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.
The GA CHIP ( Georgia Child Identification Program) sponsored by the Worth County Masonic Lodge #194 were on hand at the annual Night Out Against Crime providing free Child Identification Kits. Each person progressed through several stations taking about 10 to 15 minutes for the entire process. The recorded information is presented to the child’s parent…
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The annual Worth County Night Out Against Crime at Jefford’s Park was a huge success and fun was had by all who attended. In addition the many law enforcement officers, Sheriff Jeff Hobby and Chief Robert Jennings were also in attendance in an effort to educate the community on crime prevention. The event boosted free…
At approximately 12:33 p.m. on Friday, August 1st, the Sylvester Police Department and Worth County Fire Rescue received a call of a two vehicle accident on Highway 82 in front of Carroll’s Sausage. No major injuries were reported and all parties refused medical transport.
Orientation and Open House will be Friday, August 1, 2014 from 2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. All parents and community partners are urged to visit our center. Monday, August 4, 2014 is the first day of school for Head Start: school hours are from 8:00 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. The Head Start staff is looking…
The New Level Outreach Ministry will be sponsoring a back to school supply giveaway on Saturday, July 26th starting at 11am at the Margaret Jones Public Library, while supplies last! Supplies are to benefit low income and indigent families to help ease the burden of back to school supply expenses. The organization strives to ensure…
Open House for all Worth County Schools is currently scheduled for Monday, July 28th from 2:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. for all schools.
The Traveling Vietnam Wall, a moving version of the Vietnam Wall in Washington, D.C., is coming to South Georgia in Sept. 4-7. The Wall Committee needs pictures of William Russell Busby and Joseph Robert Weaver for the official program for the wall’s appearance. These men are Tift County veterans who were killed in Vietnam during…
Jacob Monroe Anglon, 17 of Sylvester was charged with possession of cocaine Tracy Mack Apperson, 43 of Sylvester was charged with DUI and parole violation Corey Randolph Avery, 26 of Cordele was charged with probation violation Franklin Vickers Birdsong, 58 of Sylvester was charged with probation violation and forgery in the 1st degree Roy Bolton,…