WISK/WDEC
Local News
Wednesday
February 1st, 2023
*UPDATE*
Make your plans to be in downtown Americus
this Friday for the Chili Crawl—the “first” First Friday event of the year! The
Chili Crawl is one of the most attended First Friday events with teams and
individuals letting you sample their best chili and you get to decide who wins
this year by voting for the best of the best. Almost 20 locations will have
chili throughout the downtown area for you, your family and friends to sample
and enjoy. You can also get in some First Friday shopping as many merchants
will be open late until 8pm. In addition, enjoy the music that will be set up
in Rylander Park. First Friday will be held from 5 to 8pm and you can also take
free rides around downtown on the new Americus Street Trolley. Make it a night
for the whole family to enjoy at the Chili Crawl for First Friday and get the
weekend off to a great start!
After getting good vibes following Monday night’s community forum
dealing with the City’s recent gun violence, the Sumter County Schools will be
hosting the next summit and this will be a Safety Summit for the schools in the
system. This Safety Summit will be held tomorrow night February 2nd
at 6:30 in the auditorium on the SCHS campus at 903 SGT Parkway. Safety issues
and concerns as well as academic updates for all the schools will be presented
for parents and guardians. This is open for the community to attend.
The Sumter County Gun Violence and Community Solutions Summit this
Friday the 3rd has been in the planning stages for over a year. One
Sumter will have a community conversation with the J. W. Fanning Institute from
UGa; the Americus Police Department; and the Sumter County Sheriff’s Office
concerning crime—its causes and the solutions we all can tackle. This summit
will be in the private dining hall this Friday from 9 to 2.
Sumter
County Fire & Rescue is looking for volunteer firefighter recruits to fill
out the upcoming Firefighter 1 Class which begins in 2-weeks on Thursday
February 16th. Interested persons should call HQ Station 1 at
924-6603 to have your name placed on the class roster. For additional
information, contact SCF&R at www.sumterfire.com.
Here’s a midweek weather update—more rain
is expected by tomorrow afternoon and will end early Friday afternoon with the
best chance of rain overnight Thursday into Friday morning. While it will be
warm today and tomorrow, the system bringing in this rain chance will have
colder air behind it. From the high near 70 on Thursday to the high of 53 on
Friday, the colder air settles in and will be around freezing by sunrise
Saturday morning. Saturday will be cooler with highs only in the low 50s but then
the colder air moderates and will be in the 60s on Sunday with yes, another
chance for rain which would be the third straight Sunday with rain in the
forecast. There is just a slight chance for afternoon showers today but the
better chances will be overnight Thursday into Friday morning.
It was another quiet day and
night for the Americus Police on Tuesday. Officers responded to terroristic
threats and acts at 100-A Bozeman Circle.
While answering a domestic-related call to 219-A Murphy Mill Road, 2nd
degree criminal damage to property was discovered.
A criminal trespass complaint was made at 1211 2nd
Montgomery.
Following an incident at 805 Adderton Street yesterday afternoon, 2
arrests were made. Tiffany Robinson was arrested for shoplifting and obstruction.
Vinson M. Mann was arrested for shoplifting.
A felony theft by deception occurred at 113-B Bush Circle.
Damage to property was reported at 102 Tripp Street.
Last night when responding to a domestic situation in the McCoy Street
area, Jessie J. Smith was arrested for an outstanding warrant.
There were 2 accidents worked by APD yesterday that did have 2 reported
injuries.
*UPDATE*
Sumter County Sheriff’s Deputies were busy yesterday responding to
suspicious person complaints. These occurred at 212 W. Ellaville Street in
Andersonville, 165 Lexington Circle and at 4260 US 280E. 3 prisoner transports
were made. Investigation is underway into a forgery case. Deputies responded to
three domestic-related calls yesterday and last night. A deer-related traffic
crash was reported by the Sheriff yesterday.
Housed in the Sumter County Jail today;
Russell Arguijo for disorderly while intoxicated and criminal trespass; Vinson
Mandel Mann for shoplifting; Kevin Wesley Orr for loitering/ prowler/ and possession
of a Schedule I controlled substance; Quovadis Marquez Price for obstruction/
giving false name to law enforcement/ felony failure to appear/ and probation
violation; Tiffany Shante Robinson for shoplifting/ obstruction/ and felony
failure to appear; and Lawrence Lormard Yancie for aggravated assault.
The February meeting of the Local Emergency Planning Committee (LEPC)
will be held on Tuesday February 7th at 10am. The meeting will be
held at the EOC located at 901 Adderton Street.