On December 8, 1823, South Georgia’s Decatur County was officially created. The county was named after Stephen Decatur, a Navy officer who served in the War of 1812. Decatur County is one of Georgia’s ...

DECATUR COUNTY, Ga. - The future of a planned $396 million monkey-breeding facility in southwest Georgia could be on shaky ground after county commissioners reportedly voted to take back their support ...

DECATUR COUNTY, Ga. (WCTV) - The Decatur County Sheriff’s Department is launching a partnership with Georgia Pines, a Thomas County health center, to allow licensed counselors to ride with law ...

DECATUR COUNTY, Ga. (WALB) - Decatur County residents eligible for jury duty can expect questionnaires in their mailboxes soon. Beginning mid-March, the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of ...

Data is from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Hospitalization data is a daily average of Covid-19 patients in hospital service areas that intersect with Decatur County, an area which ...

Two suspects have been charged with murder following a shooting that left a Georgia sheriff's deputy dead, according to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) on Monday. The deputy, identified as ...

DECATUR COUNTY, Ga. (WCTV) - The Decatur County Sheriff’s Office deputy who was in critical condition after an officer-involved shooting on Saturday has died. According to DCSO Sheriff Wiley Griffin, ...

Learn more about Decatur County Public Schools here - find all of the schools in the district, student data, test scores, district budget and more.

Tallahassee police officers lined the street in front of the Tallahassee Police Department as an honorary procession passed to escort the remains of Decatur County Lt. Justin Bedwell from Tallahassee ...

Three inmates have escaped from a county jail east of Atlanta, including one charged with murder. The DeKalb County Sheriff's Office says the breakout happened early Monday morning at the DeKalb ...