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Town crier: Dec. 19, 2015
Americus Collecting Gifts: Several Americus High School and Sumter County High School alumni are showing the Christmas spirit ... Read more
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County firefighters show appreciation for board
By MICHAEL MURRAY michael.murray@americustimesrecorder.com carpenter-media.go-vip.net.americustimesrecorder.com AMERICUS — The Sumter County Board of Commissioners held its monthly work session ... Read more
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Americus family members visit Americus
By BETH ALSTON beth.alston@gaflnews.com carpenter-media.go-vip.net.americustimesrecorder.com AMERICUS — It isn’t often that you can actually meet people with the ... Read more
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Phoebe Sumter CEO at Rotary
Phoebe Sumter Medical Center CEO Brandi Lunneborg recently spoke at the Americus Rotary Club meeting. Lunneborg, who has ... Read more
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City gets three new police officers, new Council member
By BETH ALSTON beth.alston@americustimesrecorder.com carpenter-media.go-vip.net.americustimesrecorder.com AMERICUS — Mayor Barry Blount swore in three new police officers at Thursday’s ... Read more
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Pop rocks at Sumter Primary
Students in Amber DeLoach’s class at Sumter County Primary School discovered what the ‘pop’ in Pop Rocks really ... Read more
Obituaries
Robert B. Findlater: Dec. 14, 2015
MARSHALLV ILLE — Robert Bussey Findlater, 92, of Americus, Ga., passed away on Monday, Dec. 14, 2015, at ... Read more
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Helen H. Grace: Dec. 18, 2015
OGLETHORPE — Mrs. Helen Jean Head Grace, 85, of Oglethorpe, Ga., passed away Friday, Dec. 18, 2015. Funeral ... Read more
Obituaries
Loretta Lassiter-Bassett: Dec. 17, 2015
AMERICUS — Funeral arrangements for Loretta Lassiter-Bassett of Sumter County, who died Thursday at her home, will be ... Read more
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Mapmaking skills at Sumter Primary
First-grade students at Sumter County Primary School created maps of their bedroom incorporating a map key and compass ... Read more
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Junior instructors
Eighth-grade students at Sumter County Middle School got a taste of what it’s like to be an educator. ... Read more
Letters to editor
Your opinion: Dec. 16, 2015
GHSA reclassification and realignment The Dave Hunter/Buford/AA Football rule (3% rule) was designed to move all private schools ... Read more
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City of Americus reports sewage spill
AMERICUS — The City of Americus issued the following press release Tuesday afternoon. “Due to a gravity sewer ... Read more
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Toy Industry Foundation, National CASA team to give foster kids toys this holiday
AMERICUS — Foster children throughout the Southwestern Judicial Circuit will be given the magic and joy of play ... Read more
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Area beat: Dec. 16, 2015
Americus Fire & Emergency Services • Firefighters responded to 32 calls for medical assistance. • Firefighters responded to ... Read more
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Town crier: Dec. 16, 2015
Americus Leadership Development: The Advancing Sumter Community Leadership Development Program is accepting applications for its 2016 sessions. Classes ... Read more
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Phoebe hospitals earn high rankings by Georgia Trend
AMERICUS — Georgia Trend magazine ranks Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital No. 5 among top teaching hospitals in Georgia ... Read more
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Pope receives honorary doctorate
AMERICUS — Georgia Southwestern State University (GSW) held its Fall 2015 Commencement Saturday and conferred bachelor’s and master’s ... Read more
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Lynde Parker: Sumter County Schools’ Teacher of Year
AMERICUS — From an early age, Sumter Primary School Teacher of the Year Lynde Parker discovered the special ... Read more
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Sumter County Fire & Rescue holds quarterly awards banquet
AMERICUS — Sumter County Fire and Rescue held its quarterly volunteer firefighter dinner and the following awards were ... Read more
Columns
Bird’s-eye view: Belted Kingfisher
Even as a child walking home from school I knew the rattling sound of the Belted Kingfisher. Its ... Read more
Columns
Keith Wishum: At home in the funeral home
Jesus of Nazareth was accused of many things — blasphemy, treason, and fraud to name a few of ... Read more
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Southland Academy 5th-graders celebrate culmination of ‘Why America is Free’
AMERICUS — The Southland Academy fifth-grade classes have celebrated the culmination of a history-based curriculum, “Why America is ... Read more
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Battle of the bands
Congratulations to the Americus-Sumter High School Pride of Southwest Georgia Marching Band for their performance Oct. 17 at ... Read more
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PDA has called meeting Friday
The Americus-Sumter County Payroll Development Authority has a called board meeting at 9 a.m. Dec. 18 at the ... Read more
Columns
Nancy M. Young: Dec. 12, 2015
The Kirbys celebrate Thanksgiving with their children On Thanksgiving Day, Charles and Carlynn Kirby had their children and ... Read more
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Americus resident among recipients of Gartland Award
SAVANNAH — Seventy-eight residents in South Georgia are recipients of a 2015 Bishop Gartland Award for outstanding service ... Read more
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Learning about eight
Katie Cason and Angela Garcia’s class at Sumter County Early Learning Center learned about spiders. They learned that ... Read more
