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It's hot and dry!
We're not used to seeing 100-degree temperatures this early. - Brian Cresswell
If dry conditions persist, Georgia is in for a very hot summer, according to state climatologist David Emory Stooksbury. "If the drought intensifies, temperatures across the mountains could reach into the middle to upper 90s while the piedmont bakes in the low 100s," Stooksbury stated. More...
Big city gator

An alligator weighing more than 500 pounds and measuring 11 feet in length was trapped last week in a pond just off Highway 200. Property owner Bobby Trammel contacted the Department of Natural Resources after he discovered the unwelcome resident in his pond. More...

$4.00 gas

The buzz the past few days around Georgia and across the nation has been the record high gas prices, approaching and passing the $4.00 mark. The price of a gallon of regular gas ranged from $3.95 at Cannon Oil to $4.09 at Blakely Texaco in Blakely Tuesday. More...

 Public Notices
• PUBLIC NOTICES
061108-03 NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND CREDITORS STATE OF GEORGIA COUNTY OF EARLY IN RE ESTATE OF THOMAS H. BELL, SR. All debtors and creditors of the Estate of THOMAS H. BELL,SR. More...
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 Other News
• Help dad save his money
It may be that your father has always been there to provide advice, whether he was showing you how to throw the perfect pitch or cast a fishing line. Maybe he told you how to dress for your job interview or encouraged you to save for financial goals in your life, such as a car, a house and retirement. More...
• DHR launches YouTube
• MILITARY NEWS
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 Community Calendar
• HERE & THERE this WEEK
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 11 BIRTHDAY: Victoria Knight ANNIVERSARY: Don & Mandy Braswell THURSDAY, JUNE 12 ROTARY CLUB, noon, Blakely Town & Country Club PILOT CLUB ALCOHOLICS Anonymous, 6:30 p.m., Holy Family Catholic Church social hall. More...
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 Editorials
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Ten years of Glory
Ten years. It's hard to believe it's been that long. I had wanted an all-white English bulldog. I've been a University of Georgia fan my whole life, and I liked the thought of having my own Uga around the house. It had to be a male, too, because I wanted to give it a Georgia-related name and there are a lot of good male possibilities: Buck, Herschel, Dooley, Munson. More...
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• All That's Fit to Print
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 Religion
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Forgiveness offered through Christ
Hebrews 9:11-18; 10:12- 18 In all of the religious systems of the world, there is some kind of hierarchy. The lowly ones must come before the great one who is higher in the system. This highest one has the final word in areas of their spiritual life or death. In the pagan systems, the gods are always angry. More...
• article has image The Gospel Truth
• Let the Bible Speak
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 Obituaries
• Viola Jones Hall
Viola Jones "Bay" Hall, 85, of Edison died Saturday, May 31, 2008, at Calhoun County Nursing Home in Edison. Mrs. Hall was born Nov. 29, 1922, in Waycross to the late Luke and Beatrice Jones. She was a member of Friendship Baptist Church in Bluffton. More...
• Edward Shippey Sr.
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 Agriculture
• Rain provides water shortage solution
Water bans may still be in place for many Georgia residents, but they can keep their gardens growing and lawns watered. All it takes is a roof, a gutter, a tank, a little rain and some ingenuity. "In rainwater, we can have a really good solution to our irrigation problem," said Frank Henning, a watershed agent with University of Georgia Cooperative Extension. More...
• article has image FFA landscapes Habitat house
• Manure management can be challenging
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 Society
• article has image Hinkles - Williams
Mr. and Mrs. Tim Hinkles of Bridgeport, Ala., announce the engagement and forthcoming marriage of their daughter, Emily Ann Hinkles, to Joseph Michael Williams, son of Mr. and Mrs. Michael Theo Williams of Stevenson, Ala. The bride-elect is the granddaughter of Kathy Kirk and the late Danny Kirk of Bridgeport, Ala., and J.R. More...
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• article has image BIRTH
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 Campus
• article has image 18 honored in pinning ceremony
Alana McLendon of Blakely was one of 18 students in the Bainbridge College Associate Degree of Nursing program honored in a traditional pinning ceremony May 3. Diplomas were awarded*- at BC graduation May 9. More...
• article has image Still wins writing contest
• COLLEGE NEWS
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