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A living legend in the Bulldog Nation, former Georgia head football coach and athletic director Vince Dooley was the highlight of the 59th annual membership banquet. Introduced by Olin Thompson, Dooley told his attentive audience stories about some of the Bulldogs great games, players and Uga, the Bulldogs' mascot. More...

Officials and employees of Lynchburg, Va. based Peanut Corporation of America are now in the crosshairs of criminal investigations in connection with a nationwide salmonellosis outbreak which has allegedly sickened over 500 people in 43 states and may be responsible for up to eight deaths. More...

There's no way to buy the amount of publicity our little community has received the past several weeks. However, considering the source, we would just as soon Blakely and our "Grand Old Lady" were a bit more anonymous right now. More...

011409-03 NOTICE GEORGIA, EARLY COUNTY All creditors of the estate of TOMMY NELL HUDSON, deceased, late of Early County, Georgia, are hereby notified to render their demands to the undersigned according to law, and all persons indebted to said estate are required to make immediate payments to us. More...
Deputy Chris Love of the Early County Sheriff's Office completed a course in advanced traffic law conducted by the Georgia Police Academy Division of the Georgia Public Safety Training Center in Forsyth. This course is required by the Georgia Peace Officers Standards and Training Council for advanced certification. More...
WEDNESDAY, FEB. 4 FAMILY Connection Collaborative, noon, Family Learning Resource Center BIRTHDAYS: Bess Mills, Lucille White THURSDAY, FEB. 5 ROTARY CLUB, noon, Blakely Town & Country Club AL-ANON, 6:30 p.m. More...
More bills are starting to trickle out of committee now as the House of Representatives voted on two separate measures today. HB 141 is an annual house keeping bill of the state banking department that is intended to put Georgia's banking laws in compliance with federal laws. It passed 141- 5. More...
2 Samuel 11:26, 27; 12:1-7, 13-15 It is easy for one to assume that "If God has given me an assignment, it will be easy." As we read the divine record, we find that this concept is far from reality. Divinely-assigned tasks always point the hearers to the one who is in control. More...
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Margie C. Johnson, 73, of Tifton died Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2009, at Tift Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Johnson was born in Baker County July 9, 1935, to the late Alexander Campbell and Bernice Goolsby Campbell. She was a lifetime resident of Tifton and was the office manager of J&J Weight Room and Elite Physiques. She was of the Baptist faith. More...
Southwest Georgia Farm Credit will host its annual stockholders' meeting Tuesday, Feb. 10 at Darton College Student Center in Albany. Registration will begin at 6:30 p.m. and a meal will be served beginning at 6:45 p.m. for stockholders and their guests. The business session will begin at 7:30 p.m. More...
Mr. and Mrs. James Floyd Hattaway III announce the engagement of their daughter, Ali Maurine Fincher, to Jeffrey Cannon Moseley, all of Blakely. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Phillip Buckhalter Jr. and Jeffrey Cannon Moseley Sr. of Blakely. More...
In an effort to minimize disruption of the educational process, the following guidelines must be followed for valentine deliveries to Early County schools. More...