Sylvester-Worth County!! The Sylvester-Worth County Chamber of Commerce is giving away a $100.00 Gift Certificate to use with any Chamber business, just in time for Christmas! To enter: 1) Make a purchase at any Sylvester-Worth County Chamber of Commerce business member. 2) Bring your purchase receipt to the Chamber (122 N Main Street) and register….
ATLANTA – The Georgia Department of Labor (GDOL) announced today that the state’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in October was 5.7 percent, down one-tenth of a percentage point from 5.8 percent in September. The rate was 6.8 percent in October 2014. “A strong over-the-month increase of 29,000 jobs helped push our unemployment rate to its…
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Jaxon Acie Singletary was granted his angel wings on October 26, 2015, following a lifelong journey with Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome. His final days were spent with family watching cartoons and playing video games, coloring and playing with playdoh, and getting plenty of cuddle time and massages from his parents. Jaxon’s life would seem too…
Winning Photo to be featured on the 2016 Refuge-Specific Annual Pass Folkston, GA…. The Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge is conducting a nature photography contest, where the winning photograph will appear on the 2016 refuge-specific annual pass. Nature photography is unmatched at Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge with beautiful landscapes, abundant wildlife, and unique flowering plants. The…
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Mr. Clyde T. Denby, 63, of Leesburg died Tuesday October 27, 2015 at his residence. The funeral service held at 2:00 PM on Thursday at Banks Funeral Home with interment followed in the Providence Cemetery. The Rev. Rob Gray and Rev. Melvin Slappy officiated. Mr. Denby was born on March 13, 1952 in Worth County…
Tift Regional Health System (TRHS) saluted colleagues at its annual awards banquet held on Nov. 17 at the University of Georgia (UGA) Tifton Campus Conference Center. TRHS presented the John B. Prince, III Distinguished Service Award to Dr. Cameron Nixon, internal medicine physician with Affinity Clinic, who serves as medical director of Tift Regional Physician…
Cheryl Jane Willis Walker, 55, of Tifton passed away Sunday, October 25, 2015, at Pruitt Health Care in Sylvester. Her funeral service was held at 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, October 28, 2015, in the Chapel of Bowen-Donaldson Home for Funerals with Dr. Wayne Roe officiating. Ms. Walker was laid to rest at Oak Ridge Cemetery. Born…
Congratulations to our Worth County School District Teachers of the Year! Sarah Bailey, Ed.S. is a first grade teacher at Worth Co Primary School. She has been teaching ten years and has a Specialist degree in Curriculum and Instruction. Dianne Bridges, Ed.S. is a 4th grade teacher at Worth Co…
News from Office of Marketing and Communications ABAC 30, 2802 Moore Hwy Tifton, GA 31793-2601 Phone 229-391-5055 Fax 229-391-5056 Foundation Scholars Reap Rewards from Evening for ABAC Sponsors TIFTON—Top academic students from nine high schools in South Georgia reap tremendous scholarship benefits from sponsors of the annual Evening for ABAC event at Abraham Baldwin…