The Alapaha Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America and State Rep. Amy Carter, D-Valdosta, chairperson, invite the community to join them at the annual Duty to Country Breakfast fund-raiser. This year's event will feature local Scouts sharing their Scouting memories.

Authorities have finally confirmed that human remains found three months ago in Madison County, Fla., belong to a Berrien County man who has not been seen since September 2009.

Judge W.D. "Jack" Knight believed in the role of law in society. "I think the greatest deterrent to crime is punishment, and I think it ought to be swift," Knight said in a 1996 interview as he prepared to retire as the Alapaha Judicial Circuit's chief judge after 19 years on the bench.

The Berrien County Complete Count Committee is hosting a kick-off caravan on Saturday beginning at 9:30 a.m. The caravan will visit all four municipalities located within the county to kick off the Complete Count effort for the 2010 Census.

Brooks E. Blitch, III the former Chief Superior Court Judge of the Alapaha Circuit was sentenced before the Honorable Hugh Lawson, United States District Judge for the Middle District of Georgia in Valdosta, Georgia on December 1, 2009 along with Berrien Sutton, Daniel V. Leccese, Sr.

W.D. "Jack" Knight compared being a judge to his college days serving as a referee for basketball games.

Gospel music, arts & crafts, classic cars, country music, a parade are all planned as part of the 25th Annual Alapaha Station Celebration this weekend.

The Alapaha Station Celebration first began as a centennial celebration in 1981.

"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.