Tifton Gazette, Tifton, Georgia. 13,049 likes · 386 talking about this. THE place for news and information about Tifton and Tift County, Georgia.Oct 2, 2008Updated Aug 2, 2014. TIFTON — Some stolen guns have been recovered and three people have been arrested and charged with the Sept. 23 burglary of Ken's Trading Company. According to Tifton Police Department detective Lee Dunston, information provided by a concerned citizen and evidence left at the scene of the crime led to the ...From Staff Reports The Tifton Gazette ; Jan 30, 2024 ... TIFTON- Country icon Clint Black, one of the truest traditionalists in music over the last three decades, will return to Tifton on Friday, April 12 to bring his 35th Anniversary of Killin' Time tour to John Hunt Auditorium at the UGA Tifton Campus Conference Center. For the first time ...Becky Taylor/The Tifton Gazette Pyper McCard recorded 11 of 12 outs by strikeout at the Lady Panthers won a run-ruled 12-0 game in four innings on Thursday, Sept. 1. Though many schools were closed in southern Georgia fro the rest of the week, both Brookwood and Tiftarea sustained slight damage and were only out the day of the hurricane itself.Nov 28, 2014 ... React to this story: · Love · Funny · Wow · Sad · Angry. 0 ...Oct 8, 2008 · TIFTON — Two more people arrested makes a total of six charged with the Sept. 23 burglary of Ken’s Trading Company. According to arrest reports, Felix Pasker Turner III, 24, Two more arrests made in burglary case | Local News | tiftongazette.comBecky Taylor/The Tifton Gazette. CHULA — Jesse Jones is taking his golf clubs east to Due West. Jones, Tiftarea Academy's STAR Student for 2023-24, signed Feb. 28 to play for Erskine College in Due West, South Carolina. Jones thanked everyone in attendance. "You have all supported me," he said, adding he was grateful everyone had his back.Syd Blackmarr passed away Tuesday, July 25, according to her obituary. She was 89 years old. She founded the Arts Experiment Station at ABAC. The Tifton arts center is named in her honor. She established the well-known Love Affair fine arts festival. She was an advocate for the arts not only in Tifton and South Georgia but throughout the state.Becky Taylor/The Tifton Gazette. TIFTON — Tiftarea Academy and Tift County met for the first ever time on the baseball diamond Thursday. Tift's Blue Devils, expected to be one of Georgia's best teams in 2024, showed its completeness via 7-0 no-hitter. As a scrimmage, the game won't count in the standings, but marks one of only a handful ...Harrison, who finished in second place, represented Called to Care. TIFTON — The season of giving is set to continue Monday, Jan. 1, 2024, with the return of the annual Polar Bear Plunge. Eight locals are slated to make the slide into the Tiftarea YMCA pool on that date at 11 a.m., completing their campaigning for local charities.81°. E-paper. Feds bust South GA drug ring: 23 people indicted. By Alan Mauldin [email protected]. Jul 26, 2018. Jul 26, 2018. MOULTRIE — The May arrests of six suspects and seizure of more than four pounds of methamphetamine and cocaine was part of a larger investigation that has yielded 17 additional federal indictments.Dorothy Grace (Pike) Tyson passed away at Mountain View Nursing Home, Clayton, Georgia, on January 15 at the age of 99. Mrs. Tyson was born in Marion County, Georgia, January 7, 1925. She was preceded in death by her husband of 52 years, Joseph Hubert Tyson, Tifton, Georgia; one son, Phillip Courtney Tyson, Canton, Georgia; one daughter-in law ...An Ashburn man was arrested Tuesday and charged with burglary in connection with theft from employees at Children’s Medical Center on Kent Road on Sept. 7. Detective Dorminey McCrae at the Tifton Police Department said Thursday morning that Shawheed Orlando Holley, 22, 202 Orchard Hill, Lot 3-C, Ashburn, is charged with stealing money and a ...A couple of weeks later, a Tifton Gazette article covered the first day of school and noted the three black students in a senior class of 313. "For Tift County High School, it meant the first day of desecration as its three negro students began studying there for the first time," the article states. "The three arrived at school about five ...Feb 29, 2024. Feb 29, 2024. File art. TIFTON — Deputies and troopers are working the scene of a multi-vehicle wreck in Tift County. The accident, which took place around 2 p.m., involved a semi and several other vehicles on Highway 82 near a Kubota farm equipment dealership, a spokesman for the Tift County Sheriff's Office said.Tifton Gazette, Tifton, Georgia. 