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Thursday, May 16, 2013  Updated with video; Tift Regional Medical Center was recently named Regional Coordinating Hospital of the Year by the Georgia Hospital Association and the Georgia Department of Public Health for its efforts in disaster preparedness.

Tuesday, May 07, 2013  Officials pick up a second suspect believed to have been involved in an armed robbery that led U.S. Marshals to hunt and capture Shorofsky Horton and Matanya Miller near Tift Regional Medical Center.

Monday, May 06, 2013  Officials with the Georgia Bureau of Investigation have released details about a Friday shooting that caused a lockdown at the Tift Regional Medical Center.

Friday, May 03, 2013  An incident at Tift Regional Medical Center in the parking lot Friday afternoon has resulted in injuries, with none being confirmed as life threatening.

Tuesday, March 19, 2013  Tobacco heir speak out against an industry that has made his family millions.

Sunday, February 24, 2013  Updated with video; 44 first responders and nurses experienced a very realistic training course simulating how to react to a bomb-in-a-theatre situation in Tifton on Friday.

Friday, February 15, 2013  Updated with video; Hospitals taxes are set to go up in July. Will medical bills go up as well?

Tuesday, February 05, 2013  Tift Regional Medical Center is now offering the latest in robotic technology for minimally-invasive gallbladder removal, as Dr. David McEachin recently performed single-site robotic gallbladder surgery.

Sunday, February 03, 2013  Tift County Regional Medical Center held its 10th annual, "Hearts and Diamons" gala this weekend, honoring President and CEO, Bill Richardson.

Thursday, January 10, 2013  The Tift Regional Medical Center (TRMC) Foundation will hold the annual Hearts and Diamonds Gala on Saturday, Feb. 2, 7:00 p.m. to midnight, at the UGA Tifton Campus Conference Center.

Thursday, December 20, 2012  A Tifton man is behind bars after shooting a person in the abdomen.

Thursday, December 13, 2012  Updated with video; Trisha Yearwood and her sister Beth Bernard are set to perform for the Tift Regional Medical Center tree lighting ceremony.

Monday, November 26, 2012 

Friday, September 14, 2012  Updated with video; Patients won't have to travel far to get top-of-the-line breast cancer treatments thanks to a new certification.

Friday, May 11, 2012  Updated with video; Georgia student, Aimee Copeland, 24, is fighting to survive a flesh eating bacterial infection after suffering a cut.