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Cheokas leads Hooks in Chattahoochee, Marion and Schley Counties
With Chattahoochee, Marion, and Schley Counties reporting, Cheokas leads Hooks 3,791 votes to 2,041 votes. That’s 65 percent to 35 percent. Waiting for Sumter County ...
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Faces f COVID-19 in Sumter County
March 14th Governor Kemp declared a public health state of emergency in Georgia. March 20th the first two COVID-19 cases were confirmed in Sumter County. ...
by Nichole Buchanan.
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Sumter County Board of Commissioners approves resolution providing issuance and sale of $11,500,000 tax bond
AMERICUS – At its monthly regular meeting held on Tuesday, May 19, the Sumter County Board of Commissioners (BOC) voted unanimously to approve a resolution ...
by Ken Gustafson, Wednesday, May 20, 2020 8:01 pm
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Furlow Charter School to hold its first ever high school graduation
AMERICUS – On Saturday, May 30, Furlow Charter School (FCS) will step into uncharted territory as 29 graduating seniors, including Valedictorian Moses Simmons and Salutatorian ...
by Ken Gustafson, Wednesday, May 20, 2020 4:55 pm
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Schley County High School to have graduation parade for all graduates
ELLAVILLE – For all graduating high school seniors across America, 2020 will be a year none of them will ever forget, but perhaps for the ...
by Ken Gustafson, Tuesday, May 19, 2020 7:00 pm
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Sumter County Schools Nutrition Program distributing meal bags today
Release from Sumter County Schools: The School Nutrition Program will be back distributing meal bags again this Wednesday May 18th from 11 AM to 1 ...
by Nichole Buchanan, Tuesday, May 19, 2020 9:15 am
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Make Your Summer Count by enrolling at South Georgia Technical College
From Staff Reports AMERICUS – South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) is currently registering students remotely for the online eight-week summer semester, which begins Wednesday, ...
by Ken Gustafson, Monday, May 18, 2020 3:33 pm
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Pope and Jones continue their careers and camaraderie at Clark Atlanta University
AMERICUS – Two Americus-Sumter seniors, point guard Trinity Jones and forward Brianna Pope, signed letters of intent to continue their education and play basketball at ...
by Ken Gustafson, Monday, May 18, 2020 2:47 pm
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South Georgia Technical College honors Spring 2020 graduates with virtual graduation
From Staff Reports AMERICUS – South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford stated that COVID-19 disrupted plans for SGTC’s time-honored commencement ceremony, but ...
by Ken Gustafson, Thursday, May 14, 2020 7:59 pm
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South Georgia Technical College employees return to campus
From Staff Reports AMERICUS – South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) will begin opening the campus to employees beginning Monday, May 18, as faculty and ...
by Ken Gustafson, Thursday, May 14, 2020 4:16 pm
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South Georgia Tech to add two new online EMT classes this summer
From Staff Reports AMERICUS – South Georgia Technical College Emergency Medical Technology (EMT) Instructor Brad Harnum is offering two new introductory online EMT courses ...
by Ken Gustafson, Tuesday, May 12, 2020 9:15 pm
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South Georgia Tech’s Virtual Graduation scheduled for Thursday, May 14
From Staff Reports AMERICUS – South Georgia Technical College’s Spring 2020 virtual graduation ceremony will be aired live on radio station FM 98.7 WISK ...
by Ken Gustafson, Tuesday, May 12, 2020 7:40 pm
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SGTC Machining Instructor uses technology to teach
From Staff Reports AMERICUS – South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) Precision Machining and Manufacturing Instructor Chad Brown has been implementing creative ways to teach ...
by Ken Gustafson, Tuesday, May 12, 2020 5:54 pm
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City of Plains puts on parade in honor of local nursing home residents
PLAINS, GA – The COVID-19 pandemic has not only wreaked havoc across Georgia in the amount of lives lost and lively hoods lost. It has ...
