Moultrie Technical College Acting President Jim Glass announced the list of students who distinguished themselves with exemplary grades during the Fall 2014 semester. Students are awarded an academic honor and named to the President’s List or the Merit List for their accomplishments. List designations are based on the number…
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Sheriff Hobby enjoys meeting and serving the community more and more each day and invites all citizens to contact him if they need assistance. In his first two years in office, Sheriff Jeff Hobby has put in force a new policy that all inmates wear matching jump suits (males in pink and females in green)….
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Sylvester Police Department issued a Press Release on January 12th stating the following: On December 23, 2014 Ptl. Cox of the Sylvester Police Department was dispatched to 1102 East Franklin Street Sylvester, Georgia (WalMart) in reference to shoplifting. Upon arrival the responding officer was informed by store employees that one black male and two black…
(Amber Purifoy) A Sylvester woman was the victim of a vicious home invasion while reportedly visiting her step brother in Kingsport, Tennessee. Amber Purifoy, 23, and her brother, 18-year-old Dylan Ferguson, were in Ferguson’s apartment in Kingsport when police were called to respond to a report of shots fired at approximately 5:30 Friday evening. Upon…
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Coastal Plain CASA, Inc. is seeking volunteers! CASA is a non-profit agency that uses volunteers to work with children in Tift, Turner, Irwin and Worth counties who are placed in the foster care system. The reason these children are in foster care is through no fault of their own, they are there because of parental…
Residents of Georgia can ring in the New Year with 10 free flowering trees by joining the Arbor Day Foundation any time during January 2015. By becoming a part of the nonprofit Arbor Day Foundation, new members will receive two Sargent crabapples, three American redbuds, two Washington hawthorns and three white flowering dogwoods. “These beautiful…
GIRLS: Homecoming & Prom . Skirt length and slits should be no more than 3” above the kneecap. . Back should not be exposed below the natural waist. . Chest – if any skin shows beneath your hand when your hand is placed on your chest with your index finger on your collar bone on…
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January is Cervical Cancer Awareness Month, and Southwest Health District is observing it by encouraging women to get screened and receive the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine if eligible. “Around 12,000 women are diagnosed with cervical cancer annually, and approximately a third of them will die as a result of the cancer,” said Southwest Health District…
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At approximately, 7:23pm on Wednesday, January 7th, Worth County 911 received a call of a structure fire at 2661 Highway 82 West in Sylvester. Worth County Fire Rescue responded to a fully involved structure fire at Park Built Body Company. Responders are still on the scene as of 8:38 pm. Pick up the January 14th…
This is Oscar and he has been missing since 12:11 am on January 1st, 2015. He is a full size Dachshund and is 10 years old and weighs 23 pounds. He is red with a dark brown/red stripe down his back. He was last seen off of Scooterville Highway approximately 9/10 of a mile from…
