The City of Sylvester has received a (Community Development block Grant (CDBG) /Employment Incentive Program (EIP)/ Redevelopment Fund/ grant in the amount of $500,000 from the Georgia Department of Community Affairs (DCA). Commissioner Gretchen Corbin said, “The State Community Development Block Grant program provides an essential resource to Georgia’s smaller more rural communities in their…
Phoebe Worth EMS has once again earned high honors at the annual Georgia EMS & Educators Conference in Savannah. Over the weekend, teams from Phoebe Worth EMS competed in the state ACLS (advanced cardiovascular life support) competitions and the EMS golf tournament. The ACLS team, comprised of Chanaan Davis, Julie Stalvey-Bennett and Ace Kent earned…
Worth County rescue personnel received a call at approximately 4 p.m. today regarding a three-year-old Worth County toddler who suffered severe burns after falling into a fire. Emergency workers met the family at Antioch Baptist Church on the corner of Hwy 313 and Jewel Crowe Road, where they awaited the arrival of Lifeflight, who transferred…
This morning’s Worth County Board of Commissioner’s meeting was packed with anxious citizens waiting to see if bids for the Carlton Road paving project would finally be opened. The lowest price of three submitted bids came from Oxford Construction and the board voted to award them the job of paving Carlton Road. After 19…
Mr. Keith Kimbrel, 42, of Sylvester died Sunday October 20, 2013 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be held Wednesday October 23, 2013 11 a.m. at the graveside in the Oak Grove Cemetery in Arlington, GA. Mr. Kimbrel was born in Sylvester on January 28, 1971, to William Benson and Edna Earl Medders…
Mr. Michael Ray “Mike” Elam, 67 of Tifton formerly of Sylvester died Sunday October 20, 2013 at Regency Hospital in Macon. The funeral service will be held at 3:30 p.m. on Saturday October 26, 2013 at Banks Funeral Home Chapel with interment to follow in the Isabella Cemetery with Rev. Nate Lehman officiating. Mr. Elam…