AMERICUS, Ga. (WALB) - The ringleader of a bank fraud and aggravated identity theft scheme was sentenced to federal prison on Wednesday, June 4. According to a press release, Jalen Tylee Hill, a.k ...

How many times have we said, ‘“Thank you for your service?” to a member of the military? How many times have we said thanks ...

Avondre’a “Dréa” Singleton of Columbus has been named Georgia Southwestern State University’s 2025 Outstanding Scholar, the ...

Jesus Molina-Veya, 45, died the evening of June 7 at Phoebe Sumter Hospital in Americus. He was found earlier that day unconscious in his cell at Stewart Detention Center in Lumpkin, ICE said. An ...

A tax and spending bill backed by President Donald Trump and Republican lawmakers that passed the U.S. House in May would require many able-bodied Medicaid enrollees under 65 to show that they work, ...

The investigation revealed that 67-year-old woman of Dawson, GA, was driving a 2019 Nissan Sentra westbound on GA 520, when ...

The passenger of a black Jeep Wrangler was life flighted following a 2 car crash in Americus on Saturday, June 7.

SUMTER COUNTY, Ga. — A Georgia man has learned how long he will spend behind bars after he was convicted of fraud. On Wednesday, Jalen Tylee Hill, aka “Roscoe Hill,” 26, of Americus, was ...

ICE detainee Jesus Molina-Veya died at Phoebe Sumter Hospital in Americus, GA. He was found unresponsive in his cell at Stewart Detention Center, officials say.

Georgia records - All-time highest temperature: 112° F (Greenville 2 NNW on Aug. 20, 1983) - All-time lowest temperature: ...

ATLANTA – Southwestern Judicial Circuit Superior Court Judge R. Rucker Smith of Americus has been re-elected to serve his 15th term on the Board of Governors of the 56,000-member State Bar of Georgia.