by Ken Gustafson, Saturday, May 9, 2020 1:03 am
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Georgia Southwestern to host Virtual Graduation Ceremony on May 15
AMERICUS, GA (05/08/2020) Georgia Southwestern State University (GSW) will hold its Spring 2020 Graduation Ceremony online Friday, May 15, 2020 celebrating nearly 300 graduating Hurricanes. Traditional ...
by Nichole Buchanan, Friday, May 8, 2020 2:58 pm
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SGTC Phi Beta Lambda students qualify for national competition
From Staff Reports AMERICUS – Three members of the South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) Phi Beta Lambda (PBL) chapter participated in the virtual Georgia PBL ...
by Ken Gustafson, Friday, May 8, 2020 12:04 am
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South Georgia Tech remote summer semester registration is underway
From Staff Reports AMERICUS – South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) President Dr. John Watford announced that the college’s remote summer registration is currently underway ...
by Ken Gustafson, Tuesday, May 5, 2020 12:18 am
Sports
Leeder resigns as GSW Athletic Director to take position at Arkansas Tech
From Staff Reports AMERICUS – Georgia Southwestern State University reports that Athletic Director Mike Leeder has announced his resignation to take the same position ...
by Ken Gustafson, Monday, May 4, 2020 7:02 pm
BREAKING NEWS
Number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Sumter County now up to 391 with 29 fatalities
AMERICUS – According to the Georgia Department of Public Health’s most recent COVID-19 update, the number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Sumter County has ...
by Ken Gustafson, Monday, May 4, 2020 5:59 pm
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Deadlines to register to vote in upcoming local, state and federal elections are approaching
AMERICUS – For those who plan to cast their votes in the upcoming 2020 local, state and federal elections and have not yet registered ...
by Ken Gustafson, Monday, May 4, 2020 4:14 pm
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Number of COVID-19 cases in Sumter climbs to 372 with 28 fatalities
AMERICUS – According to the Georgia Department of Public Health, as of Wednesday afternoon, April 29, the number of confirmed Coronavirus cases in Sumter County ...
by Ken Gustafson, Wednesday, April 29, 2020 5:07 pm
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Americus Police Officer Mark McCardle announces retirement after 30 years of service
AMERICUS – After 30 years of service with the Americus Police Department (APD), police officer Mark McCardle completed his last shift Monday evening and announced ...
by Ken Gustafson, Tuesday, April 28, 2020 11:34 pm
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Ken’s Column: Bored with no sports on television? Turn to YouTube
Obviously, the Coronavirus Pandemic has been extremely tough on all of us. According to the Georgia Department of Public Health, in Georgia alone, over 2,300 ...
by Ken Gustafson, Monday, April 27, 2020 4:23 pm
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South Georgia Tech offering free access to ten online courses
From Staff Reports AMERICUS – South Georgia Technical College’s Office of Economic Development is providing access to ten free self-paced online, basic soft-skills courses ...
by Ken Gustafson, Monday, April 27, 2020 2:54 pm
BREAKING NEWS
Confirmed Coronavirus cases in Sumter County has risen to 361, along with 23 deaths
AMERICUS – At approximately 6:28 p.m. on Sunday evening, April 26, the Georgia Department of Public Health (GDPH) reported that the number of confirmed COVID-19 ...
by Ken Gustafson, Monday, April 27, 2020 2:11 pm
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Number of COVID-19 cases in Sumter County has risen to 355 with 21 deaths
AMERICUS – As of 11:28 a.m. on Sunday, April 26, the Georgia Department of Public Health (GDPH) reports that the number of confirmed cases of ...
by Ken Gustafson, Sunday, April 26, 2020 4:07 pm
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Poole warns of bad weather coming and Torbert urges citizens to take COVID-19 seriously
AMERICUS – On Tuesday, April 21, the Sumter County Board of Commissioners (SCBOC) held their monthly meeting via Zoom, the video and audio conference calling ...