Man killed in Tifton crash Fatal wreck (Source: WALB) By WALB News Team | April 16, 2021 at 10:17 AM EDT - Updated April 16 at 1:28 PM
TIFTON, Ga. (WALB) - A man died in a crash that happened in Tifton Thursday morning, according to Joseph Thompson, Tift County deputy coroner.
Steven Dickson, 77, died in the crash.
It happened at the Ridge Avenue and 4th Street intersection around 10:30 a.m.
The Georgia State Patrol (GSP) said the accident happened after Dickson failed to yield and a white GNC hit the side of Dickson’s vehicle.
Thompson said Dickson was taken to Tift Regional, where he later died.
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ALBANY, Ga. â The seventy-ninth and final defendant connected to a major methamphetamine distribution ring supplying illegal drugs across the southeastern United States was sentenced to serve 96 months in a federal prison, said Peter Leary, the Acting U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia.
Kim Wesley, 48, of Nashville, Georgia, was sentenced on Thursday, April 15, by U.S. District Judge Leslie Gardner to 96 months imprisonment to be followed by eight years of supervised release. Wesley previously pleaded guilty to one count distribution of methamphetamine. Wesley is one of 79 co-defendants in the 2016 Boris Fuller methamphetamine distribution wiretap investigation. All 79 defendants have been federally charged, convicted and sentenced. There is no parole in the federal system.
Tifton bank robber sentenced Randy Angelo Hill, 35, was sentenced to serve six years in prison by U.S. District Judge Louis Sands on Wednesday. Hill previously pleaded guilty to one count of bank robbery. (Source: WALB) By WALB News Team | April 16, 2021 at 1:46 PM EDT - Updated April 16 at 1:46 PM
TIFTON, Ga. (WALB) - A Tifton man was sentenced to federal prison without parole after robbing a bank by telling the bank clerk he had a bomb, according to Peter Leary, acting U.S. attorney for the Middle District of Georgia.
Randy Angelo Hill, 35, was sentenced to serve six years in prison by U.S. District Judge Louis Sands on Wednesday. Hill previously pleaded guilty to one count of bank robbery.
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Tift Co. extends mask mandate through May
Tift Co. extends mask mandate until end of May By Bobby Poitevint | April 13, 2021 at 8:22 AM EDT - Updated April 13 at 8:22 AM
TIFTON, Ga. (WALB) -If you’re planing to go into a Tift County building anytime soon, keep your mask on.
In a unanimous vote Monday night, county commissioners voted to extend their current mask mandate until May 31st. It will terminate after that date. In a unanimous vote Monday night, county commissioners voted to extend their current mask mandate until May 31st. (Source: WALB)
County Manager Jim Carter said one of the reasons behind this decision is to keep things simple because he said masks are still required in the courtroom.