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After several weeks of debate between the Worth County Board of Commissioners and the Town of Sumner, the county agreed in a regularly scheduled meeting this morning to honor a contract providing funding for the town to open a fire station. In August of 2012, the commissioners agreed to assist Sumner with the opening of…
Tyron Spearman, Editor of the Peanut Farm Market News and Executive Director of the National Peanut Buying Points Association, has been inducted into the American Peanut Council’s Peanut Hall of Fame. Spearman was surprised with the award at the recent USA Peanut Congress held in Florida. This is the highest honor presented in the American…
Former Worth County commissioner Anthony “Tony” Hall was indicted this past week by a Dougherty County Grand Jury on seven felony counts of theft by conversion. While employed with the Southwest Georgia Second Harvest Food Bank, Hall is accused of stealing more than $160,000 of donated inventory. Also indicted was Gregory Jackson. The two men…
The Worth County Board of Education announces its intention to increase property taxes – it will recommend this year by 8.89 % over the rollback millage rate. Each year the board of tax assessors is required to review the assessed value for property tax purposes of taxable property in the county. When the trend of…
Hibbett Sporting Goods, Inc., an Alabama-based sporting goods company operating as Hibbett Sports, will soon be opening in the Sylvester, GA market, employing approximately eight full and part-time team members. Announcing the opening, Jeff Rosenthal, President and CEO of Hibbett Sporting Goods, Inc. said, “We’re thrilled to be opening a new store in Sylvester. People…
This summer, the Atlanta Braves and the National Education Association’s (NEA) “Read Across America” and the Georgia Association of Educators are partnering with Georgia Public Library Service (GPLS) for the 2013 Atlanta Braves Summer Reading Program, “Home Run Readers.” This new educational outreach program encourages students to build a love for reading,…
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The Worth County Board of Commissioners made the 2014 Proposed Budget available for public review this past week. After looking over the line item worksheets for each department, two of the hardest hit departments appear to be public safety – the Sheriff’s Office and Worth County Fire Rescue. According to Sheriff Jeff Hobby, while the…
Former Worth County Commissioner Tony Hall was recently arrested in Dougherty County and charged with two felony counts of theft by conversion. The Sylvester native served as the District 1 commissioner on the Worth County Board of Commissioners from 2008 until he was defeated in last year’s election to current District 1 representative Joe Gaines….
The Worth County Sheriff’s Office, with the assistance of the Mid South Drug Task Force, executed a search warrant at 1090 Mt. Horeb Road, the residence of Heather Marie Scoggins, at approximately 6 p.m. yesterday. A thorough search of the premises resulted in the confiscation of methamphetamines. Scoggins was not at home at the time,…
Albany Technical College and AIC Wireless held a press conference yesterday in an effort to signify a partnership designed to provide customized training for Electronics Technology students. AIC Wireless, a division of Automated Irrigation Controls, LLC, was founded in 2005 in Sylvester, Georgia. The company specializes in custom DDC controls applications and the manufacturing of…
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