Updated: 7:41 PM Early voting for the 2012 general election is now underway in Valdosta.

Updated: 10:52 PM Ambulances in Lowndes County are being fitted with new life saving equipment. Eyewitness News reporter Eames Yates looks at how local paramedics are using it to fight heart attacks, one beat at a time.

Updated: 11:46 PM TV Stars showed up for the anual Harvest Festival in Berrien County. Eyewitness News reporter Eames Yates caught up with those celebrities that stopped by.

Updated: 2:56 PM Grady County, GA - An afternoon crash near Grady County, has sent 9 passengers to area hospitals.

Updated: 10:11 PM Valdosta, GA - There's more than 10,000 seats at the Bazemore-Hyder stadium, and every single one of them is going to be filled. Tickets have been sold out since Wednesday.

Updated: 11:49 PM Georgia's Commissioner of Agriculture Gary Black was in Lakeland tonight. Eyewitness News reporter Eames Yates found out what brought him to town.

Posted: 6:13 PM The band "The Backstreet Blazers" played to raise funds to fight illiteracy.

Updated: 12:44 AM One candidate touts Government Transparency. The other, job creation. Who will you vote for November 6th?

Updated: 11:05 AM It's been two years since the group known as the Quitman 12 were charged with voter fraud in Brooks County. Eyewitness News reporter Eames Yates has the latest developments regarding some of those accused.

Updated: 11:05 AM In Valdosta drivers of all ages were put to the test to see if they could text behind the wheel. Eyewitness News reporter Eames Yates was there with a look at how well they did.

Posted: 5:09 PM It is the "Junior Fire Marshall's Fun Day in the Park". Each year this day kicks off fire prevention week in Valdosta.

Posted: 4:49 PM Organizers say the Honey Bee Festival actually has one of the largest parades in South Georgia. This year's theme is "It's A Family Affair".

Updated: 1:10 PM Strong Man Mark Kirsch pulled a C-130 Hercules at Moody Air Force Base Friday morning with little more than a thick rope. It weights more than 75,000 pounds with big soft tires that make it even harder to move.

Updated: 1:55 PM The Special Operations Division of the Sheriff’s Office has arrested Donnell Mathis, Michael Robinson and Phillip Bradley in the parking lot of the New Valdosta Inn on West Hill Avenue in Valdosta. During a search of the persons, investigators recovered approximately 4 grams of cocaine, a small quantity of marijuana, and 40 capsules of Methylenedioxymethamphetamine, commonly referred to as MDMA or Ecstasy.

Updated: 2:11 PM Valdosta State University has created an event that allows businesswomen to assemble for a day of education, empowerment and enlightenment. The 2012 Women in Business Symposium is to be held Friday, Oct. 5 at the University Center from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Posted: 11:03 PM It is the 'Careers In Construction and Engineering Fair'. Almost 400 high and middle school students came out to Wiregrass Technical College for the event.

Updated: 7:42 PM A homicide investigation is now underway after a woman was found stabbed to death inside a Thomasville business. Thomasville police received a call from a family member of the victim and arrived on the scene around 1 p.m.

Updated: 6:04 PM Preventing influenza will be the sole focus of the Grady County Health Department Oct. 4 from 12 p.m.-6:30 p.m. during an on-site seasonal flu clinic.

Updated: 11:50 PM Amy Carter and J.C. Cunningham are vying for Dist 175 which is expanding west over Lowndes, Brooks and Thomas Counties. Glenn Gregory and Dexter Sharper are going after the newly created Dist 177 in Valdosta.

Updated: 11:51 PM A Lowndes County mother has died after a tree limb fell and crushed her. Eyewitness News reporter Eames Yates spoke with first responders and the woman's neighbors.

Updated: 12:07 AM Anthony Walden enters plea in drunk driving crash that killed former Thomas County Central quarterback Erik Walden

Updated: 12:42 AM FEMA measured it to be more than 60 feet down in the week following the flood. That means it was so big a six story building could fit in there. Locally it's known as the "McAlpin Grand Canyon".

Updated: 3:04 PM The Thomasville City Council passed a vote to set the 2012 City Fire Tax millage rate at 0.0 mills, realizing a goal the City Council set in 2009 to eliminate the ad valorem fire tax by 2012.

Updated: 5:18 PM It is "The Clock is Ticking Seven Mile Swim" at Long Pond in Lake Park, Georgia. It benefits the "James Eunice Charity Fund".

Updated: 2:10 AM The Drug Enforcement Administration held it's annual drug take-back day across the country. Eyewitness News reporter Eames Yates spoke with local law enforcement about its success.