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The Board of the Georgia Academy for Economic Development announces graduates of their 2013 Region 10 Multi-Day Training Program. The sessions were held at Darton State College in Albany. Class participants represented a number of professional and non-professional economic development fields, including elected officials, public servants, business leaders, educators, and social service providers from 10…
Many questions have arisen following the Congressional passage of the Agricultural Act of 2014. Those questions will soon be addressed at the Georgia Peanut Commission Farm Bill Update Meeting and Webinar on Monday, Feb. 24 at 10:30 a.m. The webinar will be broadcast live at the University of Georgia (UGA) Tifton Campus Conference Small Auditorium…
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Michael J. Moore, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, announced that thirty-three-year-old Curtis Drakes of Mitchell County entered a plea of guilty on Feb. 11, 2014, to conspiracy to provide contraband in prison before the Honorable W. Louis Sands, U.S. District Court Judge, in Albany. As a part of his plea agreement,…
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Few names carried more weight in Sylvester or Worth County than that of Clarence A. Miller. Miller played a major role in the progress of our community. With his stalwart devotion to Worth County’s livelihood, it may be hard to believe Miller was not native to Southwest Georgia. Instead, the high school principal, attorney, and…
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The Worth County Sheriff’s Office is working to get drugs off the street. Officials executed a search warrant at 258 Sumner Lakes Road in Sumner last week. The search resulted in the confiscation of marijuana and paraphenilia. Thirty-eight-year-old Harold Crutchfield was taken into custody and charged with drugs to be kept in original container, possession…
Financially eligible Worth County families can receive free child passenger safety seats, thanks to 2014 Car Seat Mini-Grants from the Injury Prevention Program of the Georgia Department of Public Health. “The car seat mini-grant program is a wonderful opportunity to help reduce the number of child deaths from motor vehicle crashes,” said Worth County Health…
Michael J. Moore, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, announced that Tony Scott Key, aged 45, of Albany, Georgia, was sentenced on Friday, January 22, 2014, to serve nearly 26 years (309 months) in Federal prison for two counts of possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime of violence….
The U.S. Senate passed the Agricultural Act of 2014 by a vote of 68 to 32. The Georgia Peanut Commission and the Southern Peanut Farmers Federation supported the 2014 Farm Bill. “We are very pleased the U.S. Senate has passed the 2014 Farm Bill and sent it to the president to be signed into law….
Walmart will hire approximately 100 associates to work at the new Walmart slated to open this Spring in Sylvester. A temporary hiring center has opened at 114 N. Main Street. Applications will be accepted from 8 a.m. until 4 p.m. Monday through Friday and 8 a.m. to noon, Saturday. Interested applicants may also apply online…
The 17th Annual Sweetheart Run is scheduled for Saturday, February 22, 2014 at Rehabilitation Services of Tifton / Tifton Fitness & Wellness Center. The event will consist of a 5K Sweetheart Run at 9 a.m. and a 1 Mile Clot Trot at 9:45 a.m. “We are so glad to be able to donate our proceeds…