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September 1, 2010  RSS feed
Bridge jumper okay
Bainbridge - As I was crossing the Flint River Bridge at Calhoun Street last Tuesday, I saw some folks on the bridge, but didn't stop, since that's not a good place to stop. As I pulled into the drive at Post Searchlight, everything in town headed for the bridge with blue/ red lights and sirens going. More...
HIP permit required for dove
by Melissa Commings

The Migratory Bird Hunting license (or HIP permit) requires all hunters pursuing doves, ducks, geese, rails and other migratory bird species to complete an annual harvest survey. The free license is available online, by phone or at retail license agents across the state, and requires hunters to report harvest rates. More...

Pirates swamped by Patriots
submitted by Glenda Bailey, Sports writer, MCL

The first football game of the Pirate season was a heartbreaker, but overall our boys played a great game. Pirate captains were Caleb Cunningham, Shaq Edwards, and Juwan Jones and for the Patriots, Marshall, Denmark, and Jackson. More...

 Community
• article has image Kayla Calhoun awarded ag scholarship at UGA
College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences
ATHENS, Ga. – Kayla Calhoun has been selected to receive the Harold and Celestia Loden Scholarship awarded by the University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences for the 2010-2011 academic year. Each year the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences awards approximately $100,000 in scholarships to students studying in any of their 24 majors. More...
• LIBRARY NEWS
• Jobs and labor force continue to deteriorate
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 Religion
• Out To Pastor
During my high school career, I was no thespian; however, I could act the fool when called upon. My friend was the thespian and starred in our senior high school play, “Finian’s Rainbow.” One of the musical numbers was, “When I’m not near the girl I love, I love the girl I’m near.” More...
• article has image ‘Broken Lives are Fixable’
• article has image The Shoe Box Confession
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 Public Safety
• POLICE DEPARTMENT REPORTs
DAILY ACTIVITY REPORTS August 23 800D Domestic violence/ battery • Security check • Traffic stop • Disturbance, Grow St. August 24 800D Deceased subject • Security check • Traffic stop • Warnings More...
• SHERIFF DEPARTMENT REPORTs
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 School & Sports
• article has image Seminole Ramlins
‘Tis a shame that our leaders seem to never learn from their own mistakes. WWII was the last war we entered where we entered it to win. Korea’s Police Action took thousands of lives, Vietnam was sickening in the end, Iran ever so much. Now we intend to back out of Afghanistan without winning. “We should never enter a war unless we enter it to win!” More...
• How to get a hairdryer through customs
• article has image News from Crooked Oak Golf Course by
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 Obituaries
• article has image MEALIE EARL MASON WEBB
Mealie Earl Mason Webb, age 76, of Morrow, formerly of Colquitt, died Tuesday, August 24, 2010, at Southern Regional Medical Center in Riverdale. More...
• CHARLES BENJAMIN ROUSE, SR.
• ADDIE LOUISE NEWBERRY
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 Opinion
• article has image Up The Creek Without A Paddle
I almost did it again
Many of you may not believe this, but I once lived in Atlanta. That is something that I try to forget. I guess being fresh married to my first wife of 54 years, and having our first child should have been a great time, and it was, but knowing me, the call of Colquitt was ever there. More...
• article has image Cartoon
• Lot of truth in aphorisms
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