The Wild Game Banquet at First Baptist Church last Tuesday, March 18, was an enormous success. The evening started as Dr. Carl Marshal, pastor of First Baptist Church, welcomed over 700 men, and a few women to the 2008 banquet. The blessing was given, and the food was served in remarkable order a... More...
A Miller County man was killed in a one vehicle accident on Sunday, March 23. The first call to the Miller County E911 came at 1:50 a.m., Sunday by a woman on her way home. The 911 operator dispatched law enforcement officers, ambulance crew and emergency workers to the scene. More...
Last Saturday evening, March 22, my "first wife" called as she was going home to tell me that there was a bunch of motorcycles parked at First State Bank of Colquitt, and a police car was with them. "I don't know what is happening, but there is a line of bikers back of the police car. I know you ... More...
CAIRO - Grady County EMS is celebrating its first EMS Service of the Year Award win at Thursday's Southwest Georgia Region VIII annual EMS Awards Banquet. Held in Moultrie, the event honored services and its members in the region's 27 counties. More...
Mallory is still growing, still learning, and still being transformed into a young lady quicker than seems possible. This is her first year playing tee ball, and without a doubt her Papa finds her excitement and enthusiasm priceless. More...
One Colquitt woman sustained injures Wednesday, March 19, at the dangerous intersection of Fourth Street and U.S. Hwy. 27. This has been the site of numerous accidents since the five-lane highway was completed. The accident occurred when Mrs. Jesse Anne Shepard, 82, of Main Street was driving her... More...
Will Rogers wrote near 100 years ago, "Ancient Rome declined because it had a Senate." Now what's going to happen to us? We have both a House and a Senate?" I bring this to mind because of the Supreme Court in Washington is hearing testimonies about gun control. Gun Control, in my opinion, "is whe... More...
Mr. and Mrs. Fred H. Darden Jr. of Blakely announce the engagement of their granddaughter, Ashley Elizabeth, to Timothy Daniel Roland of Colquitt. The bride-elect is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Gilbert and Mr. and Mrs. Fred H. Darden III, all of Blakely. She is the sister of George Eric Da... More...
William E. "Bill" Cook Sr. went to be with the Lord March 17, 2008, at his home in Tallahassee. A memorial celebration of Bill's life will be held at 1 p.m. EST Saturday, March 29, at Wildwood Presbyterian church, 100 Ox Bottom Road, Tallahassee, FL. More...
If you love the outside just as spring has sprung, I hope you are not subject to that yellow stuff that covers everything everyday in the South. Some "experts" say if you can see it, it doesn't mess you up. I'm not sure which pollens get to so many people, but there is definitely something in the... More...
Colquitt - In a campaign to help find cures for cancer and provide help and hope to thousands of patients and their families, more than 550 students at Miller County Middle and High School have collected $1037.70 worth of spare change through The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's Pennies for Patients... More...
Community Prayer Meeting, Colquitt United Methodist Church Library each Friday at 7:00 a.m. General Merchandise Auction - Every Thursday at Sugar Hill Restaurant & Antique Shop, 7:00 p.m. Swamp Gravy - Cotton Hall - 7:30 p.m., Friday, March 28, 7:30 p.m. & Sat., March 29, 2:30 p.m. & 7:30 p.m... More...
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