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February 28, 2007  RSS feed
One killed, one injured in single vehicle wreck
A call came in to the Miller County dispatch that an accident had occurred with injuries on the Damascus Highway approximately .6 mile north of Clay Brown Road. Miller County Sheriff's officers, the Miller County Ambulance Service and Colquitt/ Miller County Fire and Rescue trucks were sent to the scene. More...
Board of Education calls more special sessions
by MCL Staff Writer

Round two for the Miller County Board of Education (BOE) on hiring school administrators occurred Thursday night, February 22. The second called meeting came when the attorney for the BOE ruled that the 2-1 vote to accept the recommendation of Superintendent Robbie Phillips was illegal. More...

Lt. 'Billy' Retires from SO

William "Billy" Bundy retired after more than 33 years as a law officer in two counties. Billy Bundy began his work in law enforcement when he went to work with the Early County Sheriff's Department on July 1, 1973. He worked with that department until 1980. More...

 Community
• article has image Benjamin Womble receives Eagle Scout Award
Five Boy Scouts from Troop 113 received their Eagle Scout badges during a ceremony recently at Rome's First United Methodist Church. Those honored were Jonathan Alexander Purdie, Zachary Bernard Martin III, Benjamin Michael Womble, William Walter Thoms III and Jackson Bradford Kelly. Benjamin is a ninth-grader at Darlington and the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. More...
• article has image Dean Evans retires from First State
• PROUDLY THEY SERVE
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 Religion
• Tennessee Ten Commandments
Some people in Tennessee have trouble with all those "shalls" and "shall nots" in the Ten commandments. Folks just aren't used to talking in those terms. So, some folks in middle Tennessee got together and translated the "King James" into "Jackson County" language,.... no joke, read on... The Hillbilly's Ten Commandments (posted on the wall at Cross Trails Church in Gainesboro, TN. More...
• article has image Inspiration
• ' m e - o l o g y '
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 Public Safety
• LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTS
ARRESTS Denarelle Charles Benton of Colquitt was charged with possession of marijuana, distributing, etc. THEFT BY TAKING On February 24, 2007, Deputy Dale Glover went to Floyd's Place in reference to a stolen phone. More...
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• The Lawnmower
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 School & Sports
• article has image BACKROADS AND BOBTAILS
FORGETTING: THE STORY OF MY LIFE
When a person has a penchant for forgetting, age and infirmity cannot always be blamed. Forgetting things has been a mainstay of my life for as long as I can (shall I say it?)remember. From the age when my parents somehow got the weird notion that I was old enough to assume some measure of responsibility, I have sought to prove there is nothing worth remembering that cannot be forgotten. More...
• article has image Checkmate: BC Students Can't Escape the Lure of Chess
• Miller County Girls' Tennis
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 Living & Style
• article has image Golden Anniversary celebrated
Saturday, February 17, 2007, was a day of rejoicing and nostalgia as friends and family met at the First Baptist Church of Colquitt to celebrate the Golden Anniversary of Herman and Shirley Sheffield's marriage. Summing up the sentiments of the day, family friends Terri and Hamid Daftarian of Roswell said, "It is an honor for us to be here... More...
• article has image Brian, Cox plan April wedding
• article has image Postage Gets Personal
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 Obituaries
• LEONARD VARNUM
Mr. Leonard Varnum, 87, of Colquitt passed away February 22, 2007, in Miller County Hospital. Mr. Varnum was born on January 25, 1920, in Graceville, FL. He was a retired sewing machine mechanic with Dickies in Bainbridge, served in the U.S. Army during WWII, was s member of the Gerald Grow Post #165 American Legion, and Deacon Emeritus at New Home Freewill Baptist Church. More...
• SHIRLEY LAVETTE DOUGLAS
• article has image WILMA FLATHMANN CASH
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 Opinion
• article has image Up The Creek Without A Paddle
'Facing the giants'
Last Thursday night was the first time I was truly ashamed of being from Miller County. On the other hand, I have never been any prouder of the love and support from the vast majority of those who took their time to try to get to the Miller County Board of Education meeting to support Elementary School Principal Kent Richardson. More...
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• article has image A Matter of Degree
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 Health
• Nursing Home News
This past week the residents enjoyed church by First Baptist, and Storytime with Jane Wiggins. National Pig Month is on March 1. March 2 will feature services with Rev. Johnny Roberts On March 5, we will bowl and have singing with Mt. Zion Fellowship. More...
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• February is National Children's Dental Health Month
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