The time is now. Time is running out in this Georgia General Assembly session for our elected officials to take action to protect the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge from the continuing threat of ...

Saakashvili, ex-president of Georgia, gets 4 1/2 years more in jail, Interpress reports Former Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili was sentenced on Monday to four-and-a-half more years in jail ...

OKEECHOBEE COUNTY, Fla. — In a heart-wrenching tale of resilience you'll see only on WPTV, an Okeechobee family is teetering on the edge of homelessness following severe storm damage to their home.

The income needed to maintain middle-class status in the United States has risen. What is it in Georgia? Using Pew Research Center’s definition of middle income, which is two-thirds to double ...

NEW TONIGHT FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE ALREADY CONVICTED FELONS, WERE JUST ARRESTED AND BOOKED INTO THE OKEECHOBEE COUNTY JAIL. IN A MAJOR DRUG BUST, THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE, SWAT TEAM AND NARCOTICS TASK ...

OKEECHOBEE, Fla. (CBS12) — Four convicted felons were arrested in a major drug bust in Okeechobee. The Okeechobee County Sheriff's Office said on March 6, its Narcotics Task Force, SWAT team ...

OKEECHOBEE COUNTY, Fla. — First responders in Okeechobee County are assessing damage after strong storms blew through the area early Monday afternoon, affecting multiple homes and buildings.

SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — A company's plan to mine minerals near the edge of the Okefenokee Swamp and its federally protected wildlife refuge neared final approval Friday as Georgia regulators ...

The service also reiterated the edibility of nutria meat while encouraging readers to check their state’s regulations and restrictions before they head out to the local swamp for some impromptu ...

(April Oedekoven via AP) Family members and friends of Carter J. Davis grieve during a vigil at River Ridge High in Woodstock, Ga., on Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2016. (Hyosub Shin/Atlanta Journal-Constitution ...

Also left by the wayside when lawmakers gaveled out Crossover Day shortly before 11 p.m. was a Senate bid to deny state funding to Georgia K-12 ... near the Okefenokee Swamp or banning mining ...