AMERICUS, Ga. - Before former first lady Rosalynn Carter made her way to Atlanta Monday, she was honored in the county she grew up in and by her alma mater. It was a somber moment at Phoebe Sumter ...

AMERICUS — Americus and Sumter County’s most historic homes and sites will be open for tours during the Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation’s Fall Ramble Oct. 11-13. The event will offer visitors ...

A convience store in Americus sold a scratch-off with a $1 million top prize. According to Georgia lottery officials, an ...

AMERICUS, Ga. (FOX 5 Atlanta) - It’s closing in on midnight at the Historic Windsor Hotel in Americus; the lights are on outside, guests are asleep, and the lobby is quiet. But…is it empty? “We have ...

AMERICUS — More than 45 historic homes and sites in Americus and Sumter County will be open for tours during the Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation’s Fall Ramble on Oct. 11-13. The event will ...

While Atlanta was long the home of the nation’s most powerful and noted leaders of the civil rights movement, a number of important battles of the period were fought in Southwest Georgia. As a ...

The gunman accused of killing a Georgia officer and leaving another in critical condition was found dead Thursday of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, authorities announced. Police hunting for the man ...

AMERICUS, Ga. (WALB) - The Americus Police Department and the Georgia Bureau of Investigation announced that Rodney Jerome Green, 25, of Americus, has been arrested for the Dec. 5 death of Tyierus ...

Americus, GA (WRBL) — One family is keeping its legacy alive by giving a very generous bequest to Georgia Southwestern State University. Stephen Snyder, Director of University Relations, says “The ...

AMERICUS, Ga. (AP) -- A man fatally shot one Georgia police officer and wounded a second before fleeing an apartment complex near a college campus that went on lockdown as a precaution, authorities ...