Donalsonville News

Local residents say this neighborhood in Donalsonville, Georgia used to be a safe place to call home.

Donalsonville/Seminole County Chamber of Commerce is seeing growth with new businesses joining and more people visiting their website daily.

The Tri-Rivers Waterway Association met in Columbus on June 4 & 5. During the meeting the future of Lake Seminole was discussed as well as the future of the Jim Woodruff Dam and Locks and the repairs that are planned for it.

Thomas University recently graduated the largest class in the history of the school at the 54th commencement ceremony held on May 2 at the Thomasville Municipal Auditorium.

In a ceremony marked with joy, solemnity and the pride of accomplishment, 29 Bainbridge College Practical Nursing Program students received Licensed Practical Nursing pins at the Charles H. Kirbo Regional on Main Campus.

In honor of National Trails Day, Seminole State Park near Donalsonville is organizing a hike on the Gopher Tortoise Nature Trail.

The third cohort of students who completed their studies in Bainbridge College Associate Degree of Nursing Program that started in 2006 marked a first for the program at their traditional pinning ceremony.

James and Guy Stovall own and operate Road Runner Seafood, a retail and wholesale seafood business in Colquitt.

Sixty-five Georgia gas stations have been fined as a result of price gouging during Gulf Coast hurricanes last fall.

An inmate at the Seminole County Sheriffa s Office Jail was found dead early Wednesday morning in an apparent suicide.

Saturday afternoon around 2:30 p.m., Alex Johnson, age 10 from Decatur County was severely burned near a trash fire on a family farm in Seminole County.

Seminole county commisioners and the Donalsonville/Seminole County Chamber of Commerce announced a different type of beauty contest for the month of May, open to all ages, male or female and there is no limit to the number of contestants that can compete.

At last! Another installment of "Ridin' with the Georgia State Patrol "series. Saturday night left no doubt that while one may not always be on scene, the Troopers of Post 14 are.

The ceremonies at Willis Park for Team Lean 2009 herald losers as winners. A fantastic job was done this year with a total weight loss recorded at a whopping 8316.09 lbs.

A national uproar about the current state of our nation's economy has called for a grassroots approach for change.

A protest over a oeporka spending and tax increases, or a a oeTax and Tea Day,a will be the subject of a protest in Donalsonville on Wednesday, April 15, at the Seminole County Courthouse from 5 to 6 p.m. The Courthouse is located at the top of Second Street and Knox Avenue.

Editor's note: This is the third article of a series about Victoria Henley's experience in creating a play and bringing it to the stage.

The flooding this past week has not only affected Bainbridge residents and businesses, but it has also had a major impact on businesses on Lake Seminole.

Big Slough in Bainbridge left its banks and flooded many homes in the Slough Loop neighborhood.

BHS students write "Laws for Life" April 4, 2009 at 12:42 AM Dorena Justice Every year Bainbridge High School students are required to write a Law for Life essay.