The funding was secured through FY26 Community Project Funding and supported by U.S. Congressman Sanford Bishop, who spoke during the ceremony at City Hall. The funding will go toward long-planned ...

Martin and Holmes escaped from the Sumter County Jail around 9:30 p.m. on Sunday, prompting a multi-agency manhunt. Both were ...

AMERICUS, Ga. (WALB) - The Georgia Bureau of Investigation has made a third arrest in the Americus shooting that took the life of 5-year-old Peyton Brielle Robert, 19-year-old Jotavis Roshon Leverette ...

Over the weekend, two young inmates charged with multiple crimes, including murder, escaped from a jail in Georgia. What to ...

AMERICUS, Ga. (WTVM) - An arrest has been made in connection with an Americus weekend shooting that killed two young people and injured a third person. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation announced on ...

AMERICUS, Ga. — Authorities say one law enforcement officer is dead and another is in “very, very critical condition” after a shooting in southern Georgia, reports CBS affiliate WMAZ. Georgia Bureau ...

AMERICUS, Ga. -- The two police officers who were shot, one fatally, in Americus, Georgia Wednesday have been best friends since grade school, reports CBS affiliate WMAZ. Nicholas Smarr, 25, and Jody ...

Two young men in Georgia charged with murder were recently found and brought back to jail after escaping over the weekend.

AMERICUS, Ga. (WRBL) — Officials with the Americus Police Department announced late Sunday night that a shooting incident resulted in the death of a 17-year-old. Police say officers arrived at the 300 ...