Decatur County election officials say it was a rather slow day at the polls for the Georgia runoff elections.

A Thomasville man has been released from the hospital after being stabbed in the abdomen over the weekend.

There are some fresh faces on one local campus. Seventeen students have made their way to all the way from China to study abroad at Thomas University.

A former Georgia police officer who once kept the peace in Athens is now in charge of making sure things run smoothly in an Afghanistan community.

A new study on the generosity of Americans suggests that states with the least religious residents are also the stingiest about giving money to charity.

A new report by AAA shows a spike in gas prices in Georgia. How the jump at the pump is effecting summer travel plans for drivers.

A search has resumed for a 44-year-old boater who dove into Lake Lanier but never resurfaced.

Many Georgia children suffer childhood obesity but some organizations are working to nip it in the bud early.

An inmate at the Grady County Jail has killed himself.

Julian Reever, recently escaped from Thomas County Prison has been apprehended and is now back in custody. He was caught at around 11:15 tonight , a quarter of a mile inside Grady County.

A high speed chase that began in Florida ended Thursday night in Georgia. Lowndes County Sheriff's Deputies and the Georgia State Patrol worked together to end the chase.

At approximately 1 a.m. on Aug. 16, 2012, the pumps in the Influent Pump Station of the Withlacoochee Water Pollution Control Plant (WPCP) stopped working. An emergency bypass pump system was placed into service at 12:45 a.m., on Aug. 17; and as a result, the sewer spills are no longer occurring.

On August 17, 2012 at approximately 2:00pm, the Valdosta Police Department responded to the Pay Less Shoe Source, 3268 Inner Perimeter Road, in reference to the report of an armed robbery.

Lowndes County Sheriff’s Office deputies were called to a Morven Road residence, near Hahira, regarding a person who was inside his home and threatening to commit suicide.

Investigators from the Special Operations Division of the Lowndes County Sheriff’s Office went 6331 Dove Drive, in south Lowndes County, to serve a probation warrant for the arrest of Michael Terry.

According to Sheriff Chris Prine with the Lowndes county Sheriff's Office, deputies were called to an address on Kelly Way by a caller who had found their neighbor deceased in the home's swimming pool.

Georgia's unemployment rate is now a full percentage point higher than the national average.

Colquitt County High School band director Paul Guilbeau is free on bond after being charged with sexually assaulting a student.

A United States Air Force major stationed in our area has been killed while serving in Afghanistan.

One accused robber is behind bars and the Brooks County Sheriff's Department wants your help catching his partner in crime.

A burglary investigation is underway after two vehicles, among other belongings were stolen from a Thomasville home.

More than 100,000 car crashes a year involve drivers who are texting, according to the National Safety Council. A new initiative aims to help break the deadly habit.

Republicans Jody Hall and John Page will square-off for the new Commission seat created by the new Super District 5.

Police say, 19-year-old Toddtavious Manning beat Johnson. Johnson was taken to Archbold Memorial Hospital in Thomasville.

Officials say a west Georgia school system is the latest to add school bus cameras aimed at nabbing motorists who break traffic laws.