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Despite the wise old saying, every now and then there IS a time when you can "have your cake and eat it, too." Such was the case Thursday afternoon in the industrial park when the groundbreaking for a biodiesel facility was held in a downpour of rain. More...
Fatal high speed crash

A Blakely man was killed in a Saturday morning wreck on Arlington Street when the driver of the vehicle in which he was a passenger lost control at a high rate of speed. A 1997 white Cadillac driven by Jermaine Antwan Mells, 20, of 806 Howell St. More...

Saints' Charles Grant stabbed in fight

"NFLplayer stabbed, pregnant woman gunned down in Blakely" was the headline across the country Sunday as the nation was settling in to watch Super Bowl XLII. When authorities responded to a fight on North Main Street around 1 a.m. Sunday morning they found 23-yearold Korynda "Possum" Reed of Blak... More...

011608-02 NOTICE STATE OF GEORGIA COUNTY OF EARLY TO ALL DEBTORS AND CREDITORS OF LOUNETTE WHITE MARSHALL: All debtors and creditors of LOUNETTE WHITE MARSHALL, deceased, late of said county, More...
Voters turned out at the Courthouse and other polling places Tuesday to cast their votes in the Presidential Preference Primary. To see how Early County voted visit www.earlycountynews.com. More...
WEDNESDAY, FEB. 6 BIRTHDAYS: John Godwin, Deedie Nolen ANNIVERSARY: Mark and Tammy Pfalzgraff THURSDAY, FEB. 7 ROTARY CLUB, noon, Blakely Town & Country Club AL-ANON, 6:30 p.m. More...
I need a green card
I have always considered myself a good American. I made straight A's in Mr. Hall's American history class in high school. I know all the words to "The Star Spangled Banner," and I put my hand over my heart when I sing it. I love baseball and apple pie. More...
Build on a firm foundation of faith
Read Matthew 7:24-27. Those of us who listen to Jesus have a whole lot in common. Then the common ground gives way to two divergent paths. Once we hear the words of the sermon, we either travel the narrow road that "acts on them" or we walk the broad path that "does not act on them. More...
Teller
Mary Louise Rish Peel, 84, of Edison died Thursday, Jan. 31, 2008, at Phoebe- Putney Memorial Hospital in Albany. Mrs. Peel was born in Early County May 13, 1923, to the late Charlie Rish and Stella Bell Rish. She was a retired teller for the Bank of Edison and a member of Edison Baptist Church. More...
The perfect storm may hit Georgia agriculture this year. But it doesn't promise to bring rain. Drought, high energy costs and a shaky U.S. economy could make for a trifecta of trouble. "The current rate of change and uncertainty in agriculture is unprecedented," said J. More...
Gene and Brenda Hughes of Arlington and Ricky Parks of Alpharetta are proud to announce the engagement and forthcoming marriage of their daughter, Jessica Parks, to Wayne Melton, son of Vicki Brock Faircloth and Terry Melton, all of Bainbridge. More...
SGA swept Valwood in a couple of region games in Valdosta Feb. 1. The Lady Warriors had little trouble with the Lady Valiants as they rolled up a big 53-31 win. More...
In an effort to minimize disruption of the educational process, the following guidelines must be followed for valentine deliveries to Early County Schools. No valentine deliveries for students will be accepted at Early County Elementary or Early County Alternative School. More...

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