In a perplexing move that has mostly remained under the radar of the nation’s major media outlets, President Barack Obama signed an executive order last Tuesday that would, in effect, grant the United States government the ability to seize hundreds of thousands of acres of farm land across the South Eastern United States. Citing the…
The family of the Deidre Lashion Fields would like to thank everyone for all of the love and support you have given our family during the loss of our beloved Deidre. We express our sincere gratitude for the visits, calls, donations, gifts, flowers, and food. Thank you all for showing their love for my beautiful…
Leon Elmo Thompson, 96, of Albany, GA, died March 26, 2015 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be held Monday at 3:00 PM at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Bobby Moye will officiate. Entombment will follow at Crown Hill Cemetery with Military Honors provided by The United States Navy. A native of Kirksville, MO,…
Mrs. Martha Melton Etheridge, 71, of Albany died Wednesday, March 25, 2015 at the Phoebe North Campus. The funeral service was held at 2:00 PM on Saturday, March 28, 2015 at Banks Funeral Home Chapel with interment following in the Hillcrest Cemetery. The Rev. Mike Davis officiated. Mrs. Etheridge was born in Moultrie, GA on…
Mrs. Vonnie Mitchell McGill, 58, of Manchester, TN, and formerly of Worth County, GA, died Saturday, March 21, 2015 at the Shelby Baptist Medical Center in Alabaster, AL. The funeral service was held at 10:00 AM on Friday, March 27, 2015 at Northside Baptist Church in Sylvester, GA with interment following at 2:00 PM in…
A Sylvester native along with his wife and son were killed in a horrific ten car accident involving three tractor-trailers on Interstate 65 in Montgomery, Alabama on the morning of March 2. Reports indicate that Dedrick Edwards, Sr. and his family were returning home from Texas in dense fog when traffic suddenly slowed causing a…
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The Sylvester Local began receiving questions from concerned citizens last week after a letter to parents of students at Worth County Primary School was sent out by Worth Superintendent Kay Matthews on Wednesday. The letter read: Dear Parents: “I want to inform you that Mrs. Sandi Giddens will be acting/interim principal for Worth County Primary…
On March 19, the board of commissioners of Worth County held a regular meeting. After some changes to the agenda Judge Render Heard addressed the board. Heard came to give an update on the state of the juvenile court. A new juvenile code passed in 2013. The new code made a new class of children…
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The Georgia municipal Association (GMA) is proud to announce the Town of Sumner received a Liability Grant check in the amount of $6,000.00. These funds will be used by the city to purchase cones, barricades, panels, signs and various other items. Steve Durden, Deputy Director, Marketing state, “This program allows each city to stretch their…
