Barwick News

Edwin Robertson of Harold Gate, Tenn., rinses Jersey cow embryos as Pepperell High School students Chelsea Campbell , Stephanie Barwick and Hannah Hall watch at Berry College.

Incumbent Barwick Mayor Ned Simmons was returned to office Tuesday with a safe victory margin of 54 percent of the vote.

Although voters in seven Thomas County cities will cast ballots Tuesday, an elections official predicts a low voter turnout.

Thomas county law enforcers say they're getting multiple calls a day about pecan thefts ranging from small quantities stolen from people's yards to thousands of pounds of pecans.

With early voting underway and election day on Tuesday, Nov. 3, candidates who qualified to have their names on the ballots in neighboring cities are counting down the days until registered voters decide whether or not their political aspirations will become a reality.

Three days into the candidate-qualifying period for the November general election, mayors in three of Thomas County's small municipalities have opposition.

Qualifying for numerous seats in local city governments kicked off with 14 candidates signing up Monday.

The general election is more than two months away, but those who want to seek offices in Thomas County's small towns must qualify this week.

Services for Sarah Elizabeth Thrasher Dodd, 82, are at 1 p.m., Tuesday, July 14, 2009, at Barwick United Methodist Church.

"What is wrong with all the up-and-coming Republican candidates for President in 2012?" "What we are experiencing through the Obama administration is the road to 'soft tyranny.' The greatest threat to our liberty is an all-powerful central government .

A Colquitt County teen-ager was indicted by a Colquitt County Grand Jury this week in the death of a Sale City man who reportedly disappeared after driving to Edmondson Road to pick up a junk vehicle.

12:30 p.m. - The Thomasville Rotary Club meets at the Plaza. 5:45 p.m. - Early bird Bingo games, sponsored by the Kouncil Club of Thomasville, are at St.

The Thomasville YMCA will administer the Summer Food Service Program, beginning June 1 and ending July 24, with various sites set up throughout Thomas County.

Local municipalities are expected to receive some anticipated funds this week. On Tuesday, City of Thomasville Mayor David Lewis will be hosting a "Mayoral Luncheon" with representatives from the cities of Barwick, Boston, Coolidge, Meigs, Pavo and Ochlocknee.

A Thomasville man who entered a guilty plea in the September shooting death of a Moultrie man will be sentenced June 10 in Colquitt County Superior Court.

A Dixie man who has served two prison terms for drug convictions and is on probation in a methamphetamine conviction is back in jail in another meth case.