They are coming! They are already here, in fact! If you have not been out U.S. 27 south recently, you may not recognize a lot of the landscape. The Georgia DOT let a $29,139,015 contract to Oxford Construction Co. in March for the 7. More...
Miller County Hospital closing Blakely Immediate Care
Friday will be the final business day for Blakely Immediate Care on Columbia Road in Blakely. The facility had been a satellite operation of the Miller County Hospital since 2003, comprised of the practice of Dr. Eugene Giles and Dr. Lowell Justice, and more recently Dr. Roy Reardon. More...
Only 468 voters turned out last week for the Early County Education Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax referendum. However, those voters were over 10-1 in favor of extending the E-SPLOST five more years. With the E-SPLOST referendum being the only question on the ballot, a light turnout was e... More...
Everyone is invited to a Boy Scout fund raising breakfast 7:30 a.m. Friday at the First United Methodist Church on College St. The featured speakers at the breakfast will be Lt. Governor Casey Cagle and Senator John Bulloch. More...
061307-03 NOTICE STATE OF GEORGIA COUNTY OF EARLY TO ALL DEBTORS AND CREDITORS OF HAROLD S. GENTRY, DECEASED All creditors of HAROLD S. GENTRY, Deceased, late of said county, are hereby notified to render an account their demands to the undersigned according to law, and all persons indebted to... More...
The Georgia Forestry Commission has announced that the South Georgia wildfires are more than 98 percent contained. Georgia Forestry Commission personnel and firefighters will continue to work on emergency repairs, securing containment lines and extinguishing hot spots. More...
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 27 DFACS board meeting, 10 a.m. CHAMBER of Commerce, noon JUNIOR Ranger Camp starts at Kolomoki Mounds State Park, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. More...
The big news story last week - and I know this because all the news networks labeled it as breaking news - was that Paris Hilton vowed she won't "act dumb" anymore. "I used to act dumb," Paris told Barbara Walters in a telephone interview from jail. "It was an act. That act is no longer cute. More...
Isaiah 55:1-11 It is difficult for some people to commit to anything or to any positive cause. In a self-centered world, the "what's-in-it-for-me" syndrome becomes the guiding principle for life. This attitude has no place in the life of the person who claims to know Jesus Christ of Nazareth as ... More...
Winla Jones Bonner Wade, 82, of Edison died Monday, June 25, 2007, at Calhoun Nursing Home in Edison. Mrs. Wade was born in Calhoun County Nov. 13, 1924, to the late Walter Sanders Jones and Mary Elizabeth Jones. She was a member of Salem Baptist Church and a retired seamstress and inspector for ... More...
Bioenergy experts and industry leaders from across the country will meet in Tifton July 31 - Aug. 2 at the Southeast Bioener-gy Conference. They will discuss and learn how to expand the industry in the Southeast. Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue will welcome participants July 31 at 8 a.m. More...
Whether you'll be sitting on the beach, piloting the boat or lazily casting a fishing line, chances are the rising temperatures and warm sun will be too welcoming for you to ignore. As welcoming as those rays can be, they can also be very dangerous. Skin cancer is serious side effect of overexposu... More...
10 YEARS AGO July 3, 1997 BLAKELY ROTARY Club president Marty Howard passes the gavel to incoming president Tommy Bell during the club's regular meeting Thursday at noon. DURWARD AND Mary Evans celebrated their 60th anniversary at Kolomoki Mounds State Park Sunday, May 25, with their friends,... More...
The Georgia High School Graduation tests will be administered at Early County High School. Students who graduated with a certificate of performance should call the guidance department at 724-5296 to schedule to take a test. All tests will be administered at 8 a.m. in the ECHS cafeteria. More...