Worth County rescue personnel received a call at approximately 4 p.m. today regarding a three-year-old Worth County toddler who suffered severe burns after falling into a fire. Emergency workers met the family at Antioch Baptist Church on the corner of Hwy 313 and Jewel Crowe Road, where they awaited the arrival of Lifeflight, who transferred…
This morning’s Worth County Board of Commissioner’s meeting was packed with anxious citizens waiting to see if bids for the Carlton Road paving project would finally be opened. The lowest price of three submitted bids came from Oxford Construction and the board voted to award them the job of paving Carlton Road. After 19…
Mr. Keith Kimbrel, 42, of Sylvester died Sunday October 20, 2013 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be held Wednesday October 23, 2013 11 a.m. at the graveside in the Oak Grove Cemetery in Arlington, GA. Mr. Kimbrel was born in Sylvester on January 28, 1971, to William Benson and Edna Earl Medders…
Mr. Michael Ray “Mike” Elam, 67 of Tifton formerly of Sylvester died Sunday October 20, 2013 at Regency Hospital in Macon. The funeral service will be held at 3:30 p.m. on Saturday October 26, 2013 at Banks Funeral Home Chapel with interment to follow in the Isabella Cemetery with Rev. Nate Lehman officiating. Mr. Elam…
Pleasant Grove Baptist Church in Mitchell County is located in a quiet area just a stone’s throw from the Worth County line. Amid its existence is a large field across the road from the main campus. In that field are 4,000 pink and blue crosses which represent the number of babies aborted each day since…
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Thursday, October 17, 2013 brought a full house for the Worth County Commissioner’s Meeting. However, no business was conducted. Chairman Mike Cosby and Commissioners Joe Gaines and Mack Sutton were absent. Gaines had reported several weeks prior to the meeting that he would not be present and Commissioner Sutton informed the clerk on Wednesday that…
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