Doerun News

A birthday party turned violent Friday night, and four people were charged after Moultrie police and Colquitt County deputies responded to the fight.

Six Colquitt County residents reported Tuesday they were victims of property theft.

The City of Moultrie/CNS recently received notification from the United States Department of Education that a grant in the amount of $94,690 has been awarded for the purpose of enhancing fiber connectivity to Doerun and Funston elementary schools.

The Norman Park City Council is in the process of deciding whether to continue to have a police department.

A Doerun man reported another man tried to get four dogs to get into a fight with each other Thursday morning.

Sheriff's Investigators found Johnny Sirmons standing in a yard on Mt. Sinai Church Road Tuesday covered in blood.

More than 300 farmers died on the job last year. That makes farming the seventh most dangerous job.

The following property transfers were recently recorded in the Colquitt County Clerk of Court office: Major Ned Adderton of Moultrie; to Rose Mary Corona of Moultrie; 2.08 acre property is located at 206 Magnolia Ave.

A South Georgia boy - raised in Doerun and Moultrie - Joe Smith joined the ministry in 1955.

TV was started by the Albany Herald , and its owner, James H. Gray, Sr., in 1954.

Grant Chapel A.M.E. Church, 318 West Central Ave., will be having it's Annual Family and Friends Day Program this Sunday, Sept.

There will be a benefit sing for the Rev. Scott Toon at Oak Grove Baptist Church at 7 p.m. Saturday, Sept.

The students at Doerun Elementary recognized Patriots Day on September 11th with a special assembly program coordinated by Shari Dorminey.

Zell Banks-Daniels signs a copy of her new book, "A Cry for Help," recently. The book is available through Amazon.com, she said, and most bookstores can order it from the publisher, Author House.

The City of Doerun named a single finalist this week to fill the position of police chief that has been vacant since former Chief Randy Hill was dismissed in June.

There will be bingo for seniors 3 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 8, at the Doerun Community Center.

September is Library Card Sign-up Month in the Moultrie-Colquitt County Library System.

Three men were apprehended after they were allegedly involved in the attempted theft of three wigs Tuesday evening.

During the second week of classes, all of the county's public schools, with the exception of Doerun Elementary, sent students home with flu-like symptoms.

Doerun Elementary School will sponsor this week's pre-game supper Friday, Aug. 28, at the Willie J. Williams Middle School Cafeteria.