Latest news, weather and high school sports for Albany and Southwest Georgia

ATLANTA (AP) -- Gov. Sonny Perdue has appointed T. Rabb Wilkerson III as district attorney of the Houston County Judicial Circuit.

The vacancy was created with the resignation of Kelly Burke, who left to run for chairman of the county commission. Perdue announced the appointment on Monday.

The 41-year-old Wilkerson is from Bonaire and has been in private practice.

He's a 1991 graduate of the University of Georgia and received his law degree from Mercer University.

(Copyright ©2010 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)