The red, yellow and green drifting across weather radar screens were a welcome sight for the drought-plagued southeast Monday. The rolling thunder and soaking rainfall was a sight which had been too long coming. More...
An antique car show, petting zoo, rock-climbing wall and the annual Christmas parade are just a few activities everyone can enjoy this Saturday, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Court Square. Dec. 1 marks the 14th year for Holidays on the Square. More...
Where $1 million in additional BOE taxes are going
The fact that the Early County Board of Education had to turn to property owners for an additional million dollars to make ends meet at the local schools hasn't set very well with a number of taxpayers - especially those who feel they were sucker punched by the recent revaluation. More...
110707-01 NOTICE OF SALE UNDER POWER STATE OF GEORGIA, COUNTY OF EARLY Because of default in the payment of the indebtedness secured by the Notes and Deed to Secure Debt from JEFF T. CHANDLER AND WIFE, MONICA N. More...
It seems that for years the medical community has been warning the public about the potential for a "superbug" to form - a bacteria that is resistant to the majority of antibiotics currently on the market. Still, many parents - and even doctors - understand the risk but fill antibiotics prescri... More...
WEDNESDAY, NOV. 28 DFACS Board Meeting, 10 a.m. BIRTHDAYS: John Collier Logan ANNIVERSARIES: Perry & Regina Jarrett, Steve & Peggy Jackson THURSDAY, NOV. 29 ROTARY CLUB, noon, Blakely Town & Country Club "GET IN THE SPIRIT" at Lucy Hilton Maddox Memorial Library, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. More...
IT'S POLITICS, not tax reform, and Georgians should be livid about this flimflam. That's the only impression possibly to be drawn from the released "details" (with more to come) of House Speaker Glenn Richardson's proposal to swap out property taxes for more sales taxes on just about everything. More...
Luke 1:8-23 It is important for us to remember that major events do not occur without some kind of prior planning - good or bad. The divine plan does not unfold in a random nor haphazard fashion. However, God most often uses individuals who are not headline makers, but, simply, people who are ... More...
Hursteen West Rollins, 82, of Blakely died Friday, Nov. 16, 2007, at his home following a long illness. His funeral service was Sunday, Nov. 18, 2007, at 3 p.m. at Zion Freewill Baptist Church in Blakely, where he had been a deacon for over 40 years. More...
The Crop Disaster Program provides benefits to farmers who suffered quantity and quality losses to 2005, 2006 or 2007 crops. CDP signup for quantity loss began Oct. 15. Losses from natural disasters may qualify for financial assistance if the crop was planted before Feb. 28, 2007, or, in the case... More...
10 YEARS AGO Dec. 4, 1997 LATE LAST Wednesday afternoon, a huge crane lifted a 13,000 pound raw material storage bin to the top of a pilot manufacturing plant at Scientific Ag Industries, taking construction one step closer to completion. More...
Pumpkins are very popular this time of year. Fall festivals and Halloween parties remind us of pumpkins. So the students in the ECHS food science class, along with teacher Eric Harris, thought it would be a good time to make some pumpkin pie. My name is Randall Ellis, and I am a student in this cl... More...