13,049 likes · 386 talking about this. THE place for news and information about Tifton and Tift County, Georgia.TIFTON – A 34-year-old Tifton man is charged in connection with Tift County power outages reported July 5 and Aug. 12, according to a statement from the Tift County Sheriff’s Office. “It was determined that someone had trespassed onto Georgia Power property on South Ridge Avenue in Tifton and cut off power from the substation ...Dec 22, 2023. ENIGMA - The Georgia Bureau of Investigation arrested the mayor of the Berrien County town of Enigma earlier this week. The GBI charged Cecil Giddens, 79, with simple battery, two counts of simple assault, two counts of battery, and two counts of disorderly conduct, the agency said on Friday. Warrants were taken on Wednesday.The Tifton Gazette Retail ads. Free and paid classified ads. Browse classified ads and free ads. Post free classified ads. | Newspaper Ads. Search. Advertisers; Brands; Featured Ads. Announcements (2) Community (1) Medical (4) Services (1) Announcements (2) Community (1) Medical (4) Services (1) Announcements (2) Community (1) Medical (4)Police report. TIFTON POLICE DEPT. Carla Spurlock Akridge, 37, 730 Mill Creek Circle, Alapaha, was charged Oct. 31 with false report of a crime and false statements or writings. Troy Xavier Barnes, 25, 404 W. 31st St., was charged Nov. 1 with reckless conduct and two counts of cruelty to children. Lorene Endona Bell, 56, 39 Briarwood Lane ...Browse 9,546 Newspaper Archives of Tifton Gazette in Tifton, Georgia. Experience the history of Tifton, Georgia by diving into Tifton Gazette newspapers. Read news, discover ancestors, and relive the past as you search through Tifton Gazette archives. Explore 28 years of history through 1,254 issues from Tifton Gazette.File art. TIFTON – A Tifton man has been arrested this weekend in connection with the disappearance and death of a woman, according to the Tifton Police Department. Matthew Vonard Howard, 24, of Tifton has been arrested and is charged with felony murder in connection to the death of Laura Aguirre, police said in a statement released Sunday.The Tifton gazette. (Tifton, Berrien County, Ga.) 1891-1974, June 11, 1897, Image 5. Previous Page Next Page. Previous Issue Next Issue. ... Be it ordained by the Mayor and Council of the city of Tifton, aqd it it hereby ordained by authority of the some, That the ordinance introduced at the regular March mretiiig of Council, 1896, and pat npon ...Becky Taylor/The Tifton Gazette. CHULA — Jesse Jones is taking his golf clubs east to Due West. Jones, Tiftarea Academy's STAR Student for 2023-24, signed Feb. 28 to play for Erskine College in Due West, South Carolina. Jones thanked everyone in attendance. "You have all supported me," he said, adding he was grateful everyone had his back.Memorial gifts may be made to the Alzheimer's Association, Tifton Unit, P. O. Box 22718, Oklahoma City, OK 73102; or Traditions Hospice, 126 South Access Road, Chula, GA 31733. You may offer condolences to the family at the online guest registry at www.bowen-donaldson.com. Services for the Wetherington family were under the care and direction ...Stuart Taylor/ The Tifton Gazette Out of the county's nine outdoor sirens, only a couple currently work, Tift County Emergency Management Director Vickie Hickman told the board "There's been some discussion of how we're going to manage our disposal contract moving forward," said Tift County Manager Jim Carter at the Tift County Board ...Stuart Taylor/ The