Dear Friends and Family, There are no words to express our appreciation for the overwhelming outpouring of love and support you have all extended to us in the loss of our precious, beautiful baby Lauryn. We appreciate all your calls, messages, visits, and all of the food that you prepared for us. Thank you too…
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Worth County Fire Rescue held a training class for 5 fire recruits on Tuesday, August 5th and other fire personnel on Saturday, August 9th. The purpose of the training was to test the recruit’s basic firefighting abilities and RIT (Rapid Intervention Team) training, which consist of training in wall search, firefighter removal and firefighter survival….
On Sunday, August 3rd, Antioch Baptist Church held their ground breaking ceremony as the beginning of the first phase of their new church building which will be located at the corner of Doe Hill Road and Georgia Highway 313. This is the moment of answered prayers and a testimony as to what can happen “When…
Georgia Farm Bureau (GFB) members who grow Bermudagrass hay are encouraged to enter the GFB 2014 Quality Hay Contest. Hay entered in the contest will be tested at the University of Georgia Testing Lab using the Relative Forage Quality (RFQ) Test, which predicts fiber digestibility and likely animal intake of hay. Prizes will be presented…
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During the Worth County Commissioner’s meeting on August 5, 2014; several items of business were disposed of, one of which pertained to the changing of the Worth County Tax Collector as Ex-Officio Sheriff of the county. Earlier it had been announced that Sheriff Jeff Hobby would assume the duties of collecting delinquent taxes owed to…
Mrs. Sue Jackson Pilkinton, 61, of Sylvester died Friday, August 8, 2014 at her residence. The funeral service will be held at 2:00 PM on Sunday August 10, 2014 at the Crossroads Baptist Church with interment to follow in the Bethel Baptist Church Cemetery in Sycamore. Rev. Gene Huggins and Rev. Danny Dunn will officiate….
Mrs. Barbara Phelps has been located in a wooded area behind Lawhorne Storage less then a few blocks from the nursing home in which she was last seen. She is in the safe care of WCFR and will be transported to Phoebe Worth Medical Center for good measure, as the heat and lack of hydration has…
75 year old Barbara Phelps of Pruitt Health of Sylvester was last seen around 2:00 p.m. wearing a white dress with blue flowers. Phelps is a white female, 5-7″ tall and weighs approximately 160 pounds. Worth County Sheriff’s Office along with Worth County Fire Rescue and the Sylvester Police Department are all assisting in the search. Please…
On Thursday, August 7th just before 1:00 p.m., Worth County Fire Rescue and Sylvester Police Department received a 911 call concerning a two vehicle accident off of 33 South. See the August 13th edition of the Sylvester Local News for more details.