022708-01 NOTICE STATE OF GEORGIA COUNTY OF EARLY TO ALL DEBTORS AND CREDITORS OF MAURICE McCABE: All debtors and creditors of MAURICE McCABE, deceased, late of said county, are hereby notified to render an account of their demands to the undersigned according to law, and all persons indebted to said estate are required to make immediate payment to me. More...

Lindsey Hodges, a Blakely native, deployed Monday, March 3 for her first project of the year with the National Civilian Community Corps, an AmeriCorps program. Hodges is serving as one of 36 team leaders at the Central Region campus in Denver, Colo. The other NCCC campuses are located in Perry Point, Md., and Sacramento, Calif. More...

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 12 CHAMBER of Commerce, noon BIRTHDAY: Paige Watson THURSDAY, MARCH 13 ROTARY CLUB, noon, Blakely Town & Country Club PILOT CLUB BLAKELY #282 O.E.S. BIRTHDAYS: Leanne Lovering, Caroline W. More...

Democrats Protect Local Control and Education - The vote finally came last week we had been hearing about since last summer. The tax plan was not a new tax on food, but a laundry list of 175 new taxes. Republicans also tried to take away local control, jeopardize local services, and hurt education with SR 796. More...

1 Chronicles 28:5-10, 20, 21 Worship was the centerpiece of the life of the nation of Israel. God - Jehovah, I AM - had called Abraham to leave his homeland, and go "into the land of Canaan." Genesis 11:31. After this man had made the move in the right direction, a personal divine promise was given. Genesis 12:1-3. More...

Johnny Will Hightower, 65, of Blakely died Feb. 27, 2008, at Southeast Alabama Medical Center in Dothan. Mr. Hightower was born in Blakely Nov. 29, 1962, to the late Fred Hightower and Catherine Wimberly. He was employed at Martin and Son Chevrolet for many years before moving to Great Southern Paper Mill in Cedar Springs where he worked for 18 years before he retired. More...

Cotton farmers have gotten what they wanted: The price for their commodity has skyrocketed. But there's a catch. Nobody will buy their crop at such a high price, says a University of Georgia agricultural economist. More...

Mr. and Mrs. Edwin James of Blakely announce the engagement and forthcoming marriage of their daughter, Candice Denise James, to Amir Ngoc Diep Cochran, son of Mr. and Mrs. I.C. Cochran Jr. of Pelham. The bride-elect is the granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Robinson, Bobbie Lee Price and Mamie Lee James, and the late Shed James, all of Blakely. More...

The SGA Warriors traveled to Pinehurst to kick off the 2008 baseball season against the Fullington Academy Trojans. The Warriors started the season off with a bang hitting two homeruns and scoring 13 runs in the first inning on their way to trouncing the Trojans 16-1 in four innings. More...