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Alston named publisher, Americus Times-Recorder

AMERICUS — Beth Alston has been named publisher of the Americus Times-Recorder and president of Americus Newsmedia, LLC. ... Read more

Obituaries

Eilene P. Beckwith: Jan. 12, 2016

SUWANEE — Eliene Markette Poole Beckwith, 92, of Suwanee formerly of Decatur, died Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2016. She ... Read more

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SGTC board of directors recognized at state conference

ATLANTA — The South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) Board of Directors was recognized as a fully certified board ... Read more

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Brown named Student of Excellence October

AMERICUS — Ryshanna Brown of Montezuma, a South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) criminal justice technology student, was named ... Read more

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Americus-Sumter High YA’s best debater

Great things continue to happen at the Americus-Sumter High School. The Americus-Sumter Youth Assembly (YA) team attended a ... Read more

Columns

Joni Woolf: Home economics — it moved beyond cooking and sewing, a long time ago

When I was a ninth-grader at Quitman High School in Brooks County, Georgia, all the girls in my ... Read more

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Area schools urged to participate in 2016 Student Design Competition

AMERICUS — South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) encourages all area elementary, middle and high school art instructors and ... Read more

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Town crier: Jan. 13, 2016

Americus Board of Assessors: The Sumter County Board of Assessors meets  at 9 a.m. Jan. 14 in the ... Read more

Lifestyles

Moore-Josey

Angela Shanta Josey and Keven Moore were united in marriage at 6 p.m. Oct. 3, 2015, at The ... Read more

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Sumter Board of Education committee meeting

The property committee of the Sumter County Board of Education meets at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 14 in ... Read more

Columns

Nancy M. Young: 1-9-16

Ellaville City Council members sworn into office On Monday, Ellaville City Council members were sworn into office at ... Read more

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FLIR donates $3,000 for Schley Community Park

ELLAVILLE — The Schley County Community Foundation received a $3,000 corporate donation from FLIR Industries in Schley County ... Read more

Columns

Pastor’s viewpoint: 1-9-16

Becoming a Methodist pastor means you’ll spend your life moving from church to church within an annual conference, ... Read more

Columns

Keith Wishum: What are you talking about?

Looking through some files, I found the words below written by Ella Wheeler Wilcox. In addition to the ... Read more

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Church briefs: 1-9-16

Americus Welcome Baptist Church Black History is observed during the 11 a.m. worship service Feb. 7 with guest ... Read more

Obituaries

Jane Ann Pope: Jan. 8, 2016

AMERICUS — Mrs. Jane Ann Pope, 58, of 256 Ferguson St., Leslie, Ga., passed away on Jan. 8, ... Read more

Columns

Leila S. Case: New Year heralded with travel, music, sports

Out and about: 2015 slid into 2016 last week and there were many comings and goings. We welcomed ... Read more

Columns

Stick Miller: Bending the rules

Here I sit with laptop in lap, reminiscing about a special weekend. We have a bit of a ... Read more

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Town crier: 1-9-16

Americus Food Talk with Dorcas: This program is available at no charge to agencies or participants. All of ... Read more

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Area beat: 1-9-16

Americus Fire & Emergency Services • Firefighters responded to 11 calls for medical assistance. • Firefighters responded to ... Read more

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Event offers time with Georgia celebrities

PLAINS — Art lovers will have the opportunity to not only take a painting lesson with a renowned ... Read more

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TCSG Commissioner Corbin speaks at SGTC Fall graduation

AMERICUS — Technical College System of Georgia Commissioner Gretchen Corbin was the keynote speaker at the South Georgia ... Read more

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Colonial-era log house assumes new course

By LEILA S. CASE carpenter-media.go-vip.net.americustimesrecorder.com AMERICUS — Shortly after the Revolutionary War when our country was in its ... Read more

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Shepherd’s luncheon

Sumter County Middle School held its Shepherd’s Luncheon  recently. Students were able to invite their clergy to dine ... Read more

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Empowerment

A new empowerment program was started for the 2015-16 school year at the Americus-Sumter Ninth Grade Academy. Once ... Read more

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Breast cancer

Sumter County Middle School’s students and teachers celebrated National Breast Cancer Awareness month by holding their very own ... Read more

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Southland AP English class studies a classic

Recently Dana Dillard’s Junior AP English class ay Southland Acxademy studied Nathaniel Hawthorne’s classic, The Scarlet Letter. Afterwards, ... Read more

Obituaries

Ollcott G. Mills: Jan. 7, 2016

On April 20, 1935, a precocious little boy was born to Ollcott and Betty Mills in Westerly, Rhode ... Read more