COOK COUNTY, Ga. (WALB) - A man who escaped while handcuffed during a road check Thursday night has been recaptured, according to the Cook County Sheriff’s Office.

A Tift County jury has found Ernest Alexander Branner guilty in connection to a 2021 deadly shooting in Tifton, according to the Tifton Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office.

Jackson credited multiple educators for helping her son succeed, saying they worked with her to build a team approaches.

City officials said they would be investigating the accident further. Stay with WALB for developments on-air and online.

A Thomasville hair stylist is hosting a haircut fundraiser to help the family of a High School graduate who died in a car ...

The letter explained that the school system used the incorrectly calculated tax digest to set their millage rate and school budget.

LOWNDES COUNTY, Ga. (WALB) - [Update 5/27] The Brooks County Sheriff’s Office has confirmed that Lizzie Ruth Crawford was found deceased. “Update Mrs. Crawford was located unfortunately not the way we ...

School is out in Americus, and Americus Police Department (APD) are reminding families that juvenile curfew hours are now in ...

High School graduate Deontavis Jamario Cooper has died, according to school officials. Cooper, known as “Big Coop,” graduated ...

GEORGIA. (WALB) - One person has died in a crash during the Memorial Day holiday weekend, according to the Georgia Department of Public Safety. The agency is tracking traffic incidents throughout the ...