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Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Crisp, Sumter and Dooly counties are under a severe thunderstorm warning until 4:30 p.m. AP-GA--ATL-GANSevereThun 11-14 0274 AP-GA--ATL-GA N Severe Thunderstorm Warning WUUS52 KFFC 142025 SVRFFC BULLETIN ...
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Rutherford Ex-Girlfriend Claims Traci Carpenter Threatened Her
"I was trying to get out of town" after she said Ms. Carpenter and another female "threatened our lives." She said Rutherford went along "because he wanted to be with his daughter for a few days." The witness ...
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Vienna plans special holiday event Nov. 22
Christmas spirit arrives here on Saturday, Nov. 22 with a full day of events and activities planned to officially kick-off the Christmas season.
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Pig Jig this weekend
More than 117 pork simmering teams will descend on Vienna this weekend for the 27th annual Big Pig Jig.
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The award-winning festival pairs barbecue competition and a festival atmosphere.
This week, Southwest Georgians can get hog happy at the Big Pig Jig. Vienna's homage to all things barbecue is set for Thursday, Friday and Saturday in downtown Vienna.
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Portrait of a late bloomer
She lived in the tiny community of Dooling. So you might say she was doodling in Dooling.
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Advance voting continues for just one more week
Campaign 2008 moves into its final full week. This year's Election Day is Tuesday, Nov.
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Egypitan god Statue Anubis arrives in Midtown
The Egypitan god Anubis has arrived to make way for the U.S. premiere of "Tutankhamun: The Golden King and the Great Pharaohs." Crews began installation of the five-ton, 25-foot tall statue of the ancient ...
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Midnight fire destroys home
A local family escaped injury after fleeing from their burning home Friday night.
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Three charged with gun thefts
Three men were arrested in Turner County and another in Dooly County Wednesday and charged with the Monday night burglary of 16 weapons from a Vienna's business' safe.
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Vienna council addresses abandoned autos
For months council members and law enforcement authorities have been approached by citizens concerning the nuisance of abandoned vehicles around the city.
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Candidates meet the people
Becky Crissman/Cordele Dispatch Candidates left to right: Judge Chris Hughes, Judge T. Harry Hurt for Superior Court Judge, and Roy Gibbs and Buddy Harden, for State Represetative await their questions during ...
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One injured in fiery I-75 crash
Crisp County man pulls driver from wreck VIENNA - A tractor-trailer driver involved in a fiery wreck on I-75 Friday morning is being treated at the Medical Center of Central Georgia after sustaining serious ...
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Early voting is now under way statewide
It's still six weeks before the Nov. 4 general election, but early voting throughout Georgia already is underway.
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Sherrer named acting probate judge
John Pridgen, chief Superior Court judge for the Cordele Judicial Circuit, signed an order Monday appointing John W. Sherrer, Jr.
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Richard Ray named SGTC Crisp County Student of the Quarter
Richard Ray of Cordele, an Electronics student at the South Georgia Technical College Crisp County Center was selected as the Student of the Quarter for Summer Quarter recently, announced Dr.
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Amber alert activated
Three children are back home with their father after being abducted at school Tuesday morning.
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Southwest Georgia EZ: What's next?
Gabe Jordan/Cordele Dispatch Participants in a recent meeting sponsored by Southwest Georgia United, Inc., the agency charged with oversight of the Southwest Georgia United Empowerment Zone, worked in groups to ...
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Big Pig Jig preparations underway
The countdown has begun and soon the smell of barbecue will fill the air flowing through the city here.
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Voters Pick Democratic Senate Candidate Today
Georgia voters will decide between DeKalb County Chief Executive Officer Vernon Jones and former state lawmaker Jim Martin in the Democratic race for the U.S. Senate.
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