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 ...

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 ...

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 Office deputy who was in critical condition after an officer-involved shooting on Saturday has died. According to DCSO Sheriff Wiley Griffin, ...

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 ...

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DECATUR COUNTY, GA (WALB) – Decatur County Sheriff's investigators have made one of their biggest drug busts in recent history. They seized 35 pounds of marijuana and $8,000 in cash Tuesday night.

BAINBRIDGE, Ga. (WALB) - The Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) is investigating after a Decatur County Jail employee allegedly sexually assaulted a female inmate who was in custody at the jail.

DECATUR COUNTY, Ga. — A small Georgia city mayor and his wife were arrested after they were accused of crimes against children, according to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation. On Saturday, the ...