agriculture
SW Ga. Farm Credit returns profits to member-owners
BAINBRIDGE — Southwest Georgia Farm Credit, ACA, a customer-owned financial institution, has announced that it plans to distribute ... Read more
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Opinion
Your opinion: Thanks to Rusty Whaley
I would like to express my appreciation to Rusty Whaley for appearing before the Board of Education,” though ... Read more
Opinion
Dick Yarbrough: For public schoolteachers, voucher battle isn’t over
Dear Public Schoolteachers: For once, the good guys (that would be you) won. But save the high-fives. This ... Read more
education
Your take: April 10, 2019
Americus-Sumter High School recently held its ‘Student of the Month’ celebration for March. Nine faculty members from the ... Read more
Local news
Town crier: April 10, 2019
AMERICUS Road Closed: Mad Dog Road is closed while repairs are made to the drainage pipes. Residents along ... Read more
Local news
Schley kindergartners enjoy field trip to farm
ASHBURN — Recently the kindergarten students at Schley County Elementary School enjoyed an outing to Calhoun Produce in ... Read more
Local News
Times-Recorder offering new web advertising opportunity
By Beth Alston AMERICUS — Your local news source, the Americus Times-Recorder, is now offering new targeted web ... Read more
News Main
Judge to decide if Ralph Stuart gets criminal charges
By Beth Alston AMERICUS — An out of circuit judge sat on the bench Tuesday morning at the ... Read more
education
Former principal suing Choates
BY Beth Alston AMERICUS — A former Sumter County school principal has filed suit again the superintendent of ... Read more
Obituaries
Brenda Harbuck Pope: April 5, 2019
LEESBURG — Ms. Brenda Harbuck Pope of Leesburg, Ga., died Friday, April 5, 2019, at her home surrounded ... Read more
Local News
Leila Case: Tiny wood violets around my doorstep stir sweet memory
How well I remember that day in April — the sun had yet to rise and the majority ... Read more
Opinion
Joni Woolf: Be brave; fix that recipe
The internet is a grand source for many kinds of information. This is especially true of recipes. There ... Read more
Local News
Nancy Young: April 6, 2019
Jenna Wiggins honored with bridal shower On March 24, Jenna Wiggins was honored with a lovely bridal shower ... Read more
Opinion
Charles Whatley: April 6, 2019
Norway was the happiest place on Earth, according to a United Nations agency report. The “World Happiness Report” ... Read more
Opinion
Keith Wishum: Are your lights on?
Sometimes the source of our problems is not what we first think. When we get sick, we call ... Read more
Local news
Church briefs: April 6, 2019
AMERICUS New St. Paul Missionary Baptist Church The annual Youth Revival culminates at 11 a.m. April 7. Speaker ... Read more
clubs/organizations
Your take: April 6, 2019
Council of Safety Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution, Americus, recently presented two camellia plants to Magnolia Manor ... Read more
Local news
Health inspections: April 6, 2019
AMERICUS — The following food service inspections were conducted recently by Sumter County Environmental Health. • South Georgia ... Read more
Public records
Area beat: April 6, 2019
Americus Fire & Emergency Services (March 29-April 4) • Firefighters responded to nine calls for medical attention. • ... Read more
Local News
Town crier: April 6, 2019
AMERICUS Road Closed: Mad Dog Road is closed for approximately one week while repairs are made to the ... Read more
Local News
Development Authority hosts TIA celebration, ribbon cutting
By Beth Alston AMERICUS — A group of local community leaders gathered Wednesday morning on the lawn of ... Read more
education
Georgia Luedi-Fuller’s new children’s book ‘Bobby’s House’ benefits Fuller Center’s work
From Staff Reports No one could tell a story quite like Millard Fuller — the man whose deep ... Read more
Obituaries
Joanna M. Johnson: April 2, 2019
ELLAVILLE, Ga. — Mrs. Joanna M. Johnson, 88, of Ellaville, Ga., passed away on Tuesday, April 2, 2019, ... Read more
Obituaries
Annie Marjorie Hurst Childers: April 1, 2019
SMITHVILLE — Mrs. Annie Marjorie Hurst Childers, age 90, passed away on Monday, April 1, 2019, at her home ... Read more
Obituaries
Katie Hollaway Toms: April 2, 2019
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. — Katie Hollaway Toms, 84, Erwin, Tenn., passed away Tuesday, April 2, 2019, at Johnson ... Read more
business
Chamber’s Business Development Division announces March ‘Business of Month’
AMERICUS — The Sumter County Chamber of Commerce announces the March 2019 “Business of the Month” — Mobile ... Read more
Opinion
Dick Yarbrough: Trying to explain life’s challenges to someone with icing on face isn’t easy
I sat down recently for a chat with my twin great-granddaughters, Hadley Ann Yarbrough and Harper Grace Yarbrough, ... Read more
Local News
Your take: April 3, 2019
Sumter County Primary School and the Sumter County Schools Transportation Department recently held a bus evacuation drill. Students ... Read more