Tifton Gazette Out of the county's nine outdoor sirens, only a couple currently work, Tift County Emergency Management Director Vickie Hickman told the board "There's been some discussion of how we're going to manage our disposal contract moving forward," said Tift County Manager Jim Carter at the Tift County Board ...Irwin firefighters arrested for arson. Angie Thompson/senior reporter. Mar 4, 2008. Even though the serial arson investigation that led to the arrests of seven young members of the Irwinville Volunteer Fire Department and its chief began with the Irwin County Sheriff’s Office, the sheriff and his captain expressed shock Tuesday.TIFTON - Dr. Joseph Devaney sees a trend in impeachments "becoming a more acceptable means to dealing with particular issues" in modern times. Devaney, who teaches constitutional law at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College in Tifton, encourages people to take a step back and ask, "did the president commit high crimes and misdemeanors?"By Terry Richards [email protected]. Mar 7, 2024. Firearms and drugs were seized by Tift County Sheriff's Office personnel Wednesday. Tift County Sheriff's Office. TIFTON — Three arrests were made Wednesday in Tift County on drug and weapons charges. Tips and investigations led Tift County Sheriff’s Office investigators to 717 17 ...Jun 20, 2013 ... According to an incident report filed at the Tifton Police Department, officer Terry McStott with the Tifton Police Department reported ...Nick Danna/Tifton Gazette Tift County Sheriff Gary Vowell shows reporters some of the nine luxury cars seized as part of a major drug bust during a press conference Thursday in Tifton. Vowell said that his department has arrested three alleged cocaine 'kingpins' and seized $949,000. Tifton Gazette. TIFTON — Tift County authorities believe ...A lightning arrester protects telecommunication and electrical power systems from damage during a lightning strike. It accomplishes this by redirecting the current in the lightning...UPDATE: Police: Three suspects in custody for teen's death. By Terry Richards [email protected]. Updated May 23, 2024. VALDOSTA — Three teen-age suspects are in custody following in a weekend shooting that left a 15-year-old dead.Becky Taylor/The Tifton Gazette. TIFTON — Tift County football legend Roy Hart Jr. appeared Oct. 20 at the Tift Theatre to tell his story, spanning from his youth all the way to his current role with the Las Vegas Raiders. Hart appeared in support of Jake's Hands, a local non-profit organization. Born in Adel, but a high school player for ...Aug 29, 2014 · Tift Co. Sheriff's Office. TIFTON — Tift County Sheriff's Office investigators and agents from the Georgia Bureau of Investigation arrested three men Thursday in connection with the death of William Bernard "Nard" Thomas. DeAnthony Raphael Davenport, 21, and Austin Jermaine McIntyre, 19, were each charged with malice murder, felony murder ...Becky Taylor/The Tifton Gazette. TIFTON — The Tift County Athletic Hall of Fame celebrated its latest class of athletes, teams and contributors at the 2024 banquet, held Feb. 13 at the Performing Arts Centers. This year's class consisted of players Rashod Bateman, Rita Davis Griffin, Kaream Hess, P.J. Horne, Audrey McElhaney, Conrad Stokes ...May 19, 2024 · Three arrests made in gun thefts. TIFTON — Some stolen guns have been recovered and three people have been arrested and charged with the Sept. 23 burglary of Ken’s Trading Company. According to Tifton Police Department detective Lee Dunston, information provided by a concerned citizen and evidence left at the scene of the crime led to the ...Tifton Gazette Jeffrey Lynn Speck was a long-haul truck driver in 1997 when road workers found the stabbed body of Michaella Swaney dumped off I-75 in Turner County on Feb. 11, 1997. He would have gotten away with the crime, cold case investigators said, had it not been for the Combined DNA Index System (CODIS).Apr 27, 2017 ... ... arrests? It's possible, but it seems unlikely, and it ... I worked