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Flint Energies Foundation grant supports South Georgia Tech

From Staff Reports AMERICUS – The Flint Energies Foundation recently granted South Georgia Technical College Foundation (SGTC) $5,000 ...

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Two South Georgia Technical College students receive Georgia Power Electrical Lineworker scholarships

From Staff Reports AMERICUS – South Georgia Technical College Electrical Lineworker students Murray Somers of Calhoun, GA and ...

education

Blood Drive Held at South Georgia Technical College

From Staff Reports AMERICUS – South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) recently hosted a blood drive for the American ...

education

WIOA Board Meets at South Georgia Technical College

From Staff Reports   AMERICUS – South Georgia Technical College recently hosted a meeting of the Workforce Innovation ...

community

Area Beat Report March 29

Sumter County Sheriff’s Office Media Arrest Summary Crimes, Brandon Denard (In Jail), 30, Battery – Family Violence Sumter ...

community

Area Beat Report March 28 and 29

Sumter County Sheriff’s Office Media Arrest Summary Anderson, Christopher Vann (Released to other jail), 54, US Marshalls Office, ...

Local news

Nelson Brown speaks at city council for close to 40 minutes

  Tracy K. Hall The Mayor and City Council of Americus was scheduled to present a proclamation for ...

education

SGTC Adult Education Advisory Committee Meets

From Staff Reports AMERICUS – The South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) Adult Education advisory committee met recently in ...

Local News

GSW students volunteer in tornado-ridden Kentucky on Spring Break

By Chelsea Collins AMERICUS – Three different student groups from Georgia Southwestern State University (GSW) spent their Spring ...

Local News

Area Beat Report March 24 through 27

Sumter County Sheriff’s Office Media Arrest Summary Floyd, John L. (Bonded Out), 77, Theft of Service – MSD ...

News

Zoning Amendments among topics discussed at Sumter County Board of Commissioners regular meeting

AMERICUS – The Sumter County Board of Commissioners (BOC) held its monthly regular meeting on Tuesday, March 21, ...

Local news

GBI Arrests Americus Police Officer for Criminal Damage to Property 

Americus, GA (March 27, 2023) – The GBI has arrested Americus Police Officer, Richard Irvin Franklin II, age 37, ...

community

Area Beat Report March 22, 2023

Sumter County Sheriff’s Office Media Arrest Summary Brown, James Darron (In Jail), 55, Harassing Phone Calls/Making Terroristic Threats ...

community

Area Beat Report March 20 through 22

Sumter County Sheriff’s Office Media Arrest Summary Anderson, Tyler Jacob (Bonded Out), 28, Seat Belt Violation/Driving while license ...

education

SGTC participates in TCSG public safety assesment pilot program

From Staff Reports AMERICUS – South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) volunteered to participate in the Technical College System ...

education

Two SGTC Electrical Lineworker students receive Flint Energies scholarships

From Staff Reports AMERICUS – Two South Georgia Technical College students were awarded Flint Energies Electrical Lineworker Scholarships ...

education

GSW waives application fee and test scores for incoming undergraduates this March

By Chelsea Collins AMERICUS – Georgia Southwestern State University (GSW) is waiving its undergraduate application fee throughout the ...

community

Area Beat Report March 17 through March 20

Sumter County Sheriff’s Office Media Arrest Summary Adams, Jacob Nolan (Released to other jail), 28, Burglary – first ...

community

Rusty Warner of the Sumter County Development Authority expresses his economic vision for the county at the BOC’s work session

AMERICUS – At the Sumter County Board of Commissioners’ March work session on Tuesday, March 14, Rusty Warner ...

education

SGTC hosts John Deere Agricultural Technology Open House

From Staff Reports AMERICUS – Approximately 75 high school students, parents and dealers from across the Southeastern United ...

education

TCSG officials assist SGTC with peer review processes

From Staff Reports AMERICUS – Representatives from the Technical College System of Georgia and other colleges within the ...

education

SGTC General Education Advisory Committee meets

From Staff Reports AMERICUS – The South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) General Education and Learning Support advisory committee ...

education

Kyle Glenn Holcombe Memorial Scholarship Awarded to South Georgia Tech’s Zavalza and Petitt

From Staff Reports AMERICUS – The South Georgia Technical College Foundation’s Kyle Glenn Holcombe Memorial Scholarship was presented ...

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Community celebrates Nick Smarr, Jody Smith and LEO at Annual Paint the Town Blue Gala

Tracy K. Hall Since 2017 the Smarr Smith Foundation has been selling out the Georgia Southwestern Storm Dome ...

Sports

Area Beat Report March 14, 2023

Sumter County Sheriff’s Office Media Arrest Summary Hill, Jalen Tylee (Released to US Marshalls), 25, USMS Arrest Warrant ...

education

SGTC students excel at SkillsUSA Georgia competition

From Staff Reports ATLANTA – Thirteen South Georgia Technical College students excelled at the 2023 SkillsUSA Georgia State ...

community

Area Beat Report March 10 through 13

Sumter County Sheriff’s Office Media Arrest Summary Cooper, Markeona Mechelle (In Jail), Theft By Taking Motor Vehicle Sims, ...

News

Sumter County Board of Education goes forward with increasing their pay

  Tracy K. Hall The Sumter County Board of Education (BOE) voted to go forward with initiating the ...

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