Columns
Bill Starr: Learning to live with armadillos
There is an old saying that if you can build a better mousetrap, the world will beat a ... Read more
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Columns
Leila S. Case: Are you ready for some football?
Yes, indeed and the SEC football season kicks off this weekend. However, Americus Sumter County has had a ... Read more
Columns
Joni Woolf: Birthdays and butterflies … sort of
This week, my daughter Carey surprised me — totally surprised me — with a birthday party at the ... Read more
Columns
Nancy M. Young: Sept. 3, 2016
Five friends spend several days at Pine Mountain On Aug. 15, five close friends from the local area ... Read more
Columns
Pastor’s viewpoint: Sept. 3, 2016
We were in Arizona preaching a revival at Blue Gap and leading two Vacation Bible schools at Blue ... Read more
Columns
Keith Wishum: Don’t forget your keys
Do you remember that feeling? A sense of new responsibility and a little fear, but mostly a feeling ... Read more
Local News
Church briefs: Sept. 3, 2016
Americus Ebenezer Baptist Church A Christian Fellowship Banquet is at 6 p.m. Sept. 17 at Preston Williams Center, ... Read more
Local News
Area beat: Sept. 3, 2016
Georgia State Patrol Post 10, Americus Arrests • Eric D. Reddick, 41, of 1109 Ga. Highway 377, Smithville ... Read more
Local News
2 contestants with ties to Americus vying for Miss America crown
By LEILA S. CASE carpenter-media.go-vip.net.americustimesrecorder.com AMERICUS — Two of the contestants in the 2016 Miss America Pageant in ... Read more
education
Sumter BOE chooses new superintendent
By BETH ALSTON beth.alston@americustimesrecorder.com AMERICUS — The Sumter County Board of Education has chosen its new superintendent. Following ... Read more
education
SGTC helping eliminate skilled worker shortage costing equipment industry billions each year
WASHINGTON – The U.S. heavy equipment distribution industry loses at least $2.4 billion each year as a result ... Read more
clubs/organizations
KOC donate to Special Olympics
The Knights of Columbus, Council 7113 of Americus recently presented a donation of $500 to Special Olympics. The ... Read more
clubs/organizations
KOC donate to Life Clinic
The Knights of Columbus, Council 7113 of Americus recently presented a donation of $500 to Life Clinic of ... Read more
education
August is Kids Eat Right Month
Phoebe Sumter offers tips, tools to help your family stay healthy AMERICUS — August is recognized by the ... Read more
education
Southland kindergarten in full swing
Kindergarten at Southland Academy is in full swing! The children, in just a short time, have covered several ... Read more
Local News
Consumer Qs: do butterfly roses attract butterflies?
Question: Does the butterfly rose attract butterflies? Answer: A few may flutter by and take a sip, but ... Read more
Local News
CO-AGE sets 2017 legislative priorities
COLUMBUS — The Coalition of Advocates for Georgia’s Elderly (CO-AGE) gathered on July 14 in Macon to hear ... Read more
education
Webster teachers attend pre-planning
On Aug. 26, the Webster County teachers returned for their first day of pre-planning. Jimmy Stokes, executive director, ... Read more
Local News
Resource manager appointed for Lake Blackshear
CORDELE — The Crisp County Power Commission has appointed Angela Craft to the position of Resource Manager for ... Read more
Local News
Area beat: Aug. 31, 2016
Americus Fire & Emergency Services • Firefighters responded to Town Creek Circle to an overheated ceiling fan motor. ... Read more
education
Local high school teacher selected for Steinbeck Institute
Americus-Sumter High teacher, Karen Kinnamon, applied and was selected to participate in a National Endowment for the Humanities ... Read more
Local News
Lightning poses dangerous threat to farmers
By CLINT THOMPSON Lightning strikes are unpredictable and deadly. Lightning and floods are the two biggest causes of ... Read more
Local News
Second shooting suspect arrested
AMERICUS — The second shooting suspect in an Aug. 22 incident on Oglethorpe Avenue has been arrested. Shantario ... Read more
Local News
Plans underway for third annual Veterans Day Parade
Entrants now being sought AMERICUS — The C.B. Dowdell American Legion Post 558 in Americus is organizing its ... Read more
Local News
Phoebe Sumter closes on site for new Ellaville clinic
ELLAVILLE — Phoebe Sumter Medical Center recently closed on the purchase of land at 339 Broad St. in ... Read more
Obituaries
Robert D. Peacock Sr.: Sept. 1, 2016
AMERICUS — Mr. Robert “Bobby” Davis Peacock Sr., age 85, of Americus, Ga., passed away on Sept. 1, ... Read more
education
Sumter County Schools chooses new superintendent
The Sumter County Board of Education voted unanimously at a called meeting Thursday to hire Torrance Choates of ... Read more
Local News
Area remains under threat of tropical storm
Sumter County remains under threat of Tropical Storm Hermine that is expected to impact south and east Georgia ... Read more
