Nestled in the heart of Georgia’s farm country, lies a small town with a big title, the "Watermelon Capital of the World." Southern Living has just recently highlighted this small town calling it ...

CORDELE – It’s a sweltering, humid Georgia summer morning, not exactly the kind that makes you want to kick off your shoes and skip whistling through a watermelon patch … but exactly the kind of ...

LIZELLA, Ga. — Georgia ranks third in the United States in acreage of watermelons. The city of Cordele calls itself the watermelon capital of the world. Jamie Tharpe mans the farms shop during the day ...

ALBANY, Ga. (WALB) - There’s nothing quite like a race under the lights and who better to cheer for than the #1 car, Ross Chastain who has ties to South Georgia. The Florida native spent this week ...

CORDELE, Ga. (WALB) - In Cordele, you can always find chopped-off school buses iconic to watermelon farming. It’s something NASCAR Ross Chastain almost found himself driving every day, instead of his ...