The following reports were compiled by the Worth County Sheriff’s Office between March 1 and March 15: Jasmine Ross, 20, of Albany was charged with tail lights required, driving while license is suspended or revoked, and child safety restraint violation on March 9. Joshua Warren, 22, of Stone Mountain, Georgia was charged with possession of…
Worth County High School Principal Scott Chafin announced last week that the Rams have hired a new athletic director to replace Coach Russ Beard who retired in December. Coach Frankie Carroll has served as the athletic director and head football coach for the Pelham Hornets for the last four years. In Worth County, Coach Carroll…
March 24, 2015 (Atlanta, Ga.) – Francis Lott, a native and life-long resident of Douglas (Coffee County), Georgia, has made a significant gift to the Georgia Tech Foundation, funding the Francis and Diane Lott Scholarship Endowment as part of the Wayne Clough Georgia Tech Promise program. The Tech Promise program was established to help provide…
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Before last Tuesday’s games against Thomas County Central, the entire Worth County Rams soccer program gathered at the Southern goal near the field house and presented to 2014 WCHS graduate Dontate Cooper. Cooper is battling stage 4 Hodgkins Lymphoma, and the money will help Dontate and his family pay for medical bills. The soccer boosters…
Georgia has more timberland than any other state in the nation – 24.3 million acres. With 91% of this timberland, 22.2 million acres, privately owned, Georgia again ranks number one in the nation. This abundant, natural and renewable forest enables Georgia’s $29 billion forest industry to thrive. A recent report on the economic benefits of…
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By: Chris Hogan, Financial Expert for Ramsey People love to throw around numbers when they talk about retirement. How many times have you heard that 52 percent of Americans have only $10,000 saved for retirement? Or that 33 percent of workers are putting off retirement until after age 65, and 10 percent don’t plan to…
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Mr. Lamar Patterson, 86, of Sumner died Friday, March 20, 2015 at the Tift Regional Medical Center. The funeral service was held at 2:00 PM on Sunday, March 22, 2015 at New Hope Baptist Church with interment to follow in the New Hope Church Cemetery. The Rev. Mike Carter and Mr. Johnny Sumner officiated. Mr….
After transferring to Crisp Academy for his senior year of high school, Worth County native Cole Melton capped his stand out senior basketball season by being picked to play in the GISA/SCISA All-Star basketball game last Saturday at Heathwood Hall Episcopal School in Columbia, South Carolina. For his first three years of high school, Melton…
The Worth County Rams baseball team began last week with another tough region loss in Cook County against the Hornets. Though Jake Jones offered an impressive effort from the mound for the Rams, Cook took the lead in the first inning with a solo homer by their pitcher. Meanwhile, the Rams only scored a single…
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