at The Tifton Gazette newspaper ... Tifton Police officers. One of those ...Rita Brooks. Rita Green Brooks, 72, of Tifton passed away Tuesday, January 19, 2021 at Tift Regional Medical Center. A private family funeral service was held for Mrs. Brooks at 3:00 p.m. Friday, January 22, 2021, at Ty Ty First Baptist Church with the Rev. Rodney Owens officiating.Dec 22, 2023. ENIGMA – The Georgia Bureau of Investigation arrested the mayor of the Berrien County town of Enigma earlier this week. The GBI charged Cecil Giddens, 79, with simple battery, two counts of simple assault, two counts of battery, and two counts of disorderly conduct, the agency said on Friday. Warrants were taken on Wednesday.Becky Taylor/The Tifton Gazette. CHULA — Jesse Jones is taking his golf clubs east to Due West. Jones, Tiftarea Academy's STAR Student for 2023-24, signed Feb. 28 to play for Erskine College in Due West, South Carolina. Jones thanked everyone in attendance. "You have all supported me," he said, adding he was grateful everyone had his back.Dec 7, 2005 · TIFTON -- Two Tifton men were arrested Wednesday on charges of cocaine possession by the Tifton Police Department. Julian Lamar Tabor, 31, of Tifton was charged with possession of marijuana and cocaine, while Tronyell Letief Rutland, 31, of Tifton was charged with possession of a controlled substance after they were questioned and searched ...The Mayor of Tifton is Julie Smith who can be reached at 229-339-1776 or by email at [email protected]. City of Tifton. 130 1st St. E. Tifton, GA 31794. 229-382-6231. Crime in Tifton, Georgia: The crime index in the year 2016 in Tifton, Georgia was 478.0 which is far higher than the national average of 275.3.Two people have been arrested and another is being sought in connection with Saturday’s armed robbery at the Econo Lodge. Delvon Chris Brave, 20, 1020 Ferry Lake Road, Lot 42, was arrested Thursday and Genna Leeann Cooper, 21, 950 Carpenter Road, was arrested Wednesday. Both are charged with armed robbery.TIFTON, Ga. (WALB) - One man is dead and two others injured after a shooting took place near Ferry Lake Rd and Bill St in Tifton, according to the release. On Thursday, Nov. 30 around 7:30 p.m ...Tifton, GA (31794) Today Mostly clear. Low 63F. Winds light and variable City and federal agents are continuing their investigation of the Tuesday morning armed robbery of Tifton’s Bank of America and credit the public’s willingness to share information with the arrest Tuesday afternoon of one of the suspects.Becky Taylor/The Tifton Gazette. ATLANTA —Lowndes' Randall Godfrey and Thomasville's Mike Bobo were two of 40 names inducted Saturday into the Class of 2023 for the Georgia High School Football Hall of Fame in Atlanta, the second year a ceremony was held.Columbia County News. Coweta County Jail Bookings. Coweta County News. Crawford County Jail Bookings. Dawson County Jail Bookings. Decatur County Jail Bookings. Decatur County News. DeKalb County News. Dougherty County Jail Bookings.Becky Taylor/The Tifton Gazette; TIFTON — The weather turned a shad chillier Monday, Nov. 13, but that did not seem to affect Tift County's middle school swim teams, who each won in a six-team field at the Baldwin Drive Aquatic Center. The Blue Devils won easily with 240 points, the Lady Devils shading Coffee Middle, 167-152. ...Aug 23, 2012. Tifton Police Dept. McKevor Jabar Mulkey, 21, 4139 Martin Ave., was charged Wednesday with a probation violation and a leg monitor violation. Tift County. Sheriff’s Dept. Kenneth Adams, 54, 58 Albemarle St., Rochester, N.Y., was charged Tuesday with DUI, speeding, an open container violation and misdemeanor possession …Apr 27, 2017 ... ... arrests? It's possible, but it seems unlikely, and it ... I worked at The Tifton Gazette newspaper ... Tifton Police officers. One of those ...Drugs, cash and guns seized during a drug raid by the Tift County Sheriff's Department and the South Georgia Task Force. Tift County Sheriff Gary Vowell, in conjunction with the Mid-South Narcotics Task Force, announces