Coolidge News

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

Phyllis Singletary Murphy, 83, a life-time resident of Coolidge, Ga., died Wednesday, Oct.

Celebrate the coming of Fall with our friends in Coolidge for Wagon Days! You'll find arts & crafts, entertainment for the whole family, games for the children, and food & treats for everyone! Time/Location: 09:00 am - 04:00 pm Downtown Coolidge Coolidge GA Contact: name: Wagon Days Festival phone: 229.346.3551.

Life may seem like peaches and roses, Or a pocket full of posies. In reality it is, Nothing but an illusion, Which will one day come to an end.

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

Two suspects charged with a number of offenses were more interested in getting rid of the contraband in their possession than in getting away, according to a local lawman.

Two men were injured in an one-vehicle accident that happened Saturday evening, and one remained hospitalized Tuesday.

Objects visible in the bay window of a Coolidge mobile home pointed to a horticultural project.

Probably best known for her role as the consummate MILF in 1999's American Pie , JENNIFER COOLIDGE brings her one-woman show to the Laughing Skull Lounge Thurs., JULY 23 .

A Thomas County commissioner is of the opinion that another fire truck is not needed if it will not help taxpayers.

Deaths reported to The Moultrie Observer on Monday, July 20, 2009, include Willie James French, 77, of Tampa, Fla.; Anna Willis Desselle, 91, of Moultrie; and James Lenwood West Sr., 93, of Coolidge, Ga.

Two Thomas County firefighters had to be cut from a tanker that overturned en route to a structure fire early Saturday afternoon.

A local support group is finding ways to spread hope throughout the community. The HOPE Traumatic Brain Injury Support Group of Southwest Georgia is hosting the Ride of HOPE 2009, a poker run and classic car show, on Saturday.

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.

Macedonia Baptist Church will have its Pastor's Aide Anniversary starting on Friday, April 24, at 7:30 p.m., with St.

A little Coolidge girl lost her best friend on Wednesday. The Rottweiler Hanna Cannon fed with a bottle when the canine was the only puppy in its litter to survive was to go to a new home Wednesday.

Stories The Observer is working on for its Thursday edition: * The pilot and two passengers were unhurt when their small airplane thumped down in a Colquitt County wheat field about a mile from Spence Field Wednesday.

Saturday the Thomas county health department and local veterinarians will hold their annual rabies clinic.