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Nigel Poole, Director of the Sumter County Emergency Management Agency (EMA) as well as Mitch Grant, Volunteer Coordinator for Sumter County EMA are inviting citizens ...
Nigel Poole, Director of the Sumter County Emergency Management Agency (EMA) as well as Mitch Grant, Volunteer Coordinator for Sumter County EMA are inviting citizens ...
Due to Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) deadlines to utilize grant monies, the city council met to vote on a beautification project during a called ...
Crews with Reeves Construction Company of Macon, Georgia will start work on a project to resurface the asphalt roadway of Georgia 49 from Georgia 27/E. ...
Press Release: March 2, 2021 Counterfeit Payroll Checks The Americus Police Department is investigating a series of counterfeit payroll checks that were cashed at different ...
I was walking the streets of downtown Americus looking for a story to be told. I had been promised one and sought it out. I ...
According to Sumter County Sheriff’s Office (SCSO), William Paul Blue, 46, of Richland has been arrested on 22 counts of Sexual Exploitation of Children and ...
Several of our neighbors were out raising awareness for an issue close to their hearts on Thursday, February 25th. The Social Exchange and the Sumter ...
According to History.Com*, The story of Black History Month begins in 1915, 50 years after the Thirteenth Amendment abolished slavery in the United States. Carter G. Woodson, a Harvard ...
Gladys Crowson Crabb, age 98 years, of Lakeport, CA died peacefully on January 29, 2021. Gladys was born on July 27, 1922 in Lexington, VA ...
As we closed out 2020, a challenging year by all accounts, there was a bit of good news. As you may be aware, we report ...
Leila Case As I write, it is pouring rain but thankfully it has stopped and the sun is shining at least for a few days. ...
Dr. Torrance Choates continues his “Teachers and Parents in Support of Students” recognition program at the February monthly Board of Education Meeting. This month, Americus-Sumter ...
By Chelsea Collins AMERICUS — Georgia Southwestern State University (GSW) held a grand opening on Friday, February 19, for the school’s newly renovated $3.4 ...
“THE PHENOMENAL” MRS. BOBBIE LOU SMOTHERS BALKCOM August 1931 – February 2021 Mrs. Bobbie Lou Smothers Balkcom, the daughter of the late Ozie Smothers ...
Next month, Georgia DOT crews will implement new all-way stop traffic control at the intersection of Georgia 30/Adderton Street and Armory Drive/Magnolia Street in Americus. ...
I am going through a fun season. I get up early in the morning, sit on my red sofa and go shopping. The things I ...
The Georgia Department of Transportation (Georgia DOT) has approved the location and design of Project #0013752 for Sumter County, a project that would replace the ...
In Loving Memory of Emily Lou Smitherman Emily Smitherman, 91, passed away peacefully, on February 17th at Magnolia Manor Nursing Home in Americus, GA, where ...
Mrs. Jewel Carolyn Melvin Phillips, age 85, of Plains, passed away on Wednesday, January 27, 2021 at Magnolia Manor Nursing Center. Due to the COVID-19 ...
Mildred Wellons Tyler, 97, died after a brief illness on Wednesday, February 17, 2021, at Perfect Care in Americus. She was born April 25, 1923, ...
Mr. William “Billy” White age 55 of Americus, passed away early Tuesday morning February 16, 2021 at Memorial Health University Medical Center in Savannah, GA. ...
UPDATE: AS OF 2:20 ON WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 17TH: Devonte Tucker is in custody Press Release from the Americus Police Department February 17, 2021 ...
My bed sits high off the floor. In fact, I have a little bitty staircase helping me get into it. Isn’t that ridiculous? But I ...
Frank Vernon Ellenberg, III, “Bubba”, age 59, passed away on Saturday, February 13, 2021 in Serenity Place Hospice of Dublin. Mr. Ellenberg was born on ...
Press Release: FEBRUARY 15, 2021 Americus, GA (February 15, 2021) – On Friday, February 12, 2021, Prelvis McKenzie, age 31 of Americus, and Kenyatta Harvey, age ...
Press Release from the Americus Police Department February 12, 2021 Suspect Arrested Multiple Charges On 02-10-2021 at approx. 2:25 PM members of the Americus Police ...
Mr. Willard Bradley “Muff” Martin, 88 of Americus, passed away Monday, February 8, 2021 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital in Albany, GA. Due to the ...
The Mayor and City Council addressed a 22-item agenda at the Agenda Setting Meeting on Thursday, February 11, 2021. Except for voting upon streets to ...