Approximately 2,500 students returned to the classrooms at Early County Schools Monday morning for the start of the 2009-2010 school year. The opening day went exceptionally well according to school officials. More...
Georgia's 8th annual Backto School Sales Tax Holiday begins tomorrow and will be in effect through Sunday. Many school-related items will be exempt from state and local taxes when purchased from local retailers. More...
In accordance with NCLB, Early County High School is required to offer the school choice option. However, since Early County High School is the only high school in the Early County School System, there is no other school to which students may transfer. More...
070809-01 NOTICE OF SALE UNDER POWER STATE OF GEORGIA COUNTY OF EARLY Because of a default in the payment of the indebtedness secured by a Security Deed executed by Robert Craig Knighton, Sr. and Joy T. More...
Shirley White got quite the surprise this summer when a volunteer watermelon vine sprang up and out of her back yard flower garden on Lakewood Drive. The vine has three large melons so far, and has spread over a large portion of her yard. More...
WEDNESDAY, JULY 29 BIRTHDAYS: Robby Shierling, Libba Cox, Neil Sumner ANNIVERSARY: Bill & Bess Mills THURSDAY, JULY 30 ROTARY CLUB, noon, Blakely Town & Country Club AL-ANON, 6:30 p.m. More...
One of my favorite stories that is retold from time to time at family gatherings involves my Uncle Bubba. When he was 8 or 9 years old, he would ride his bicycle down the street toward the house, gathering speed as he went. As he got to the house, he would turn sharply and race up the driveway. More...
Numbers 11:1-6, 10-15 It is easy for humans to forget that the blessings they enjoy come to them directly from the heavenly father — the creator of the universe. James 1:17. The immediate circumstances have a way of wiping out the memory of the things of the past — especially the difficulties. More...
Wesley Ceasar Sr., 74, of Blakely died Friday, July 17, 2009. Mr. Ceasar was born in Blakely Dec. 20, 1934, to the late Mack Ceasar Sr. and Corrine Sampson Ceasar. He worked and retired from Great Southern Plywood Company. He was preceded in death by five siblings, Mae Nella Ceasr, Aaray Ceasar, Adam Ceasar, Sarah Lou Johnson and David Ceasar Sr. More...
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Roberts of Gainesville, Ga., announce the engagement of their daughter, Kristen Nichole Roberts, to Danny Mike Enfinger Jr., son of Mike Enfinger and Donja Tripp of Americus. The bride-elect is the sister of Eric Roberts. She is the granddaughter of Mozeta Anthony and the late Marvin Anthony of Rome, Ga., and Phyllis Roberts of Cedartown, Ga. More...
James and John Stone completed a University of Georgia-sponsored study abroad program in China. James and John are management information systems majors and they participated in a globalization and information technology class with 12 UGA classmates and 14 Chinese students from the Neusoft Institute of Information in Dalian, China. More...
Two more melee arrests