For decades community leaders here and up and down the corridor have said, "Never in our lifetime!" will US 27 be four-laned. However, three highway construction projects four-laning US Highway 27 in Early County are scheduled to get underway in 2007. More...
The LS Power Group has announced this week an initiative, known as LSP Polaria, to focus LS Power's activities related to the development of green energy sources and projects that will capture, offset or reduce carbon dioxide, methane and related emissions. More...
City of Blakely workers are in the process of replacing old terra cotta sewer lines, stormwater drains and manholes on River Street and Jefferson Avenue. The work is being made possible by a $318,000 Community Development Block Grant. The project starts at the intersection of River and South Churc... More...
011007-03 NOTICE STATE OF GEORGIA COUNTY OF EARLY TO ALL DEBTORS AND CREDITORS OF REBECCA FRYER PUCKETT: All debtors and creditors of REBECCA FRYER PUCKETT, deceased, late of said county, are hereby notified to render an account of their demands to the undersigned according to law, and all pers... More...
Early County 911 reports requests last week for police assistance at Columbia Street, North Main, Flowers Drive, East Butler Ave., Freeman Road, Love St., Martin Luther King Blvd., Cedar Springs Rd., South Blvd., Liberty St., Washington St., Westview Ave., First Kolomoki Rd., River St., Court Squar... More...
WEDNESDAY, JAN 24 DFACS board meeting, 10 a.m. CHAMBER of Commerce, noon BIRTHDAY: Mark Still THURSDAY, JAN 25 ROTARY CLUB, noon, Blakely Town & Country Club BIRTHDAYS: Annette Rupp, C.A. Bell Jr. More...
The following editorial appeared in the December 24, 2006 Rome News-Tribune.
THE ANNOUNCED delays in state road construction projects, including several of great importance to Greater Rome, should have come as no surprise. The only surprise is that it took so long for the ax to fall. What's new this time isn't the "bad news" for Floyd County but rather the dropping of "bad... More...
John 6:34-40; 7:37-39 It is important for individuals to recognize the need for personal divine provision. For those who declare that they are "self-made men or women," this admission of need seems to be an admission of "personal weakness." Nothing could be farther from the truth. Each person on ... More...
Frances Louise Bowman Earnest, 73, of Blakely died Saturday, Jan. 20, 2007, at Early Memorial Nursing Home. Mrs. Earnest was born in Early County, July 24, 1933, to the late Jesse Bernard Bowman and Bonnie Benton Bowman. She was a member of Westview United Methodist Church and a retired as an LPN ... More...
Peanut farmers from across Georgia and neighboring states attended the 31st Annual Georgia Peanut Farm Show to see the latest in farming technologies. The one-day show kicked off Thursday morning in Albany and offered farmers the opportunity to visit with more than 65 exhibitors. More...
Dr. and Mrs. Homer Breckenridge III of Donalsonville announce the engagement and forthcoming marriage of their daughter, Emily Kathryn, to Gregory Orman Kitchens, son of Mr. and Mrs. George Kitchens of Tallahassee. The bride-elect is the granddaughter of Elizabeth Bridges and the late Charles Brid... More...
The SGA basketball teams dropped a couple of region games to Brookwood Tuesday night in Damascus but bounced back to sweep a couple of region games from Valwood Friday night in Valdosta. In SGA's loss to Brookwood Tuesday, the Lady Warriors fell behind early 10-0 and were never able to recover aga... More...
The Early County Chapter of FCCLA held its annual Family Night program Jan. 11, 2007, in the school cafeteria with approximately 50 members, parents and guests in attendance. Guests enjoyed light refreshments and pleasantries with hostesses prior to the program. They even took great interest in the... More...
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Chamber banquet Thursday