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Tracy K. Hall After presenting a check to South Georgia Technical College President, Dr. John Watford, to further scholarships for law enforcement students, the board ...
Tracy K. Hall After presenting a check to South Georgia Technical College President, Dr. John Watford, to further scholarships for law enforcement students, the board ...
Tracy K. Hall Long before the recent shootings, One Sumter in conjunction with Americus Police Department and Sumter County Sheriff’s Office have been planning a ...
Tracy K. Hall During the November meeting of Americus Mayor and City Council, in closing comments, Nelson Brown mentioned a “Thanksgiving bonus” the City ...
Tracy K. Hall The Sumter County community met at Friendship Missionary Baptist Church on Monday, January 30, 2023, to discuss public safety. The panel ...
Tracy K. Hall We have new lover of Sumter County. Chelsea Lopez is serving us as UGA’s and Sumter County’s Agriculture and Natural Resources Extension ...
Tracy K. Hall Because of inclement weather the agenda setting meeting was canceled and the City of Americus Mayor and Council combined their efforts ...
Press Release from the Americus Police Department For Immediate Release No: 2023-02 Date: January 19, 2023 Aggravated Assault Incidents The Americus Police Department is currently ...
Tracy K. Hall Right in the middle of downtown Atlanta, our 83rd Governor, Brain P. Kemp, promised to serve the State of Georgia for another ...
Tracy K. Hall After being rescheduled due to inclement weather, the Sumter County Board of Education (BOE) met for their regular meeting on Tuesday, January ...
Atlanta – Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger is pleased to announce the recovery of the costs associated with defending the State in the lawsuit ...
Tracy K. Hall On December 15, 2022, the Americus City Council met for the regular meeting. Kelvin Pless was not in attendance, Daryl Dowdell was ...
To: Citizens of Americus First of all, thank you to Councilman Pless, Councilwoman Wilson, Councilman Christmas and Mayor Kinnamon for doing the “right thing” and ...
Tracy K. Hall The Sumter County Board of Commissioners (BOC) met for their agenda setting meeting on December 13, 2022. All commissioners were present except ...
Tracy K. Hall The Sumter County Board of Education (BOE) met for their regular meeting on 12.08.22. Superintendent Walter Knighton gave his report which ...
Mrs. Lori Nicole McGlamory Hoffman, age 42, passed away Friday December 9, 2022 at her home with her family by her side. Mrs. Hoffman was ...
Tracy K. Hall Mayor and City Council of Americus met on 12.08.22 for their monthly agenda setting meeting. Being the end of the year, ...
Mr. Bobby Lee Kirk age 79, passed away Thursday, December 8, 2022 at his home. Funeral services will be held at 3:00 p.m. Saturday, December ...
Tracy K. Hall Raphael Warnock and Herschel Walker faced a runoff on December 6, 2022 after neither garnered the 50% plus one votes needed ...
Tracy K. Hall We expect it when we go shopping during this season. The singing of bells can be heard before we even see ...
Martha Willis Kinney, age 83, passed away peacefully December 2, 2022 at her residence with her devoted husband by her side. Services for Martha Willis ...
Tracy K. Hall We don’t remember 9:40am on December 7, 2016, for its silence. But perhaps, for the briefest of moments there was quiet. ...
Tracy K. Hall It is not going to surprise you after Thanksgiving shopping is almost as traditional as the turkey on Thursday’s table. What ...
Tracy K. Hall The locals gathered. A train dropped off more than 300. The stores were all welcoming a visitor, a shopper, a friend. ...
Tracy K. Hall There is an invisible line somewhere between Americus and Andersonville. Many of us have yet to determine where the line is. It ...
Press Release from GA Secretary of State Georgia voters broke the all-time daily turnout record for in-person Early Voting on Monday, November 28th. As of ...
Mrs. Martha Schwab Maddox, 85, of Newnan (formerly of Americus, GA) passed away Monday morning, November 21 at her residence at Benton House (affectionately known ...
Press Release from PSMC (Americus, GA) – November is National Hospice and Palliative Care Month, and in recognition, Phoebe Sumter Hospice is reaching out to ...
Staff Reports PLAINS — As a lasting tribute to Allie Smith, the Plains Historical Preservation Trust will unveil a framed plate and picture ...