The Georgia Department of Labor announced today that the preliminary unemployment rate in the Southwest Georgia area declined to 9.0 percent in September, down four-tenths of a percentage point from a revised 9.4 percent in August.

Posted: 5:59 PM Breast cancer survivors in our area are hitting the catwalk to raise money for a good cause.

Posted: 5:48 PM The Valdosta Fire Department has eight new members and six others are being promoted.

Updated: 10:23 PM For those who want to vote early in this presidential election, but your 9-5 job makes it tough, you're in luck! Saturday, Oct. 27th starts the first weekend for Early Voting in both Florida and Georgia.

Updated: 8:13 PM The largest PHA bioplastic production facility in the world has just opened up in our area.

Updated: 8:19 PM Local high school students teamed up with a restaurant in our area to help support a good cause.

Updated: 10:39 AM The largest bioplastic plant in the world is opening today in Bainbridge, Georgia!

Posted: 10:05 PM College Park, GA - Authorities say the suspect in a deadly shooting at a Georgia megachurch has been taken into custody.

Updated: 8:25 PM Former First Lady Laura Bush will be speaking at a fundraiser for Georgia Christian School.

Updated: 12:57 AM Can you imagine the nightmare? You hand your pet over to animal control, then change your mind and want them back, just to find they've already been put down.

Updated: 8:39 PM Georgia State Officials say the pace for early voting is slower this year than for previous presidential elections. But you'd never know it in Lowndes County.

Updated: 12:58 AM Colquitt, GA - Superintendent of Miller County Schools was terminated Tuesday night at the school board meeting, following an investigation by the Board of Education.

Updated: 7:23 PM Students signed hand prints and posting them on a display board. Each represents a personal pledge to not stay silent in the face of Domestic Violence.

Updated: 7:24 PM A local man was arrested in connection to a credit card scam in Illinois.