Alapaha News

"Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful job. That's all that can be said about the new library in Tifton." Confirmation "The inability of federal regulators to catch Bernie Madoff confirms what millions of Americans, along with myself, already know.

The Miss Alapaha Station Pageant at 7 p.m. today at the Alapaha Gym will kick of the 25th annual Alapaha Station Celebration.

The Tift County appraisal staff will be reviewing property in the following locations through Friday of this week: Within the city limits of Tifton; southeast Tift County; east of Central Avenue/Union Road; south of Fourth Street/Ferry Lake Road.

Keep Lowndes/Valdosta Beautiful, the City of Valdosta and Lowndes County are joining forces with several local organizations and volunteers for a Make A Difference Day cleanup.

In August 1431 the magistrate of Hoiyang-bu submitted an appeal for the lifting of a hunting ban imposed on the martial arts training ground there.

The Tiftarea Coin Club's annual show will be held from 9 a.m. until 6 p.m. Oct. 23-25 at the Georgia Agrirama's Conference Center.

The history of Nashville is quite interesting. Nashville is located in Georgia's 116th county.

The United Way of South Central Georgia is kicking off its annual fund drive campaign this week and is urging everyone in the community to consider the impact the agency has on local people in need.

Former Alapaha Circuit Superior Court Judge Brooks E. Blitch, III, pled guilty before the Honorable Hugh Lawson, United States District Judge for the Middle District of Georgia, to one count of Honest Services Fraud Conspiracy in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 1341, 1343, 1346, and 1349.

A former Alapaha Circuit judge pleaded to a count of fraud Friday morning in a federal court in Macon.

Those in need of food assistance now have another source to draw from. The River Oak Inter-tribal Community, in conjunction with the Alapaha River Band of Cherokees in Jennings, Fla., is working to bring free food to needy families in the South Georgia and North Florida region, said Glenn "Wolf" Kringle.

Two local men were so inspired by the work of a young African man they met and heard preach that they are returning to Kenya later this month in hopes of finishing a well-drilling project.

Eight volunteers were recently sworn in by Judge Clay Tomlinson and Judge Jody Steedley to serve as official Court Appointed Special Advocate volunteers for the Alapaha Judicial Circuit.

One of the men died. The other is still recovering at the Still Burn Center in Augusta.

There will be a Community Gospel Sing on Saturday, May 30, at 6 p.m., at Robert Simpson's in Alapaha, Ga., on Pait St.

A south Georgia man was badly burned in a work-related accident Friday, and the man who helped save his life died of a heart attack.

The youth department of Union Missionary Baptist Church will sponsor its Fourth Annual Mother-Daughter Banquet at 7 p.m. Saturday, May 9, at the Colquitt County Agricultural Complex.

Robert Dewayne Barfield, 52, 401 E. 23rd St., Cordele, was charged Friday with DUI, an open container violation and driving with a suspended or revoked license.

'Road closed' signs block Skipper Bridge Road in Lowndes County. The road will be closed until the bridge can be checked out following the weekend flooding.