July 28, 2010 RSS feed / Community

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Checking out some roots

The Glenn Grow family from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, visited Colquitt recently. Glenn’s father, David Grow, grew up on South Cuthbert Street, and his grandfather, Bill Grow, owned the Jitney Jungle grocery store on the square. More...

News Around Us

Bainbridge - A Brunswick woman died after being injured in a wreck in Bainbridge last Friday evening. The wreck happened at about 6:10 p.m. at the forking intersection of Georgia 97 South and the Georgia 97 South Connector. More...

Predicting the Weather

submitted by: John Pirnie

It's late fall, and the Indians on a remote reservation in South Dakota asked their new chief if the coming winter was going to be cold or mild. Since he was a chief in a modern society, he had never been taught the old secrets. More...

Georgia job loss second in nation

June unemployment rate rises to 10.7 percent in Southwest GA

ATLANTA – The Georgia Department of Labor (GDOL) has reported that the preliminary unadjusted unemployment rate in the Southwest Georgia area rose to 10.7 percent in June, up five-tenths of a percentage point from a revised 10.2 percent in May More...

Nursing Home News

by Suzanne Griffin

Just a little update on what is going on around Miller Nursing Home. We have been trying to keep cool from the heat and stay busy with activities. Over the past few weeks we have been very active. More...

LIBRARY NEWS

by Catherine Vanstone

Turn Those Reading Logs In! More...

Don't mess with air control

submitted by Bill Mundy

You gotta love this one even if you've never lived in the South. Some of you will enjoy this more than others. Southerners can be so polite! More...

Simpson chosen best in the nation at FBLA Conference

“Are you smart? S.M.A.R.T., smart.” This was the closing question asked by Johnelle Simpson II of Seminole County High School in his winning speech at the FBLA National Leadership Conference in Nashville, TN. More...