the arrest of Tifton residents Arthur James Murrell, 68 years of age, and Mary Jordan Murrell, 64 years of age. Both were ...Becky Taylor/The Tifton Gazette; Emily Rowe pitches for the Lady Devils in the 6th inning. Becky Taylor/The Tifton Gazette; TIFTON — Bailee Williams picked up where she left off in 2022, homering in Tift County's softball scrimmage Aug. 1, but the Lady Devils otherwise ran into a very solid Cook team that posted eight runs to their four. ...Feb 29, 2024. Feb 29, 2024. File art. TIFTON — Deputies and troopers are working the scene of a multi-vehicle wreck in Tift County. The accident, which took place around 2 p.m., involved a semi and several other vehicles on Highway 82 near a Kubota farm equipment dealership, a spokesman for the Tift County Sheriff's Office said.TIFTON — Three local men and an Adel woman were arrested on drug distribution charges Tuesday, Feb. 13. According to reports from the Tift County Sheriff’s Office, Timothy Ryan Daly, 39, David Michael Cook, 42, and Ricky Henry Caulder, 55, all of Tifton, and Leigh Ann Cook, 35, of Adel were arrested on drug distribution charges.Ho Suk Kim. TIFTON — Two women have been arrested following undercover investigations on two spas in Tifton. According to a press release, the investigation was started when the Tift County Sheriff's Office received complaints from citizens that the spas targeted in the investigation were exchanging sex acts for money. On Wednesday ...CHULA — Tiftarea Academy scored one run in the bottom of the 7th inning Monday, but could not get a second one as Loganville Christian held on for a 5-4 victory in the third game of the GIAA first round state tournament softball series Monday. Down 5-3, Pyper McCard kept the inning alive with a double to right field.Tifton, GA (February 21, 2024) – The GBI has arrested and charged Chad Stone, age 50, of Tifton, GA, with theft by taking and unauthorized use of a financial transaction card; …TIFTON — River Ridge denied Tift County its first final four since 1992 Tuesday night, eliminating the Lady Devils from the Class 6A state tournament, 64-49. Tift had a 28-27 halftime lead on the defending state champions, but had already been dealt a big blow. Jimmya Cushion, who entered the game with 988 career points, suffered a leg injury ...1 day ago · Tift Regional receives massive funding for dialysis support from efforts of Ossoff. May 15, 2024. TIFTON — Tift Regional Health System will receive a wave of upgrades for its dialysis services, courtesy of the office of Sen. Jon Ossoff.Becky Taylor/The Tifton Gazette; Blue Devils need only 10 innings for double lashing of Lee. Becky Taylor [email protected]; Mar 9, 2024 Mar 9, 2024; Tyler Holmes scores in the 2nd inning of the opener on a base hit by Brady Moretz. Holmes, who initially reached on an infield single, expanded Tift's lead to 4-0.Tifton Gazette. A 39-year-old Tifton police officer shot in the neck Saturday night while on patrol is in good condition and expected to be released from Tift Regional Medical Center soon. ... • The Tift County Sheriff's Office arrested Marcus Demond Hurley, 23, 411 N. Virginia Ave., E-2, Saturday and charged him with the March 19 armed ...TIFTON — Tift County Schools' administrative offices are temporarily at Tift County High School after a Monday evening fire at the building on 12th Street. The school system announced Tuesday afternoon on social media its offices would be at TCHS "for the remainder of this week" because of the fire. Four large firetrucks and several ...POLICE REPORT FOR APRIL 6 & 8. TIFTON POLICE DEPT. Samuel D. Anderson, 36, 901 S. Central Ave., was charged March 27 with public drunkenness. Daniel Joseph Crum, 61, 113 Woodlawn Ave., Mattoon, Ill., was charged March 29 with willful obstruction of law enforcement officers by use of threats or violence and disorderly conduct.TIFTON — Another woman has been arrested for masturbation for hire following an undercover investigation at a spa in Tifton. The Mid-South Narcotics Task Force and the Tifton Police Department conducted an undercover operation at the Lucky Spa, located at 107 S. Magnolia Drive, according to Lt. Col. Bobby Brannen with the Tift County Sheriff's Office.TIFTON — Once upon a time, the Class of 2022 at Tiftarea Academy were kids who wanted 10 more minutes of recess, according to valedictorian Chandler Livingston. “Now, they’re graduates, ready to embark on the grand journey of this life.”