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Construction is expected to get underway within the next 30 days on a 68,000 square foot facility that will house Early County High's new gymnasium and additional classrooms. Anderson Construction Company was awarded the contract to build the facility by the Early County Board of Education at the... More...

Denetrius Levar Baker has been indicted with charges of malice murder, felony murder, aggravated assault, kidnapping, armed robbery and possession of firearm during commission of murder. The other true bills returned during the July term of the Early County Grand Jury which concluded their findin... More...

Where your property taxes are going

The Tax Commissioner's office sent out 9,028 ad valorem tax bills in October representing $8,658,781 in tax revenue for the state, county, schools and City of Blakely. Last year 8,257 tax bills were sent out representing $7,192,876 in tax revenues. More...

112107-01 CITATION GEORGIA, EARLY COUNTY ESTATE NO. 2224 IN RE: PETITION OF Earlene Fedd FOR TEMPORARY LETTERS OF GUARDIANSHIP ESTATE OF Ashunti Fedd, MINOR TO: Ivan Fedd You are hereby notified that a petition for the appointment of a temporary guardian has been filed regarding the above-name... More...
The holidays are here again. That means it's time for decorations, gifts, family, friends and food. But during all the celebrating, seniors enrolled in Medicare Part D should carve out time to consider whether they want to stay with their current prescription drug plan. More...
WEDNESDAY, NOV. 21 BIRTHDAYS: Chase Durham, Shanna Warr Lee ANNIVERSARY: Mr. & Mrs. J.W. Durham, Ron & Terrie Hutchins, Al & Mary Jane Warrick THURSDAY, NOV. 22 THANKSGIVING BIRTHDAYS: Tammy Durham, J. More...
Other Voices
If you are like me and think that the Christmas season doesn't truly begin until Santa Claus makes his appearance in Herald Square at the end of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, then you are probably already tired of hearing "Jingle Bells. More...
Sunday School Lesson
Genesis 48:11-19 The divine plan unfolds one event at a time. The individuals that are used in the development of the eternal plan are those whom most people might not have chosen. These unlikely ones are often those who are able to see their limitations, yet rely upon God, rather than natural a... More...
Veteran James Edward "Boe" Lewis, 58, of Blakely died Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2007, at Early Memorial Hospital. Mr. Lewis was born in Blakely Feb. 4, 1948, to the late Edith Brown Lewis and Julius Lewis Sr. He was a member of the Church Street Church of Christ and served in the United States Air Forc... More...
PERRY, Ga. - Standing behind a table covered with art, photos and brochures, Sage Edwards isn't representing herself. She's standing in for Monticello, Ga., in Georgia's first agritourism, or "farm fun," symposium Nov. 14 at the Georgia National Fair & Agricenter. More...
310 Meadowbrook Drive Daily Events Nov. 26 - Rhythm band practice - 10:30-11:30. Lunch: Sausage patties, steamed cabbage, sweet potatoes, biscuit, tropical fruit. Nov. 27 - Physical fitness - 10:15 a.m. - 11 a.m. Rev. More...
Larry Jackson caught a 20-pound carp on a cricket one morning recently on Lake Yoholo at Kolomoki Mounds State Park. No, it wasn't a two-pound cricket! Using a Zebco 33 with 10- pound test line, it took Jackson 38 minutes to get the fish in the boat. Returning that afternoon, Larry found himself in ... More...
I wish I had the answer for what happened to our Bobcats last Friday night over in Louisville. We played a good football team in Jefferson County, no doubt, but I did not think they were better than the Bobcats before the game and I left feeling the exact same way. The Warriors made two big plays ... More...

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