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 ... More...
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...
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...
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... More...
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 Hillb... More...
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...
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 respons... More...
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 Ros... More...
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 #... More...
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 Sc... More...
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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