. Tiftarea graduated a class of 38 on May 13 with the ceremony taking place at Tifton’s First ...81°. E-paper. Feds bust South GA drug ring: 23 people indicted. By Alan Mauldin [email protected]. Jul 26, 2018. Jul 26, 2018. MOULTRIE — The May arrests of six suspects and seizure of more than four pounds of methamphetamine and cocaine was part of a larger investigation that has yielded 17 additional federal indictments.Tifton Police Department Titus Eugene Beauford, 24, Washington St., was charged Sunday with aggravated assault and burglary. Anne Autumn Hoskins, 28, 53 Smith Creek Road, Havana, Fla., was charged Wednesday with possession of marijuana and a safety restraint violation.Blue Devils open football campaign at Coffee. Becky Taylor [email protected]. Aug 18, 2023. Lee Jackson halts a Lowndes' running back's progress in the backfield. Becky Taylor/The Tifton Gazette. TIFTON — Tift County's regular football season has arrived. Tonight, the Blue Devils head for Douglas and a battle with the Coffee ...TIFTON- Children of all ages can ride the North Pole Express to see Santa Claus from Nov. 30 to Dec. 2 and Dec. 7-9 at the Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College’s Georgia Museum of Agriculture. North Pole Express tickets will be available beginning Nov. 1 at 9 a.m. online at https://northpole2023.eventbrite.com. Tickets are $20 per person …Brenda Gail Atwell. Brenda Gail Hancock Atwell, 65, of the West Berrien Community, went home to be with her Lord on March 9, 2024. A lifelong resident of Berrien Co, she was born October 28, 1958. She worked on the family farm until graduating in1976 from Berrien High School, where she served as a member of the Berrien Rebel Regiment.Read today's Police Report at. www.tiftongazette.com. I would read it in the paper if I had received it today. The one day of the week I really look forward to my newspaper, it isn't delivered. I pay for a 6 month subscription and this happens quite frequently. I understand from the circulation departmen ….4th suspect arrested in Towns murder. According to Capt. Mike Walker of the Tift County Sheriff’s Office’s criminal investigation’s division, Kadeem Andittee Harris, 19, 1110 S. College Circle, Lot 23, was arrested Saturday on charges of felony murder in connection with the case. Donnell Dewayne Cullins, 22, of 310 Old Omega Road, Apt ...January 30, 2024. GBI Arrests Tifton Man in Death Investigation. Tifton, GA (January 30, 2024) - The GBI has charged Xavier Sean Ross, age 34, of Tifton, GA, with felony murder, aggravated assault, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, and possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime, in connection to the death of Brendan ...TIFTON — A fourth woman has been arrested for masturbation for hire following an undercover investigation at a local spa. The Tifton Gazette previously reported in September 2015 that two women had been arrested following undercover investigations at the Royal Spa on Highway 82 West and the #1 Spa on South Central Avenue.May 6, 2020 · TIFTON — Another of the suspects wanted in connection with the shooting death of Michael Riggins was arrested on Mar. 3. Quintas Taszir Ryan, 22, was arrested in New York on Mar. 3 and is awaiting transport back to Georgia, according to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, which is working the case in conjunction with the Tifton Police Department.Tift Regional receives massive funding for dialysis support from efforts of Ossoff. May 15, 2024. TIFTON — Tift Regional Health System will receive a wave of upgrades for its dialysis services, courtesy of the office of Sen. Jon Ossoff.