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Sens. Ossoff, Grassley Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Protect Children from Human Traffickers
Ossoff Press U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff is introducing a bipartisan bill to protect children from human traffickers. Sens. ...
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With CDC Under Attack, Sen. Ossoff Working Across the Aisle to Protect Its Work
Ossoff Press With the CDC under attack, U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff is bringing Republicans and Democrats together to ...
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Panther athletic schedule
Sumter County Schools March 17, 2025…Middle School Tennis vs. Crisp County at 4:00 pm (Home)March 17, 2025…Middle School ...
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Sumter County School Board sees net decrease in school climate scores and puts robot to teach social skills on consent agenda
The Sumter County Board of Education met on March 11. Hiedi Goodin, STEM coordinator for RESA, presented Superintendent ...
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Lt. Governor Jones Supports Expanding and Funding School Choice to Foster Care Families
Office of the Lt. Governor Burt Jones Today, the Atlanta Journal Constitution published an op-ed by Lt. Governor ...
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SGTC Students Win Gold at State SkillsUSA Competition
South Georgia Technical College Students from South Georgia Technical College won gold medals in four categories at the ...
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Sen. Blake Tillery Continues Fight for Freedom of Speech and Ending DeBanking
Georgia Senate Press Office Just one day after Senate Bill 57, the “Freedom of Speech and Belief Act,” ...
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Sumter County Schools March 11, 2025…Middle School Tennis vs. Lee County at 4:00 pm (Home)March 11, 2025…Middle School ...
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Board of Elections discusses pay and answers questions about recount
The Board of Elections met on March 4. Board Chair Randy Howard claimed his requests to add bylaw ...
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When I first came here most of the groundskeeping around the City was done by men in orange ...
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Protest against Trump administration and Project 2025 held at Americus welcome sign
The protest began around 9 am on March 8, with participants giving opposition to the Trump administration and ...
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Furlow Charter School performs Laundry and Bourbon
Furlow Charter School performed Laundry and Bourbon on March 8. The main actress Kennedy Wilson won best actress ...
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Murder on the Orient Express performed at The Rylander Theatre
The first showing of Murder on the Orient Express was held March 6 at 7 pm in The ...
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Third arrest made in shooting that took life of 5-year-old Peyton Brielle Robert and 19-year-old Jotavis Roshon Leverette
Farley Arthur Watts III of Americus Georgia was arrested on March 7 in connection with the shooting that ...
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SGTC hosts ribbon cutting for Crisp County Center CDL pad
South Georgia Technical College South Georgia Technical College hosted a ribbon cutting ceremony for its new Commercial Truck ...
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W. McCall Calhoun has guns returned while awaiting decision on law license
W. McCall Calhoun, a local Americus lawyer who was arrested after entering The Capitol on January 6 recently ...
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Twenty South Georgia Technical College students receive automotive scholarship established in memory of Erica Scannavino
South Georgia Technical College Twenty South Georgia Technical College students received the Erica Scannavino Scholarship for students enrolled ...
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Sen. Ossoff Urges Faster Implementation of His Bipartisan Law to Strengthen Security in Federal Prisons
Ossoff Press U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff is pressing the Trump Administration to more quickly implement his bipartisan law ...
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Commissioner Tyler Harper Announces Georgia is “HPAI-Free” Following January Detections in Two Commercial Flocks in Elbert County
Georgia Department of Agriculture Today, Georgia Agriculture Commissioner Tyler J Harper announced that the State of Georgia has ...
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Americus ties for #39 place for top micropolitan destination
Sumter County Development Authority Americus, Georgia, and the business community proudly ranked in a tie at #39 among 125 ...
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Johnnie “Jet” Jones holds book signing at Lake Blackshear Regional Library
Johnnie “Jet” Jones held a book signing at the Lake Blackshear Regional Library, March 1, for his book ...
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Alton Ford speaks at SGTC for black history month
Alton Ford spoke at the John M. Pope Industrial Technology Center on South Georgia Technical College on February ...
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Commissioners asked to fix leaks in jail and other deteriorating infrastructure
The Sumter County Board of Commissioners met for their board retreat in the tower of The Windsor on ...
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Sumter County Schools March 3, 2025…Middle School Baseball vs. Merry Acres at 4:00 pm (Away) March 3, 2025…Middle School ...
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Why I like Lucy Maud Montgomery
Lucy Maud Montgomery wrote Anne of Green Gables, a series I enjoyed because of its characters. Especially the ...